JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Eighteen people have been killed in central Nigeria, a region beset by religious and ethnic fighting, an official said Monday.
Pam Ayuba, an adviser to the governor of Plateau state, said the 18 were killed Sunday night and that 10 people were wounded, all near the city of Jos. He said the government is working to restore law and order.
Plateau state police commissioner Emmanuel Dipo Ayeni confirmed the attacks but did not confirm the casualty figure.
Nigeria, an oil-rich country of 150 million people, is split between Muslims in the north and the predominantly Christian south. Plateau state is in the "middle belt," where dozens of ethnic groups vie …
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