At least 7 members of Nigerian security force missing after insurgents ambush convoy

At least seven members of a Nigerian government protection agency are missing after Boko Haram insurgents attacked their convoy in north-central Nigeria, authorities said.

A team of 80 security operatives tasked with protecting the power network were ambushed Monday in Shiroro, Niger state, by about 200 Boko Haram fighters during a patrol mission, Babawale Afolabi, a spokesperson for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said late…