Nigeria, April 17 -- Due to a sharp increase in banditry, terrorism, and insurgency in northern Nigeria, the Chairman of the Northern States Governors' Forum, Muhammadu Yahaya, is working with other governors in the region to develop a joint strategy to tackle the crisis.

On Monday, gunmen attacked Zike and Kimakpa communities in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing 51 people, including an entire family of eight.

This came just under two weeks after another deadly attack in Bokkos LGA left 52 people dead, with homes burned, property destroyed, and many injured.

In another incident on Tuesday evening, the death toll from an attack on Otobi community in Otukpo LGA, Benue State, rose to 11, local officials confirmed on We...