Inside The Expanding Terror Belt: How Armed Networks Now Grip Nine Northern States
By SANI BATURE NORTHERN Nigeria is caught in a rapidly evolving security crisis driven by a loose but deadly coalition of bandits, foreign jihadists, armed herders, and criminal gangs. Stretching across Sokoto, Kwara, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Zamfara, Kogi, and Niger, these groups have carved out strongholds in forests, border corridors, and remote […]
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