•B/Haram, ISWAP declare caliphate in Borno, claim responsibility for soldiers, residents’ killings, abduction of hundreds •Dozens dead in Benue, Niger, Kogi attacks, 10 abducted in Kwara, ‘brutal killings’ in Ebonyi as monarch die during negotiation with captors •US Congressman raises concerns over reported attacks on Christians By Peter Duru, Demola Akinyemi, Ndahi Marama, Gift ChapiOdekina, […] The post Insecurity escalates as moves for state police intensify appeared first on Vanguard News .