Suspected Fulani militia have killed scores and destroyed property worth millions of naira in coordinated attacks on several communities and places of worship in Nigeria’s mainly Christian-populated Middle Belt region.
The Catholic Bishop of Wukari Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Mark Maigida Nzukwein, has urged his deans, other priests, and consecrated persons in violent-pronged areas across Southern Taraba, “to sensitise their people and take all necessary precautionary measures to stay safe.”
At least 10 people have been confirmed dead following coordinated attacks on communities in Plateau State, heightening fears of renewed violence along the troubled Barkin Ladi–Riyom corridor.
The African Union Commission (AUC) has condemned in the strongest of terms the recent massacre of innocent Nigerians in Zamfara State in coordinated attacks.
Emerging reports indicate that 34 people were killed by suspected Lakurawa terrorists in fresh Kebbi coordinated attacks.
When the news of the Tuesday, 3 February 2026, attacks on the Woro-Nuku communities in Kwara State by suspected Jihadists, which resulted in the death of about 200 people, broke, little did anyone know that at least 5000 of those victims were Plateau State indigenes who had migrated to the community for farming purposes.
The US-Nigeria Joint Group recently held its inaugural meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, with the view to addressing violent extremist attacks and terrorism in Nigeria.
