Nigeria plagued with security challenges on multiple front

At least 40 people were killed and many others wounded by gunmen on motorbikes in an attack on a mining village in Central Nigeria on the 20th of May. This is the latest violent episode to hit the region deeply troubled by resource disputes and intercommunal strife. The late Monday attack took place in the Plateau state where clashes between nomadic herders and pastoral farmers are rife. Also, last December, nearly 200 people had been killed in Plateau's Bokkos and Barkin Ladi districts over several days of violence during the Christmas period.