Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed 19 people, including six college teachers, in three separate attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern Borno state, residents and travellers said. The killings took place on Thursday and Friday in Dikwa, Kala…
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Nigeria’s top human rights body on Monday said that eight people shot dead by intelligence agents in Abuja last year were civilians and not Boko Haram militants, as the government claimed. The Directorate for State Services (DSS) said on September 20…
Boko Haram militants attacked a village in restive northern Nigeria, killing 17 people and setting houses and cars alight, the local government said Sunday. Among the dead were Muslim worshippers shot as they prayed in the village mosque, said Abdullahi…
Cameroon’s security forces Sunday were sweeping the remote northern region where two Italian priests and a Canadian nun were kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, a local government official said. “We are everywhere. We have been on the ground since…
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In Nigeria, Islamist militant group Boko Haram has killed thousands since it launched an uprising in 2009. Civilians are targeted almost daily and there are concerns that the violence will only escalate as the country gets close the 2015 elections.…
Four would-be suicide bombers planning to blow up a petrol station died in Nigeria’s troubled northeast on Tuesday after soldiers opened fire on their explosives-packed cars, the military and witnesses said. The suspected Boko Haram Islamists were trying…
A prison gun battle in Nigeria has left 21 people dead. Security officials say detainees suspected of being members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram overpowered their guards at a prison near Nigeria’s presidential villa in Abuja on Sunday, seizing…
Nigeria’s secret police faced questions Monday about how 21 detainees were killed during an attempted jailbreak from their headquarters, with claims of a cover-up about exactly what happened. The detainees, reportedly suspected Boko Haram insurgents…
Nigeria’s secret police said on Sunday there had been an escape attempt by detainees at their headquarters, with unconfirmed reports that Boko Haram militants were involved. “There was an attempted jail break by our inmates when the suspect handler…
Suspected Boko Haram militants on Tuesday hurled explosives in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing five police officers, while a separate blast killed three. The attacks were the latest to hit the Borno state capital, which is…
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for an attack on a key military barracks in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, in a new video obtained on Monday by AFP that warns of further bloodshed, including against civilians. “We carried out the attacks…
At least 17 people have been killed by an explosion in a village market in Borno State in an attack…
At least 17 people have been killed by an explosion in a village market in northeast Nigeria in an attack blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, a local police chief said on Sunday. The deadly blast struck a busy marketplace late on Thursday in the remote…
Public secondary schools in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers and parents said Saturday. The closure reportedly affects 85 secondary schools, catering to some…
Public secondary schools in northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers…
Nigeria’s military on Wednesday told Boko Haram militants that talks remained an option, as top brass visited troops in the group’s traditional stronghold. “To the insurgents, the dialogue table is still open, else the national power is available to…
Nigeria’s new broader approach to tackling the Boko Haram insurgency won plaudits on Wednesday, with the plan seen as recognition that military might alone would not end the bloodshed. National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki unveiled the new measures…
Turkish Airlines allegedly shipped weapons to unknown groups in Nigeria, which has been ravaged by violence between the army and Boko Haram militants, a new incriminating phone call revealed on Tuesday. The leaked conversation is the latest blow to…
Nigeria on Tuesday unveiled a new “soft power” plan to defeat Boko Haram, hoping to win hearts and minds in the restive northeast, as the military said it was tightening the net on the ground. National security adviser Sambo Dasuki said the government…