Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis, took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their radical version of Islamic law or Sharia.

Islamist insurgents launched simultaneous attacks in four districts of Northeastern Nigeria using armed drones and heavy firepower, and torched a military barracks before being repelled by troops, a Nigerian army spokesperson said on Thursday.

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