Nigeria gunmen kill 25 in raids on northwest villages
Voice of America
Kankara Nigeria
Gunmen from criminal gangs killed 25 people when they raided four villages in northwestern Nigeria in reprisals over military offensives on their hideouts, a local security official said Friday.
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