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Nigerian air strike on market kills over 100 peopleA Nigerian Air Force airstrike intended for jihadi rebels mistakenly hit a market in Yobe state. Over 100 residents were killed and many ot...12 Apr, 2026, 10.25 PM IST- Boko Haram militants kill 60 in attack in Nigeria's northeastBoko Haram militants have killed at least 60 people in a nighttime attack on Darul Jamal village in northeastern Nigeria, targeting residen...08 Sep, 2025, 12.31 AM IST
- Nigeria arrests Pakistani terror operatives abetting Boko Haram groupNigeria has apprehended four Pakistani nationals accused of training and arming Boko Haram terrorists. The presence of foreign mercenaries ...30 May, 2025, 07.21 AM IST
- Hundreds of hostages, mostly women and children, are rescued from Boko Haram extremists in Nigeria350 hostages, including 209 children and 135 women, rescued from Boko Haram extremists in Sambisa Forest, highlighting the ongoing threat t...22 May, 2024, 12.29 AM IST
- 24 Chadian troops killed in suspected jihadist attackJihadists from Boko Haram and a rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province, have been using the region for years as a hav...05 Aug, 2021, 05.12 PM IST
- After attack on rival, Islamic State jihadists battle for control in northeast NigeriaIslamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is now targeting Boko Haram's soldiers after raiding Shekau's stronghold in Sambisa forest in Bo...04 Jun, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
- Islamist raid in Niger leaves eight dead: OfficialsMachinegun-toting rebels of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakaway group from Boko Haram, stormed Diffa aboard 15 vehi...30 May, 2021, 02.15 PM IST
- Boko Haram militants kill 92 Chadian soldiers: PresidentThe soldiers were attacked on Monday on the island village of Boma in the swampy Lake Chad zone in the west of the country, where the armie...25 Mar, 2020, 01.35 PM IST
- 41 killed in Lake Chad blasts blamed on Boko Haram: governmentForty-one people were killed in triple explosions in a Chadian city on the shores of Lake Chad, blamed on the Nigerian jihadist group Boko ...11 Oct, 2015, 05.53 PM IST
- One of the most notoriously violent jihadists on earth may now be out of a jobAbubakr Shekau, leader of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, had been deposed and replaced by a new leader more open to compromise .14 Aug, 2015, 12.54 PM IST
- Barack Obama welcomes Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari to White HouseObama's administration has faced criticism for not including the continent's most populous country on an Africa tour later this week.20 Jul, 2015, 08.10 PM IST
- Malala Yousafzai criticises world leaders on Boko Haram kidnappingsMalala Yousafzai criticised Nigerian and other world leaders for failing to secure the release of over 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram mil...14 Apr, 2015, 07.54 PM IST
- Boko Haram may have committed war crimes: UN rights chiefThe group has also repeatedly used young children as human bombs, including a case of a 14-year-old carrying a baby on her back who detonat...01 Apr, 2015, 08.12 PM IST
- Over 1 million people internally displaced in Nigeria in 3 months: UNAs many as 92.3 per cent of IDPs live with host families and the rest in camps or "camp-like sites", according to the International Organis...20 Jan, 2015, 10.48 PM IST
- Boko Haram attacks force over 11,000 flee Nigeria in 10 daysThe Islamist group attacked the town of Baga on January 3, and razed it and at least 16 surrounding settlements, feared to be the worst mas...13 Jan, 2015, 10.38 PM IST
- US flying aircraft over Nigeria in hunt for girlsNigeria's initially suggested there would be no negotiations with Boko Haram but it appears that stance may be relaxed.13 May, 2014, 05.16 PM IST
- Nigeria enters 2012 under state of emergencyAt least 52 people, including women and children, have been killed in clashes between two rival ethnic communities in southeastern Ebonyi s...02 Jan, 2012, 02.50 AM IST
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