Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has deployed an army battalion to Kwara State after gunmen killed as many as 162 people in one of the country’s deadliest attacks in recent months.

Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deployed an army battalion to a troubled state after gunmen killed as many as 162 people in one of the country's deadliest attacks in recent months. Residents in the area are terrorised following the massacre.

The strike late Tuesday in Kwara state came after the military recently carried out operations in the area against what it called "terrorist elements".