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This day in history, May 30: From Joan of Arc's execution to the first Indy 500, women's pro baseball league debut and Mariner 9's launch to MarsThis day in history, May 30, has witnessed some of the world's most significant political, military, scientific and cultural developments. ...- What to know about joint US-Nigeria operation that killed a senior militant leaderTrump wrote in a social media post that the mission in the early hours of Saturday targeted Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, who was part of the top le...
- Islamist militants kill 14 Nigerian soldiers in Borno state, sources sayIn a shocking turn of events, militants launched a coordinated assault on two Nigerian army bases in Borno state, resulting in the tragic l...
- Gunmen kill at least 32 in coordinated dawn attacks across communities in NigeriaGunmen launched simultaneous attacks on three communities in Nigeria's Niger state, killing at least 32 people. The dawn raids targeted Tun...
- Gunmen kill nearly 200 in Nigeria's Kwara and Katsina attacksNigeria attacks: It was the deadliest assault recorded this year in the district bordering Niger state, an area increasingly targeted by gu...
- Nigeria signals more strikes likely in 'joint' US operationsNigeria anticipates further strikes against jihadist groups. This follows a Christmas Day bombardment by US forces in the north, described ...
- 'Shook the whole town': Nigerians surprised by US strikesNigerians across Sokoto state awoke to loud blasts Thursday night, worried their village was being attacked by one of the multiple armed gr...
- US strikes ISIS in Nigeria: Who ordered them, why they happened, and how weeks of warnings turned into actionThe United States conducted airstrikes against Islamic State-linked militants in northwestern Nigeria, a rare direct military action. This ...
- What to know as Nigeria rejects US military threat over alleged Christian killingsNigeria has dismissed a US military ultimatum concerning alleged abuses against Christians. Presidential spokesperson Daniel Bwala criticiz...
- 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...
- Nigeria pulls up China for illegal mining ahead of Presidential visit for G20In a rare move, Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry recently complained to the Chinese embassy in Abuja and said that the local government w...
- Nigeria bombs gunmen camp, kills 78: militaryHeavily-armed bandits have wracked northwest and central Nigeria for years, but the groups have recently stepped up attacks on schools, kid...
- Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freedGunmen abducted the girls from the Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe town on Friday, in the latest in a series of mass ki...
- 'Boko Haram cluster bombs' may come from Nigerian military: CampaignersThe insurgents, allied to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, have in recent months increasingly used suicide and bomb attacks.
- Chadian aircraft bomb Nigerian town in anti-Boko Haram raid: SourcesBoko Haram overran the town several months ago as part of its campaign to seize territory in the region and create an Islamic state.
- Missing Nigerian schoolgirls start second month in captivityMore than 200 schoolgirls began their 2nd month as Boko Haram hostages as intl powers ramped up efforts to track down the Nigerian Islamist...
- UK offers spy planes to help Nigeria schoolgirl searchBritain has offered Nigeria surveillance aircraft to help with the search for more than 200 missing schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram mili...
- 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.
- Search for Nigerian schoolgirls 'challenging', says USAn American team which arrived in Nigeria to assist the Abuja government in finding more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram milita...
- Crisis meeting over Nigeria oil attacksNigeria's top military and security officials met on Monday with oil company executives and parliamentarians to try to thrash out a solutio...
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