Islamist insurgents kill at least 25 Nigerian soldiers, civilians: Reports
Islamist insurgents killed at least 25 Nigerian soldiers and several civilians in an ambush on Saturday morning, two people with knowledge of the battle said.
May 25, 2019, 23:34 PM IST
Suspected Boko Haram militants take over northeast Nigeria town: residents
Suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram took over a town in the restive state of Borno in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, residents said.
Nov 26, 2017, 11:47 AM IST
Nigeria's Boko Haram trials to be held behind closed doors
The announcement that due process was finally to begin was given a cautious welcome but a ban on media access will likely raise concerns about transparency.
Sep 29, 2017, 19:42 PM IST
Suicide bombers kill 15 in northeast Nigeria
The UN children's fund said last month that 83 children had been used as suicide bombers this year, four times as many as in all of 2016.
Sep 18, 2017, 19:12 PM IST
Boko Haram ambushes oil convoy in Nigeria, killing soldiers
Boko Haram's eight-year insurgency has killed more than 20,000 people and continues to carry out deadly attacks despite the government's declaration late last year that the extremists had been "crushed."
Jul 26, 2017, 15:51 PM IST
At least 8 dead after suicide bombers hit camps in Nigeria
At least eight people are dead after female suicide bombers attacked two displaced persons camps in northeastern Nigeria's main city, a civilian self- defense group said Monday.
Jul 24, 2017, 20:55 PM IST
Suicide bomber kills eight in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri: Police
At least 62 people have been killed in attacks on Maiduguri and its environs since early June. Seventeen people were killed in the city last week.
Jul 17, 2017, 19:08 PM IST
Eight killed in Nigeria suicide bombing: Authorities
The head of the Borno state emergency management agency, Ahmed Satomi, said the blast happened at about 5:30 am (0430 GMT) in the London Ciki area of Maiduguri, which has been at the epicentre of Boko Haram violence since 2009.
Jul 17, 2017, 15:48 PM IST
Suicide bombers in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri kill 17: Police
The blasts struck four areas in the city, which is the capital of Borno, the state worst affected by the eight-year-old insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
Jul 12, 2017, 16:42 PM IST
Suicide bombers kill nine in Nigerian city of Maiduguri
A number of suicide bomb attacks by suspected members of the jihadist group have taken place in the capital of Borno state and its environs in the last few weeks.
Jun 26, 2017, 17:52 PM IST
Boko Haram make biggest raid on Nigeria's Maiduguri in 18 months
Boko Haram insurgents launched their biggest attack on the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri in 18 months on Wednesday night, the eve of a visit by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to war refugees sheltering there.
Jun 08, 2017, 22:20 PM IST
Boko Haram leader in new video vows to establish caliphate
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in a new video is vowing to continue his insurgency until he establishes an Islamic caliphate across West and Central Africa.
Mar 21, 2017, 16:34 PM IST
Suicide bombers blow themselves up in Nigeria's Maiduguri; four killed, many wounded
Three suicide bombers killed four people and injured eight others in a village near the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a police spokesman said on Sunday.
Mar 19, 2017, 14:18 PM IST
236 dead at camp bombed by Nigeria's air force: Official
The death toll from the bombing of a refugee camp by Nigeria's air force has climbed to 236, a local official said today a sharp increase from earlier counts.
Jan 24, 2017, 00:29 AM IST
Nigerian Air Force dropped `two bombs` on town: Aid worker
The Nigerian Air Force dropped two bombs on the centre of a town where tens of thousands of people were seeking refuge from Boko Haram, according to an aid worker who witnessed the attack.
Jan 19, 2017, 18:25 PM IST
Boko Haram targets Nigeria military base, militia
Boko Haram killed at least five soldiers at a military base in northeast Nigeria, while suicide bombers killed three people in the key city of Maiduguri, the authorities said today.
Jan 09, 2017, 20:09 PM IST
Suicide bombers kills two in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
Suicide bombers in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, killed two people, the state police commissioner said on Friday.
Nov 18, 2016, 16:07 PM IST
Nigerian soldiers, police sexually abuse Boko Haram victims: Human Rights Watch
Nigerian soldiers and policemen have raped and sexually abused women and girls fleeing the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
Oct 31, 2016, 17:44 PM IST
Two suicide bombers kill at least 8 in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
Two suicide bombers killed at least eight people on Saturday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Islamist Boko Haram militants, the military said.
Oct 29, 2016, 14:54 PM IST
Boko Haram faction ready to negotiate release of 83 more Chibok girls: Nigerian govt
The Islamic State-allied faction of Boko Haram which last week freed 21 of more than 200 Chibok girls kidnapped in April 2014 in northeast Nigeria is willing to negotiate the release of 83 more of the girls, the president`s spokesman said on Sunday.
Oct 17, 2016, 00:11 AM IST
