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He said the activities of saboteurs within the military led to the unnecessary deaths of many soldiers and officers who unknowingly walked into ambushes laid by Boko Haram who had prior knowledge of troops movement.

Boko Haram extremists slit the throats of 10 fishermen in villages near Baga on the shores of the Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, a leading fisherman and a resident said Thursday.

Major-General Iliya Abbah, who previously commanded military operations in the oil-rich Niger Delta, will head the five-nation force, military spokesman Major General Chris Olukolade said.

He said the fear that a few members of the dreaded Islamic sect may be amongst the IDPs, caused the Cameroonain authorities to take the “involuntary action of repatriating these set of 1500 IDPs and thereby dismantling the camps in the affected location”.

At least 30 people lost their lives and 67 others were injured in multiple bomb explosions that occurred at Dadin/Kowa and Dukku motor parks of Gombe State Wednesday, a Red Cross official has confirmed. This came a week after twin blasts killed 50 people at the city’s...

A bloody and terrifying raid by Boko Haram on Friday left at least 25 people dead in three villages in eastern Nigeria’s Adamawa state, according to residents and a local government official.

Storming in on motorcycles, the gunmen attacked the neighboring villages of Kopa, Maikadire and Yaffa around 9 a.m. local time, shooting and killing residents, as mentioned by witnesses and local government chairman Maina Ularamu.

President Muhammadu Buhari and United States President, Barack Obama at the Oval office of the White House during Buhari’s visit to Washington DC on Monday. Nigerian officials had turned down some of the assistance the United States offered to combat Boko Haram under former...

The US and other G7 countries had promised to assist Nigeria discover the money – if the country could provide evidence that it had been stolen from the country.

The conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government is displacing thousands on both sides of the country’s border with Cameroon to the northeast and Niger to the north, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. He took office in May.

Washington is concerned that post-poll violence could undermine the stability of Africa’s top oil producer and hamper efforts to tackle the Islamist militants of Boko Haram.

Jonathan had clashed with the Obama administration over Boko Haram and military assistance.

Two policemen were among the victims, ‘ Yobe state police spokesman Toyin Gbadegesin told AFP on Monday.

Buhari’s visit, billed as a chance to “underscore the United States’ longstanding friendship with Nigeria”, was seen as a departure from previous rocky relations between the nations.

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed more than 20 people including multiple children in their latest attack on northern Cameroon, easily overwhelming the few soldiers posted at the targeted village, residents said Monday.