Amna Nawaz
@PBSNewsHour·5.3M subscribers·62.2K videos
Nigeria deploys army against Islamic militants
Posted
February 6, 2026
Views
3,261
Likes
71
Engagement
2.18%
February 6, 2026
3,261
71
2.18%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
0:59Now PlayingThe Nigerian government on Thursday said it's launching a new military operation against Islamic militants after more than 160 people were killed during an attack earlier this week.
Local officials said it happened in two Muslim-majority villages in Kwara state and the victims were reportedly killed for resisting extremist ideology. No group has claimed responsibility, but officials suspect various Islamic military groups.
Separately, in Nigeria's Kaduna state, officials said all 183 Christians abducted from three different churches last month have now been released.
Sign up for Here's The Deal with Lisa Desjardins
Subscribe for exclusive content in our newsletters
PBS News podcasts
Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app
Find more from PBS News at
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
