Gunmen reportedly kill dozens in Nigeria as US military deployment confirmed

Dozens of people have been killed by unidentified gunmen in a ferocious attack on two villages in Nigeria's western state of Kwara, local lawmaker Saidu Baba Ahmed has told BBC Hausa.


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