#News: Boko Haram 'kidnaps bus passengers'

[BBC]

 Boko Haram attacks during election campaign  

• 8 January: President Jonathan opens his election campaign  
• 14 January: Nigerian military repel attack on the town of Biu in the north-eastern state of Borno
• 18 January: Suicide bomber kills four people after detonating a car bomb at a bus station in north-eastern Yobe state
• 25 January: Militants attack strategically important north-eastern city of Maiduguri, with dozens reported killed
• 4 February: Militants kill up to 70 people in attack on Cameroon
• 6-8 February: Attacks on Niger repulsed by Niger's military  

Who are Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists?

How have Boko Haram become so strong?

   
Source: BBC