Jihadists Overrun Nigerian Base, Kill Senior General and Soldiers

A daring attack by jihadist fighters on a military base in Benisheikh, 75 kilometers from Maiduguri in Nigeria's Borno State, has left an army general and several soldiers dead. Brigadier General Oseni Omoh Braimah, one of the victims, is the second senior officer killed in five months amid escalating violence in the region. Military and intelligence sources indicate that the overnight assault resulted in at least 18 fatalities, with the attackers torching vehicles after breaching the base’s def