No fewer than 90 people were killed on Saturday night by suspected Boko Haram insurgents who invaded a Borno State village.
Last week, scores were killed in Konduga also in Borno State.
In neighbouring Adamawa State, also last week, nine soldiers were reportedly killed in an ambush.
The Saturday night attack took place in Izghe village in Gwoza Local Government.
Chanting “Allah is great”, suspected Islamic militants gunned down dozens of Christian villagers and slit the throats of others in an area where the military has been bombing extremists out of forest hideouts, survivors said yesterday.