{"id":598,"date":"2026-02-04T11:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:21:36","slug":"gunmen-kill-more-than-30-people-in-nigerias-kwara-state-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/?p=598","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill more than 30 people in Nigeria\u2019s Kwara State: Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><main aria-label=\"Main content area\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/main><\/p>\n<h1>Gunmen kill more than 30 people in Nigeria\u2019s Kwara State: Authorities<\/h1>\n<p><em>Armed men burned homes and shops in Woro, a remote village in north-central Kwara State bordering Niger State, authorities say.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2025-12-26T163203Z_839028605_RC2BOIAF5Q1O_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-NIGERIA-1770203849.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" \/><figcaption>Residents inspect the damage after US forces had launched a strike against ISIL fighters in Kwara State, Nigeria, on December 26, 2025. [File: Abdullahi Dare Akogun\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><span>By <\/span>News Agencies<\/div>\n<p><span>Published On 4 Feb 2026<\/span><span>4 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Save<\/p>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>Armed men have killed at least 35 people and burned homes and shops in Woro, a remote village in Nigeria\u2019s north-central Kwara State, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning, I was told that 35 to 40 dead bodies were counted,\u201d Sa\u2019idu Baba Ahmed, a local lawmaker in the Kaiama region, told the AFP news agency on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 1 item<\/span><span>end of list<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany others escaped into the bush with gunshots,\u201d Ahmed said, adding that more bodies could be found.<\/p>\n<p>It was the deadliest assault \u200dthis \u2060year in the district bordering Niger State, which armed gangs have attacked increasingly.<\/p>\n<p>Villagers fled into the surrounding bushland as the armed men attacked Woro, Ahmed told \u200cthe Reuters news agency by phone. Several people were still missing, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack was confirmed by police, who did not provide casualty figures. The state government blamed the attack on \u201cterrorist cells\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Banditry and armed \u200cattacks on rural communities have surged across \u200cnorthwest and north-central \u2060Nigeria in recent years as gangs raid villages, kidnap residents and loot livestock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Gunmen kill more than 30 people in Nigeria\u2019s Kwara State: Authorities Armed men burned homes and shops in Woro, a remote village in north-central Kwara State bordering Niger State, authorities say. Residents inspect the damage after US forces had launched a strike against ISIL fighters in Kwara State, Nigeria, on December 26, 2025. [File: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypremiumbulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}