MEDIA LINKS

This section is regularly updated to provide a selection of the latest news reports on the conflict in Nigeria. It contains news from Nigerian and international media sources from the past six months. Click on the links to see the articles in full. For more in-depth analysis, see the Publications page. For press releases, see the Blog page.

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(Tribune) 12 Jun 2023 –  The Democracy Day celebration in parts of Plateau State on Monday turned into a day of mourning for communities in Barakin-Ladi and Riyom local government areas of the state, following the killing of about twenty-one people, including a clergyman, by the rampaging Fulani terrorists... Read the full story here.

• Fulani herdsmen kill 2 teachers, injure 2 others in Plateau school (Opinion Nigeria, 15 August 2023)
• Borno: Boko Haram kills five, abducts seven women (Punch, 12 August 2023)
• '21 killed' as gunmen attack Plateau communities (The Cable, 10 August 2023)
• Suspected farmers kill 3 Taraba farmers (Daily Post, 9 August 2023)
• Plateau: Gunmen kill three persons as soldiers arrest two suspects (Premium Times, 8 August 2023)
• Boko Haram terrorists kill 11 farmers... in Borno (Vanguard, 1 August 2023)
• Kidnappers, bandits kill five in Plateau (Tribune, 31 July 2023)
• 32 die in latest ISWAP/Boko Haram attacks in Borno (P.M. News, 27 July 2023)
• Farmers on the run as Boko Haram killings return (Daily Trust, 19 July 2023)
• Plateau: 346 killed in 4 months - report (Sun, 13 July 2023)
• Terrorists kill 231 persons in Mangu council (Guardian, 10 July 2023)
• Bandits killed 14 within 7 hours in Plateau State (ECCVN, 9 July 2023)
• Mangu attacks: 204 people killed in 53 villages... (Sun, 8 July 2023)
• Gunmen kill 27, including mourners in Benue... (Vanguard, 8 July 2023)
• Suspected Fulani militia kills three in Taraba community (Daily Post, 3 July 2023)
• Gunmen attack Redeemed Church, kill pastor, kidnap seven worshippers (NAN, 2 July 2023)
• Eight people killed in Mangu, locals received warning... (Sun, 30 June 2023)
• Borno: Boko Haram kills six in roadside bomb attack (Within Nigeria, 30 June 2023)
• Again, B/Haram kills 7 farmers in Damboa (Daily Trust, 28 June 2023)
• Boko Haram kills eight youths in Borno (Punch, 23 June 2023)
• Plateau: Three locals killed, two injured at mining site in Riyom LGA (Sun, 23 June 2023)
• 23 persons die in fresh Plateau violence (Guardian, 22 June 2023)
• Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill two, adbuct one in Ebonyi... (Independent, 20 June 2023)
• 22 killed in fresh Plateau attack (Daily Trust, 20 June 2023)
• Boko Haram slaughters 15 villagers in Borno (Daily Trust, 16 June 2023)
• 31,350 Christians killed in Buhari's 8 years - Intersociety (Tribune, 14 June 2023)
• Bloody Democracy Day: 21 killed in Plateau (Tribune, 12 Jun 2023)
• Plateau residents killed, houses razed in attack by suspected Fulani... (Guardian, 6 Jun 2023)
• Fulani herdsmen kill 50 in Sokoto, 31 in Zamfara (Opinion Nigeria, 5 Jun 2023)
• Terrorists kill pastor, 49 church members in Plateau (Within Nigeria, 29 May 2023)
• Clergyman, two others killed in Plateau (Tribune 25 May 2023)
• Plateau killings: Death toll hits 130... (Vanguard, 23 May 2023) 
• Again, armed Fulani herdsmen kill 18... in Benue (Opinion Nigeria, 23 May 2023)
• 15 killed in Kaduna, Benue fresh attacks (Sun, 22 May 2023)
• Fulani militia killed over 200 in Mangu/Bokkos... (Within Nigeria, 18 May 2023)
• Terrorists kill 18, injure 30 in Zamfara state (Opinion Nigeria, 15 May 2023)
• Killings: Tears at burial of 38 people in Nasarawa (Independent, 14 May 2023)
• Again, gunmen kill two persons, burn houses in Kaduna (Within Nigeria, 13 May 2023)
• Again, seven persons killed in Zangon Kataf...  (Daily Post, 12 May 2023)
• At least 28 killed as suspected Fulani herdsmen attack Benue... (Naija News, 11 May 2023)
• Again, herdsmen attack Benue communities, kill 3 (Sun, 10 May 2023)
• Again, suspected Fulani militia kills in Zangon Kataf (Daily Post, 9 May 2023)
• Bandits kidnap 40 worshippers during Sunday service in Kaduna (Tribune, 8 May 2023)
• Suspected herdsmen kill six in Benue (Tribune Online, 7 May 2023)
• Pregnant woman, husband, son allegedly killed by herdsmen in Osun (Sun, 5 May 2023)
• 30 killed... in two weeks by militia herdsmen in Plateau, group claims (Ripples Nigeria, 30 Apr 2023)
• Fresh farmers, herdsmen crisis in Taraba claims 20 lives... (Tori.ng, 28 Apr 2023)
• Again, suspected herdsmen attack Benue... kill 10 (Daily Post, 26 Apr 2023)
• Herdsmen attack Ondo community, kill one, injure eight others (Ripples Nigeria, 25 Apr 2023)
• Gunmen kill 7 in Plateau (Sun, 25 Apr 2023)
• Again, herders kill four in Benue (Witness, 24 Apr 2023)
• Apa: Four killed as gunmen open fire on mourners in Idoma... (Idoma Voice, 24 Apr 2023)
• Nasarawa: 12 dead, many injured... in deadly clashes (Sun, 22 Apr 2023)
• Fresh Southern Kaduna attack: death toll rises to 33... (Daily Post, 17 Apr 2023)
• Boko Haram attacks Yobe community, kills eleven... (Premium Times, 15 Apr 2023)
• Suspected herders kill 46 in Benue (Punch, 8 Apr 2023)
• Bandits abduct 80 children in Zamfara (Punch, 8 Apr 2023)
• Boko Haram terrorists kill pastor, injure wife, others in Borno... (Vanguard, 5 Apr 2023)
• Living Faith church pastor killed in Kogi (Naija News, 5 Apr 2023)
• Bandits abduct 10 students in Kaduna (NAN, 4 Apr 2023)
• Terrorists strike in Adamawa, 3 feared killed, many abducted (Vanguard, 3 Apr 2023)
• Worshipper killed, pastor abducted in attack on Benue church (Daily Trust, 2 Apr 2023)
• Many killed, scores injured as Fulani herdsmen storm Benue... (Opinion Nigeria, 31 Mar 2023)
• One killed, others injured as herdsmen invade Sobe community (Sun, 28 Mar 2023)
• Terrorists kill Kaduna cleric, abduct three, demand N50m (Punch, 26 Mar 2023)
• 22 killed, others injured in fresh Katsina attack (Premium Times, 13 Mar 2023)
• '300 insurgents killed' in multiple ISWAP/Boko Haram clashes (The Cable, 11 Mar 2023)
• Nine Borno fishermen injured, 29 killed in Boko Haram attack... (Punch, 10 Mar 2023)
• Niger terrorists abduct 53, kill pregnant women, four villagers (Opinion Nigeria, 9 Mar 2023)
• Benue: Eight killed as suspected herdsmen open fire on mourners... (Within Nigeria, 9 Mar 2023)
• Over 36 killed as herdsmen attack communities in Benue (Vanguard, 6 Mar 2023)
• Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill three, injure dozen in Edo community (Tribune, 6 Mar 2023)
• Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill pastor and two sons in Plateau (Within Nigeria, 6 Mar 2023)
• Boko Haram abducts seven in fresh attack (Naija News, 3 Mar 2023)
• Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill guard and six others in Benue (Within Nigeria, 2 Mar 2023)

