Nigeria, Nov. 20 -- Nottingham Forest and Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi has appealed for peace in his home state of Kwara after a string of deadly terror attacks sent shockwaves across the region and ignited nationwide concern.

The situation escalated on Tuesday when a viral video captured the aftermath of an attack on a church in Kwara State.

According to reports, three people were killed, while the pastor and several congregants were kidnapped.

In a separate incident along the Ilorin-Kabba road, travellers and residents were ambushed by heavily gunmen, another strike in what has become a troubling pattern of violence spreading beyond Nigeria's northern axis.

These incidents have dominated the Nigerian social media space, fuelli...