Tag: Boko Haram

After 10 years of Boko Haram violence, Nigerians crave peace

MAIDUGURI: Suicide bombings, mass kidnappings, tens of thousands of people killed. A ghastly insurgency by the homegrown Islamic extremist group Boko Haram marks 10...

Another aid worker executed by Boko Haram as negotiation deadline expires

NIGERIA: Another aid worker who was held hostage by Boko Haram for seven months has been killed after a deadline for negotiations expired, the...

Candidates queue up to run Boko Haram-hit Nigerian state

  KANO: Borno state in northeast Nigeria has been devastated by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency but candidates are lining up to become governor at elections...

Boko Haram overruns key crossroads town in northern Nigeria

MAIDUGURI: Boko Haram extremists have overrun a key crossroads and military outpost in northeastern Nigeria, residents and authorities said Saturday. Gudumbali is a town...

Death toll hits 48 in Boko Haram attack on Nigeria troops

  KANO: The death toll from a Boko Haram attack on a Nigerian army post on the border with Niger has risen to 48, military...

Islamists in northeast Nigeria kill up to 30 soldiers

MAIDUGURI: Islamist militants have killed up to 30 soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Saturday,...

At least 19 killed by Islamists in northeast Nigeria

MAIDUGURI: At least 19 people were killed in an Islamist militant attack on a village in northeast Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday,...

Five die as Boko Haram attacks Nigerian village

    KANO: At least five people were killed and a village razed in an attack by Boko Haram jihadists in the northern Nigerian Borno state,...

Boko Haram kills six traders in Nigeria ambush: locals

  KANO: Boko Haram fighters killed six traders when they ambushed a convoy of lorries under military escort in northeast Nigeria, a civilian militia member...

Boko Haram raid kills five in Nigeria

KANO: At least five people were killed and six others injured in a night-time Boko Haram raid and suicide attack on a village in...

At least four killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigerian city

MAIDUGURI: At least four people were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria late on Thursday, the national emergency agency...

Nigeria marks four-year anniversary of Chibok kidnap

ABUJA: Nigeria on Saturday marked four years since Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the remote town of Chibok, with renewed calls...

Boko Haram has abducted more than 1,000 children since 2013: UN

ABUJA: Militants from Nigeria’s Boko Haram group have abducted more than 1,000 children in the northeast since 2013, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said...

18 killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigerian army base, villages

ABUJA: Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base and two surrounding villages near the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri overnight, killing at least 18...

Nigeria talking to Boko Haram about possible ceasefire

ABUJA: Nigeria’s government is in talks with Islamist militant group Boko Haram about a possible ceasefire with the ultimate aim of securing a permanent...

School girls escape Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

NIGERIA: Schoolgirls accompanied by school staff were able to escape an attack by Boko Haram militants in the North Eastern town of Dapchi in Nigeria...

Nigerian troops thwart Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri

KANO: Boko Haram militants made a failed Christmas Day attempt to attack Nigeria’s major northeast city of Maiduguri as they were pushed out by Nigerian...