Seventeen people have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in northern Nigeria, where a more than decade-long Islamist insurgency has claimed tens of thousands of lives, sources said Thursday. Around two dozen fighters dressed in military-like uniform and believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group sneaked on foot into Geidam town in Yobe state late on Wednesday, militia sources said. They rounded up nine people in a bar in and slaughtered them, some with their hands tied behind their back, militiaman Gremah Bukar told AFP. “They killed nine people at the bar,…