Nigeria’s military says it has killed 76 Islamic militants in the country’s northeast during operations conducted in various parts of Borno state

In a significant military operation in northeastern Nigeria, Nigerian troops have eliminated 76 Boko Haram and ISWAP militants in Borno State. The offensive also led to the arrest of 72 suspects and the rescue of eight hostages with recovered weapons and ammunition.

ABUJA (Reuters) - At least 40 farmers were killed by suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in an attack on the Dumba community in Nigeria's Borno State on Sunday, Usman Tar, the state's commissioner of information said on Monday.

At least 40 farmers were killed in an attack by Muslim militants in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, a government official said Monday.

Jihadists have killed at least 40 farmers in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state in the latest violence to hit the conflict-wrought region, a government official said Monday. Fighters from the Islamic State-aligned Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) late Sunday rounded up scores of farmers in Dumba on the shores of Lake Chad and shot them dead,