Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed at least 60 people in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern Borno state close to the border with Cameroon, a local official said. “The attackers, who are no doubt Boko Haram insurgents, attacked Amchaka and nearby villages…
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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…
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…
Suspected Boko Haram members in Volkswagen Golf cars Tuesday rammed into a patrol vehicle of the Police in Maiduguri, the…
At least 17 people have been killed by an explosion in a village market in Borno State in an attack…
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 on Wednesday re-imposed a telephone blackout on many parts of Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, the base of Boko Haram Islamists who have intensified attacks that has claimed scores of lives, the army said. “GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication…
Healthcare services have collapsed in the northern part of Nigeria’s Borno state as doctors, nurses and pharmacists flee for their lives from brutal violence unleashed by Islamist Boko Haram militants. Medical professionals say health services in the…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday returned to a village in northeast Nigeria where 106 people were killed last week, torching homes, shooting and setting off explosives, a local official said. The latest attack in Izghe, Borno state, happened at…