Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 15 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri
A suspected Boko Haram attack in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 15 people and wounded 68, an emergency agency official said on Monday,...
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Suicide bomber kills 11 people in mosque attack in northeast Nigeria
A suicide bomber killed 11 people on Wednesday in an attack on a mosque in northeast Nigeria, the epicentre of the conflict with Islamist insurgency...
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill nine, abduct dozens in Niger
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants killed nine people and abducted dozens more in southern Niger on Sunday night, the local mayor and a journalist said. The attackers rode...
Buhari says Nigeria army captured key Boko Haram camp
NIGERIA’S army has captured a key Boko Haram camp, the Islamist militant group’s last enclave in the vast northeastern Sambisa forest that was its stronghold,...
Abducted Chibok schoolgirl in Nigeria found by army
One of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militant group Boko Haram from their school in north-east Nigeria’s Chibok in 2014 has been found...
Boko Haram frees 21 kidnapped Chibok girls
By Alexis Akwagyiram and Felix Onuah Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the...
Nigeria would let Boko Haram pick NGO intermediary in talks to free Chibok girls
Nigeria would let Boko Haram choose a non-profit organisation as an intermediary in any talks on the release of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from the...
Nigerian air force says kills top Boko Haram militants as Kerry arrives
Nigeria’s air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, as US Secretary of State John...
Boko Haram video claims to show missing Nigerian school girls
Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has published a video apparently showing recent footage of dozens of school girls kidnapped two years ago, and saying some...
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...
