At least six bodies have been recovered after gunmen attacked farmland in central Nigeria's Benue State, the police said on Saturday.

Nigeria’s police have arrested six suspects following a deadly ambush that killed three officers and left seven others missing in Benue State.

Multiple attacks by gunmen in central Nigeria's Benue State left at least 23 people dead, a Red Cross official said Sunday, as the region continues to see violence linked to land use and ethnic and religious tensions.