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Five people killed, six injured in Boko Haram suicide attack in village in northeastern Nigeria, say residents
• 7 years agoThe blast was followed by gunfire from Boko Haram jihadists lurking in the dark, said Mustapha Muhammad, a civilian militia leader in the area.
Over 2,300 Boko Haram suspects to be tried behind closed doors in Nigeria
• 7 years agoMore than 2,300 suspected members of the jihadist group Boko Haram are expected to appear in court in Nigeria from Monday in unprecedented mass trials.
Nigeria: Suicide bombers kill 28, wound 82
• 8 years agoKano: Three women suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a camp for displaced people in North East Nigeria, killing 28 people and wounding 82, local sources said.
Nigeria: Five Boko Haram militants arrested in Kano; police foils attack on markets, places of worship
• 8 years agoPolice in Nigeria's Kano said they arrested five suspected Boko Haram militants after a gunfight, marking a flare-up of jihadist violence in the city.
After fears of Boko Haram attack, Nigerian intelligence thwarts plan targeting Muslims
• 8 years agoNigeria's intelligence service on Saturday said it had thwarted a plan to target Muslims celebrating the end of Ramadan after fears that Boko Haram was planning a major attack.
Boko Haram raids Nigeria's Kamuya village, kills 14
Fp Archives • 9 years agoFourteen people were killed, some of them decapitated, in a Boko Haram raid on a village in northeast Nigeria, a resident and a civilian vigilante assisting the military said on Friday.
Eight people killed in suicide bombing in Nigeria, says relief agency
Fp Archives • 9 years agoEight people were killed on Sunday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives among women and children arriving in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri seeking to escape Boko Haram violence in the countryside.
Blasts kills 35 at Nigeria mosque: Is Boko Haram the mastermind behind the attack?
Fp Archives • 10 years agoMultiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Friday, killing 35 people, police said.
Boko Haram seize control of another town in northeast Nigeria
Fp Archives • 11 years agoBoko Haram has seized control of a town in northeastern Nigeria, the latest to fall into Islamist hands in the crisis-hit region.
Nigeria: Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill seven
Fp Archives • 11 years agoSuspected Boko Haram Islamists disguised in army uniforms killed seven people in an attack near the northeastern border with Cameroon.