Boko haram attack
Boko Haram kills seven in Christmas Eve attack
Boko Haram jihadists killed at least seven people in a Christmas Eve assault on a village in Nigeria's restive northeast.
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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 16 in northern Cameroon
The assailants threw a grenade into a group of sleeping people inside the camp in the village of Nguetchewe, district mayor Medjeweh Boukar told Reuters. The camp is home to around 800 people.
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Death toll in Nigeria Boko Haram funeral attack rises to 65
Dozens more bodies were discovered following the assault Saturday by gunmen on a village close to the regional capital Maiduguri.
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Amnesty urges Nigeria to stop torture by security forces
In a statement marking International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty said it continued to receive regular reports of torture and other human rights abuses in military and police custody.
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30 dead in Nigeria triple suicide bombing: emergency services
Three bombers detonated their explosives outside a hall in Konduga, 38 kilometres from the Borno state capital Maiduguri, where football fans were watching a match on TV.
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Islamic State says it killed 20 Nigerian soldiers -statement
The assault, which raised questions about government claims to have almost defeated the insurgents, took place in the town of Kareto on Wednesday.
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5 years after Boko Haram kidnap, 112 Chibok girls still missing
On April 14, 2014, gunmen stormed the Chibok girls' boarding school, kidnapping 276 pupils aged 12-17, 57 of whom managed to escape by jumping from the trucks.
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Three killed in Nigeria suicide bomb attack
Two female bombers late Saturday detonated their explosives among a crowd in Muna Dalti on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the birthplace of the Boko Haram jihadist group.
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Corruption takes centre stage in Nigerian election campaign
Muhammadu Buhari, an austere and pious former general, will take on wealthy former vice-president Atiku Abubakar at the polls on 16 February.
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Fight against Boko Haram tops regional summit agenda
At the November meeting in N’Djamena, leaders had focused on overhauling current strategy in their fight against Boko Haram, Buhari said.
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Boko Haram kills 3 soldiers, overrun Nigerian army base
Fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province driving in several trucks attacked the base in Cross-Kauwa village and engaged troops in an hours-long gunfight, the sources told AFP late Wednesday.
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SA mercenary speaks out after Boko Haram bloodshed
The Nigerian military broke its silence late Friday evening to confirm that the Metele base had been attacked on 18 November, but did not give a death toll.
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Curfew declared in Nigerian city after deadly sectarian violence
Kaduna state is where Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north meets the predominantly Christian south, and has seen previous bouts of sectarian violence.
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Nigeria troops repel fresh Boko Haram base attack
Hours of fighting ensued but the attack was repelled with the help of aerial support, military sources in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, told AFP on Thursday morning.
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Nigeria imposes curfew as 70 die in escalating communal clashes
Insecurity has become a major electoral problem for President Muhammadu Buhari, who plans to seek re-election in February and who won power on pledges to deliver peace and stability.
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Trump sends Buhari back home with stern warnings
Donald Trump says the US will invest in Nigeria if Muhammadu Buhari tears down trade barriers and creates a level playing field thereby allowing better access for the American goods.
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Nigerian army foils Boko Haram attack in Maiduguri
The attack started at about 6pm local time on Thursday causing panic among residents amidst the sound of intense gunshots.
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Sixteen people killed in Nigerian church attack: police
The bloody clashes, linked to grazing rights and dwindling fertile land, have raised questions about the government’s ability to maintain security in the country.
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Buhari to meet Trump at White House on 30 April
The meeting comes weeks after Rex Tillerson, then US secretary of state, visited Nigeria and other African countries in March only to be fired after his return to Washington.
