Islamic State names new leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram
Islamic State has named a new leader of Boko Haram, the Nigerian militant group which last year swore allegiance to it. Abu Musab al-Barnawi was...
Abubakar Shekau
Suspected Boko Haram fighters kidnap around 80 in Cameroon
By Anne Mireille Nzouankeu and Tansa Musa Suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria kidnapped around 80 people, many of them children, and killed three...
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnap 100 women, children in Nigeria
By Lanre Ola Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped more than 100 women and children and killed 35 other people on Sunday during a raid on...
Suspected Boko Haram fighters kidnap 25 girls in northeast Nigeria
By Imma Ande and Isaac Abrak Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 25 girls in an attack on a remote town in northeastern Nigeria,...
Bomb blast kills five at bus station in north Nigeria
By Tim Cocks A bomb exploded at a bus station in northern Nigeria’s Bauchi state late on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding...
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘leader’ appears in new video – AFP
Tim Cocks A man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video, contradicting Nigerian military reports that he was...
Boko Haram ‘leader’, killed repeatedly, continues to threaten Nigeria
By Tim Cocks Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, or a man claiming to be him, has been killed at least three times so far,...
Hundreds flee Nigerian city as Islamist militants gain ground
By Lanre Ola Hundreds of civilians are fleeing Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri as fears grow that Islamist Boko Haram militants may try to assault...
Scores killed as Boko Haram insurgents overrun Nigerian town
By Lanre Ola Islamist Boko Haram insurgents overran most of a northeastern Nigerian town on Tuesday after hours of fighting that killed scores and displaced...
Boko Haram leader ruling Nigerian town by Islamic law
By Isaac Abrak The leader of Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram said his fighters were now ruling the captured northeastern town of Gwoza “by Islamic...
Mother identifies daughter on video of abducted Nigeria schoolgirls
A mother of an abducted Nigerian schoolgirl has identified her daughter in a video posted by Islamist rebels that showed dozens of girls in captivity,...
Nigeria’s Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped girls for prisoners (Updated)
By Lanre Ola The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haramhas offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month in...
Nigeria’s president pledges to free schoolgirls (Updated)
By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Lanre Ola Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pledged on Thursday to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels, as the hostage crisis overshadowed...
Islamist attack kills 125 in northeast Nigeria
By Lanre Ola The latest big Islamist attack in Nigeria has killed least 125 people, police said on Wednesday after gunmen rampaged through a town in the...
Nigeria reward to find schoolgirls
By Tim Cocks Nigerian police offered a 50 million naira ($300,000) reward on Wednesday to anyone who could give information leading to the rescue of more than 200...
Gunmen abduct eight more girls in Nigeria
By Lanre Ola Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls from a village near one of the Islamists’ strongholds in northeastern Nigeria overnight, police and residents said on Tuesday. The abduction of...