BOSAN YAKUSAK ARMED men killed at least 34 people in two villages in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna in the early hours of Monday, the state government and two residents said. The Kaduna government said in a statement that 34 people were killed in the village of Madamai. One resident, speaking by phone, said he counted 44 corpses in the local mortuary from attacks on Madamai and neighbouring Abum village. Another local resident said around 30 people had died. The government statement said security forces who had gone to the scene came under fire but forced attackers to withdraw…