Nigerian Air Force says kills top Boko Haram militants, leader believed wounded
Nigeria’s Air Force said it had killed some senior Boko Haram militants and believed it had fatally wounded the group`s leader in a raid on the Islamists` northeast heartland.
Aug 23, 2016, 13:39 PM IST16 Boko Haram militants killed in Nigeria
The Army spokesperson said that the troops will continue to intensify vigilance.
Aug 16, 2016, 03:24 AM ISTBoko Haram releases new video of alleged Chibok girls
Boko Haram on Sunday released a video of the girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes.
Aug 14, 2016, 17:59 PM ISTBoko Haram elusive chief Shekau says `still around in audio message
Boko Haram`s elusive leader Abubakar Shekau said in an audio message Thursday he is still around despite his reported ouster as head of the Nigeria-based jihadist group by the Islamic State (IS).
Aug 04, 2016, 15:47 PM IST`Lock her up,` shout Republicans denouncing Clinton
Republican delegates savaged Hillary Clinton Tuesday by breaking into angry chants of "lock her up" and "guilty" as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie laid out a criminal-style case against her.
Jul 20, 2016, 10:48 AM ISTFood crisis in northeast Nigeria like Darfur, South Sudan: UN
Urgent funding is needed to keep thousands of people alive in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria, the UN said Monday, stressing that the situation borders on famine and compares to crises in Darfur and South Sudan.
Jul 11, 2016, 23:59 PM IST16 Boko Haram fighters, 2 soldiers dead in Nigeria shootout
An army spokesman, Col Sani Kukasheka, said in a statement today that soldiers at the base in Rann in Borno state repelled the extremists with a gunfight that went on for hours.
Jul 10, 2016, 02:52 AM ISTWould-be suicide bombers target mosque in Nigeria
Boko Haram has repeatedly used suicide bombers against civilian "soft" targets.
Jun 27, 2016, 15:33 PM ISTBoko Haram fracturing over Islamic State ties, US general warns
Waldauser noted Shekau`s local focus and voiced concern about whether a splinter group might act more in concert with Islamic State`s transregional ambitions.
Jun 22, 2016, 10:09 AM ISTUS hasn't been able to curb IS global reach: CIA director
CIA has not been able to uncover any direct link between the Orlando shooter and a foreign terrorist organisation.
Jun 17, 2016, 15:26 PM ISTNigeriens who fled Boko Haram attack in 'great distress'
Tens of thousands of Nigeriens who fled a deadly Boko Haram attack are in great distress.
Jun 17, 2016, 05:35 AM ISTFour dead, four abducted in Boko Haram raid: Nigerian army
Boko Haram killed four people and abducted four women from a village in northeast Nigeria, the military said today.
Jun 16, 2016, 00:03 AM IST478 children rescued from Boko Haram hospitalised for severe malnutrition
Nearly 700 people, most of them children, are receiving treatment in hospital in northeast Nigeria for severe malnutrition after being rescued from Boko Haram, the Borno state government said.
Jun 15, 2016, 19:07 PM ISTBoko Haram kills four women in NE Nigeria: Vigilantes
Boko Haram has killed four women in a remote village in Nigeria's northeast in the latest attack by the Islamist group, local vigilantes assisting the military said today.
Jun 12, 2016, 03:30 AM IST`Silent crisis` in Boko Haram-hit Cameroon: UN
Nigeria-based Boko Haram fighters have in recent months carried out fewer spectacular attacks and suicide bombings in neighbouring Cameroon.
Jun 10, 2016, 20:38 PM IST50,000 flee Boko Haram attacks in Niger: UN
The attacks beginning Friday against a military post in Bosso in Niger`s troubled Diffa region killed 26 soldiers.
Jun 07, 2016, 17:24 PM ISTNiger vows to avenge deadly raid by Boko Haram
Twenty six Nigerian and two soldiers were killed in the attack by hundreds of Boko Haram assailants on a military post in Bosso.
Jun 07, 2016, 08:08 AM ISTNigerian troops kill 19 Boko Haram militants: Army
The troops killed 19 Boko Haram terrorists including their notorious leader in the area, called Ameer Abubakar Gana, the army said.
Jun 04, 2016, 18:59 PM ISTNigerian 'Chibok' schoolgirl rescued after two years as Boko Haram captive
Preliminary investigation shows that she is indeed one of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on 14th April 2014.
May 19, 2016, 08:02 AM IST