{"id":275828,"date":"2025-09-06T12:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T11:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-driving-young-nigerians-into-the-arms-of-extremists-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T12:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T11:05:20","slug":"whats-driving-young-nigerians-into-the-arms-of-extremists-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-driving-young-nigerians-into-the-arms-of-extremists-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s driving young Nigerians into the arms of extremists? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Plc6Or4WyQw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What's driving young Nigerians into the arms of extremists? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Plc6Or4WyQw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>This year armed Islamist groups in Nigeria have reportedly ramped up their attacks fuelling insecurity and displacement in the region. Nigeria&#8217;s National Human Rights Commission says insurgents and bandits have killed more people in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024. <\/p>\n<p>DW\u2019s Fanny Facsar sent this report from Borno State, where the armed Islamist group Boko Haram and an Islamic State splinter group are active. <\/p>\n<p>DW is joined by Dr. Fatima Akilu in Abuja. She led Nigeria\u2019s first national countering violent extremism programme. 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