Gunmen kill at least 29 in northeast Nigeria after targeting young people at football pitch
Key takeaways
- Gunmen killed at least 29 people in an hours-long attack in Nigeria's northeastern Adamawa state, local authorities said, burning homes and places of worship and opening fire on people watching a football match.
- Issued on: 28/04/2026 - 10:08Modified: 28/04/2026 - 10:11
- By: FRANCE 24 A file photo showing Nigerian Police and Army officers arriving for an event in Minna, Nigeria, on December 22, 2025.
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Gunmen killed at least 29 people in an hours-long attack in Nigeria's northeastern Adamawa state, local authorities said, burning homes and places of worship and opening fire on people watching a football match. Nigeria continues to struggle with armed attacks by jihadists and armed criminal gangs.
Issued on: 28/04/2026 - 10:08Modified: 28/04/2026 - 10:11
By: FRANCE 24 A file photo showing Nigerian Police and Army officers arriving for an event in Minna, Nigeria, on December 22, 2025. © Sunday Alamba, AP Gunmen have killed at least 29 people in northeastern Nigeria, a state governor said Monday, with locals saying the attackers targeted young people gathered at a football pitch, the latest bout of deadly unrest in Africa's most populous nation.