• Terrorists kidnap two Christians, kill Baptist pastor in Nigeria (Morning Star News, 30 Aug 2023)
• Terrorists kill 37 Christians in Benue State, NIgeria (Morning Star News, 21 July 2023)
• 11 Christians killed in Plateau State, Nigeria... (Morning Star News, 3 July 2023)
• Catholic priest slain in Southwest Nigeria (Morning Star News, 15 June 2023)
• Fulani terrorists kill 46 Christians in Benue State (Morning Star News, 14 June 2023)
• Priest killed in a road ambush in southern Nigeria (Agenzia Fides, 9 June 2023)
• Hundreds of Christians slain in Plateau State, Nigeria (Morning Star News, 7 June 2023)
• Benue State residents recover five more bodies as death toll hits 22 (Sahara Reporters, 23 May 2023)
• More than 100 killed as herders, farmers clash in central Nigeria (AFP, 19 May 2023)
• Suspected extremists kill seven, kidnap 22 (AFP, 6 May 2023)
• Gunmen kill 15 people, abduct 5 aid workers in north Nigeria (AP, 28 Apr 2023)
• Terrorists kill more than 60 Christians in Benue State... (Morning Star News, 3 Apr 2023)
• Terrorists kill 27 Christians in Kaduna State... (Morning Star News, 27 Mar 2023)
• Gunmen in north Nigeria kill at least 16 people (AP, 12 Mar 2023)