Boko Haram and their rivals ISWAP often target loggers, herders, farmers, fishermen and metal scrap collectors, accusing them of spying for the military and militias fighting them.
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, identified as Halifa Hamza, for allegedly stabbing his elder brother, Usman Hamza, to death with a pair…
Halifa Hamza, a 20-year-old man, has stabbed his elder brother, Usman Hamza, to death with a pair of scissors in Kurna, Dala local government area, Kano State.
Three Nigerian troops were killed and 11 other people, including seven civilians, were injured by a highway bomb in north-east Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, where jihadists are active, military and militia sources told AFP on Friday.