Gunmen on motorbikes killed up to 40 people and torched homes during an attack on a mining village in Central Nigeria. This is the latest violence to hit the region troubled by resource disputes and intercommunal strife police.

Nigeria: Gunmen on motorbikes kill dozens, torch houses

Top United Nations human rights official has voiced “deep alarm” over the series of attacks on communities in central Nigeria, which left at least 160 people dead and many more injured. President Bola Tinubu has ordered a probe into the attacks that occurred in Plateau state.

Nigeria: Massacre in the plateau

The armed groups have reportedly killed at least about 160 people in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages. This is said to be 10 times who were the first 16 who were first reported being killed by the Army in a region that's long been riddled by religious and ethnic tensions.

Nigeria: Armed groups attacks, kill at least 160 in Central Nigeria

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Nigeria: Gunmen on motorbikes kill dozens, torch houses

Nigeria: Massacre in the plateau

Nigeria: Armed groups attacks, kill at least 160 in Central Nigeria