Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 25 people in four simultaneous attacks in Ganye in Adamawa state near the border with Cameroon. In the coordinated assault, the assailants attacked a bar, a bank, a prisoner warder, and a prison, freeing prisoners and setting fire to a police station, a prison, and several hotels and bars. Suspected Boko Haram militants also conducted three bombings in Kano, including an attempted a suicide attack, injuring several policemen; and shot a security guard in Maiduguri.