82 freed Chibok schoolgirls to meet with Nigerian president
Nigeria's president says he will meet Sunday with 82 Chibok schoolgirls freed this weekend after being kidnapped three years ago by Boko Haram.
May 07, 2017, 13:55 PM IST
Nigeria prisoner swap secures release of 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists
Nigeria on Saturday said it had negotiated the release of 82 of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists more than three years ago, securing their freedom in a prisoner swap deal.
May 07, 2017, 09:02 AM IST
US, UK say Boko Haram wants to kidnap foreigners in northeast Nigeria
The United States and British governments are warning that the Boko Haram extremist group is actively planning to kidnap foreigners in northeast Nigeria.
May 06, 2017, 18:09 PM IST
How climate change actually fuels terrorism
A report commissioned by the German government warned on Thursday that terrorist groups are increasingly using natural resources such as water as a weapon of war, controlling access to it, further compounding and exacerbating resource scarcities.
Apr 20, 2017, 15:42 PM IST
Terror attacks on UK, US embassies foiled, say Nigerian police
Nigeria's Secret Police on Wednesday said that it had foiled a plot by Boko Haram terrorists to carry out attacks on embassies of the United Kingdom and the United States as well as other Western targets in the country's capital Abuja.
Apr 12, 2017, 23:30 PM IST
Boko Haram torches military base a day after farmers killed
Boko Haram jihadists have torched a military base in northeast Nigeria, a day after the group killed seven people in a separate raid, residents said.
Apr 07, 2017, 14:34 PM IST
Boko Haram leader in new video vows to establish caliphate
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in a new video is vowing to continue his insurgency until he establishes an Islamic caliphate across West and Central Africa.
Mar 21, 2017, 16:34 PM IST
Suicide bombers blow themselves up in Nigeria's Maiduguri; four killed, many wounded
Three suicide bombers killed four people and injured eight others in a village near the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a police spokesman said on Sunday.
Mar 19, 2017, 14:18 PM IST
Two female bombers killed in foiled attack in Nigeria
Civilian vigilantes foiled a suicide attack on the outskirts of Nigeria's flashpoint city of Maiduguri, killing two teenaged female bombers, police said today.
Mar 12, 2017, 17:14 PM IST
Nigerian Air Force dropped `two bombs` on town: Aid worker
The Nigerian Air Force dropped two bombs on the centre of a town where tens of thousands of people were seeking refuge from Boko Haram, according to an aid worker who witnessed the attack.
Jan 19, 2017, 18:25 PM IST
Nigeria mistakenly bombs refugee camp, kills at least 52
Among the wounded are Nigerians working for Doctors Without Borders and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Jan 17, 2017, 22:25 PM IST
Boko Haram claims Nigeria university twin suicide bombing
Islamist militant group Boko Haram has said it was behind Monday's twin suicide bombing at a university in north-eastern Nigeria which killed two people.
Jan 17, 2017, 15:19 PM IST
Boko Haram targets Nigeria military base, militia
Boko Haram killed at least five soldiers at a military base in northeast Nigeria, while suicide bombers killed three people in the key city of Maiduguri, the authorities said today.
Jan 09, 2017, 20:09 PM IST
Nigerian troops rescued 1,880 civilians from Boko Haram in one week: Army
Nigerian troops have rescued 1,880 civilians from a Boko Haram redoubt in the restive northeast in the past week and arrested hundreds of insurgents, a military commander has said.
Dec 22, 2016, 02:59 AM IST
80,000 children will starve to death in Nigeria: UNICEF
Nearly a half million children will face starvation in northeastern Nigeria next year and 80,000 will die if they don't get treatment in the humanitarian crisis created by Boko Haram's Islamic uprising, the U.N. Children's Agency warned.
Dec 14, 2016, 07:32 AM IST
Death toll of Nigeria suicide blasts rises to 56
A total of 56 people lost their lives and 177 others were injured in Friday`s twin blasts that hit a crowded market in northeast Nigeria, a local official said Saturday.
Dec 11, 2016, 07:02 AM IST
Thirty killed in Boko Haram suicide attacks in NE Nigeria: Army
The suicide blasts carried out by two female suicide bombers in the market in the town of Madagali.
Dec 09, 2016, 20:58 PM IST
Boko Haram jihadists kill five in Nigeria: Villagers
Hundreds of people living in the three villages fled for the relative safety of the town of Askira, located some 10 kilometres (six miles) away.
Nov 25, 2016, 03:43 AM IST
Nigeria declares 55 Boko Haram fighters wanted
Nigeria on Monday released a banner containing photographs and names of 55 Boko Haram wanted for various attacks and terror activities in the northeast where the military currently prosecute war against the insurgents.
Nov 22, 2016, 06:26 AM IST
Suicide bombers kills two in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
Suicide bombers in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, killed two people, the state police commissioner said on Friday.
Nov 18, 2016, 16:07 PM IST
