Terror Raids Leave Two Niger Communities Ghost Towns as Residents Flee.

Thousands of residents from the Borgu and Agwara local government areas of Niger State have recently fled to Segbana, Benin Republic, following a wave of persistent terrorist attacks. This mass exodus across the border underscores Nigeria’s escalating security and humanitarian crisis, contributing to a staggering national figure of over 3.7 million internally displaced persons as of early 2026. In a brazen act of defiance, terrorists struck a community in Borgu Local Government Area in the early hours of Tuesday—barely 24 hours after Governors Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara…