How Bandits Took Over Nigeria

What if I told you there’s a war raging in Nigeria, deadlier than Boko Haram, but almost no one outside the country is talking about it?
Since 2011, Nigeria’s northwest has been gripped by a wave of chaos and bloodshed.

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