BOKO HARAM RETURNS 104 OF 110 KIDNAPPED SCHOOLGIRLS, NIGERIA SAYS

Boko Haram returns 104 of 110 kidnapped schoolgirls, Nigeria says... READ MORE›

82 CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRLS FREED FROM BOKO HARAM

Boko Haram militants mainly inhabit areas in the northern states of Nigeria, specifically Yobe, Kano, Bauchi, Borno and Kaduna... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM BLAMED AS SUICIDE BLASTS KILL 19

Borno state is the part of Nigeria that is worst hit by the Boko Haram attacks... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 80 FREED BY BOKO HARAM

Nigeria Chibok girls At least 80 freed by Boko Haram... READ MORE›

NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT WARNED BY FIRST LADY AISHA BUHARI

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's wife has warned him that she may not back him at the next election unless he shakes up his government... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM STRAPPED SUICIDE BOMBS TO THEM SOMEHOW THESE TEENAGE GIRLS SURVIVED

For years Boko Haram fighters have forced girls into marriage, a euphemism for rape, sometimes impregnating them... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM SURVIVORS SEXUALLY ABUSED AT 'SAFE' CAMPS

Four victims told Human Rights Watch they were first drugged before they were raped at the camps... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM LEADER:

Twenty-eight people were killed during a bombing attacks by Boko Haram militants during Christmas Day services at several churches in Nigeria... READ MORE›

CHIBOK GIRLS IN TEARFUL REUNION WITH FAMILIES

On Thursday, Lai Mohammed, Nigeria's information minister, denied reports that the state had swapped captured Boko Haram fighters for the release of the girls... READ MORE›

NIGERIA'S CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRLS FREED IN BOKO HARAM DEAL

Twenty-one of the schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria, have been freed, the president's spokesman has confirmed... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM BURNS KIDS ALIVE IN NIGERIA, 86 DEAD

Boko Haram has been attacking soft targets, increasingly with suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them out of towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›

ENDLESS RAPE AS WAR REFUGE TURNS TO TERROR

They Fled Boko Haram, Only to Be Raped by Nigerias Security Forces... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM RELEASES 82 KIDNAPPED GIRLS AFTER THREE YEARS

Nigeria Boko Haram releases 82 kidnapped girls after three years... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM REFUGEES IN NIGERIA RAPED BY OFFICIALS

HRW Boko Haram refugees in Nigeria raped by officials... READ MORE›

5 BOKO HARAM LEADERS WERE FREED IN EXCHANGE FOR 82 NIGERIAN GIRLS

USA TODAY Chibok schoolgirls recently freed from Boko Haram captivity are seen in Abuja, Nigeria, on May 7, 2017... READ MORE›

MULTIPLE BOMB BLASTS ROCK NIGERIA'S MAIDUGURI

The nearly seven years Boko Haram crisis topped the agenda of the review, according to a presidential aide... READ MORE›

YOUNG FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL 15 IN NIGERIA MARKET ATTACK

Girl aged just 11 one of two bombers linked to Islamist terror group Boko Haram... READ MORE›

'100 VILLAGERS' KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA

No group has said it carried out either attack but officials have blamed Nigerian-based Boko Haram militants... READ MORE›

FREED CHIBOK GIRLS REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES FOR CHRISTMAS

More than 20 Nigerian Chibok girls who were released by the Islamist group Boko Haram in October have rejoined their families for Christmas... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON NIGERIA OIL TEAM KILLED OVER 50

There has been no serious suggestion that Boko Haram is motivated by a desire to control oil in northeast Nigeria... READ MORE›

CAN AFRICA LEARN ANY LESSONS FROM CATALONIA?

The crisis in Spain's Catalonia region is being closely watched in Nigeria and Cameroon, where secessionist movements have been stepping up campaigns for independence... READ MORE›

3 WOMEN BLAMED FOR LAKE CHAD SUICIDE BOMBINGS THAT KILLED DOZENS

A Chad police spokesman said three female suicide bombers carried out Saturday's attack... READ MORE›

Shekau's best-known crime is the kidnapping of more than 300 Nigerian girls... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM ATTACKS BLAMED FOR DEATHS IN NIGERIA, CHAD

Nine civilians are killed in suicide attacks in Nigeria's Maiduguri, while eight troops die in raid in next-door Chad... READ MORE›

CHIBOK GIRLS: KIDNAPPED SCHOOLGIRL FOUND IN NIGERIA

One of the missing Chibok schoolgirls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago... READ MORE›

NIGERIA BOKO HARAM: 75,000 CHILDREN 'RISK DYING OF HUNGER'

UN humanitarian co-ordinator Peter Lundberg said that overall 14 million people needed humanitarian assistance in a region that was the former stronghold of Boko Haram militants... READ MORE›

CHIBOK GIRLS: NIGERIA DENIES BOKO HARAM PRISONER SWAP

Nigeria's government has denied that it traded Boko Haram prisoners for 21 schoolgirls freed by the armed group... READ MORE›

DOUBLE SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 15 PEOPLE IN NIGERIA

Suspected Boko Haram assault targets aid distribution point in Mashalari village in Nigeria's northeastern Konduga area... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAMS CIVILIAN ATTACKS INTENSIFY

The attacks brought the death toll from Boko Haram attacks in the last week to more than 200... READ MORE›

FOUR SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL 18 IN MAIDUGURI

The first explosion on Wednesday evening took place at a prayer ground in the Muna Gari suburb of the regional capital, Maiduguri... READ MORE›

NIGERIA MOSQUE TARGETED IN DEADLY SUICIDE BOMBING

Boko Haram's recent attacks in the state had taken place farther to the north... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM RAID IN NIGERIA KILLS AT LEAST 65

It is the normal Boko Haram style of attack, where they come and tear down villages, said Abba Aji Kalli, the task force member... READ MORE›

SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM BOMBERS KILL DOZENS IN NIGERIA

Three suicide bombers detonate explosives near northeast city of Maiduguri in attacks bearing hallmark of Boko Haram... READ MORE›