Nigeria, March 1 -- For a region that has been plagued by terror groups ranging from the Mai Taisine riotous sect in the 1980s to Boko Haram insurgents in the 2000s, the emergence of a new Islamist group in the Muslim north of Nigeria has become one too many. Given the name "Lakurawa" by the locals, this new terror group that has been identified by Nigeria's security forces are operating out of Kebbi and Sokoto states in north west Nigeria along the border with the Republic of Niger. Said to be made up of foreign elements from the Sahel, the Lakurawa first appeared in northern Nigeria sometime in 2017 as a reformatory religious group and skilled herdsmen that were armed. And with their relatively high armament capabilities, they helped pr...