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Nigeria: Radicalism

Commons · Question 85661 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 Nov 2025

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Asked by Jim Allister

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle (a) Fulani militants, (b) Boko Haram and (c) other Islamist extremists in Nigeria.

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 3 Nov 2025

Nigeria is witnessing rising conflict and insecurity, including violent extremism and intercommunal violence. Violence in Nigeria's North-East is driven by terrorist groups including Boko Haram, who target all those who do not subscribe to their extremist...