Boko Haram Rebels: Nigerian Military Offensive Is Failing

Reinforcements … soldiers arrive in Yola, north-east Nigeria, as part of the latest government offensive against Boko Haram. Photograph: Reu...

Nigeria's Boko Haram Fighters Are Heavily Armed With Libyan Weapons

Nigerian Military In Heavy Fighting With Boko Haram Militants -- The Guardian Army says it has faced fierce resistance in its offensive agai...

Nigeria's Offensive Against Boko Haram Militants Continues

Nigeria Says Has Islamists On Defensive -- Reuters (Reuters) - Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive against Islamist ...

Nigeria Begins Military Operations Against Boko Haram Militants

Nigeria Launches Air Strikes Against Militant Camps -- Voice of America Nigerian forces have launched air strikes against suspected Islamist...

Nigeria Announces A Major Military Offensive Against Islamist Militants

Nigeria Declares 'Massive' Military Campaign On Borders -- BBC Nigeria has announced a "massive deployment of men and resources...

Nigeria's War Against Islamists Is Escalating (Update)

Bodies Pour In As Nigeria Hunts For Islamists -- New York Times MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A fresh load of battered corpses arrived, 29 of them in...

Boko Haram Goes On The Offensive In Nigeria

Nigeria: 'Many Dead In Boko Haram Raid' In Borno State -- BBC Fifty-five people have been killed in the north-east of Nigeria in co-...

Death Toll In Nigeria Unclear After Recent Battles With Boko Haram

Conflicting Death Tolls In Nigeria Violence -- Al Jazeera Army insists just 36 people, not hundreds, died in last month's battle with Bo...

Kidnapping Pays For Boko Haram Kidnappers

Nigerian Islamists Got $3.15 Million To Free French Hostages: Document -- Reuters (Reuters) - Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram was paid an ...

Battle Between Boko Haram Militants And Nigerian Security Forces Results In 25 Deaths

Nigerian Battle Kills 25 After Boko Haram Bank Heist and Ambush -- Bloomberg Businessweek Suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria robbed a...

Heavy Fighting Being Reported Between Nigerian Soldiers And Boko Harem Extremists

Nearly 200 Killed In Nigeria Violence -- Al Jazeera   Fighting between Boko Haram group and troops centring on fishing community in the nor...

Nigeria - Boko Haram Ceasefire In Tatters

Boko Haram Crisis: Nigeria Raids 'Kill 17 Militants' -- BBC Nigeria's military said it has killed 17 insurgents in an attack on ...

Boko Haram Declare A Unilateral Ceasefire In Nigeria

Boko Haram Commander Declares Nigeria Ceasefire -- Reuters (Reuters) - A purported commander of Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram declared a...

Conflicting Reports On Casualty Numbers Between Nigerian And Boko Haram Sources

Dozens of 'Boko Haram' Executed By Nigerian Military -- The Guardian/Reuters Islamist insurgents targeted but Amnesty says summary j...

Did Nigeria's Soldiers Commit A Massacre In The Northern City Of Maiduguri

WNU Editor: Two conflicting reports coming from Nigeria. Did the Nigerian military kill 30 civilians .... or 30 Boko Haram militants ? Upd...

Nigeria's War Against Boko Haram Continues

Nigeria Boko Haram Crackdown Kills 35 -- BBC At least 35 suspected Islamists have been killed in a sweep against the Boko Haram group in nor...

Two Boko Haram Leaders Shot Dead In Nigeria

Boko Haram Leaders Shot Dead -- The Telegraph Two members of Boko Haram, the radical Islamist sect responsible for hundreds of killings this...

Nigeria's War Against Boko Haram Continues

Nigerian Troops Kill 20 Suspected Militants -- CNN Jos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Security forces killed 20 suspected members of the militant Islamic...

Nigeria's Islamic Terror Group Boko Haram Vows That It Will Conduct More Attacks

Nigeria Islamist Video Warns Of More Attacks On Media -- Reuters (Reuters) - Islamist group Boko Haram released a video late on Tuesday cele...

Easter Day Bomber Strikes In Northern Nigeria Killing 38

Nigeria Bombing Kills As Many As 50 Near Church On Easter -- Bloomberg Businessweek As many as 50 people were killed in a suicide car bombin...