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Suspected Boko Haram Fighters Kill 25 in Coordinated Attacks on Adamawa Villages Near Sambisa Forest, in Nigeria
YOLA, Nigeria (BN24) — Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 25 people and set homes ablaze during coordinated assaults on two rural communities in...
Explosion During Evening Prayers Kills at Least 7 at Nigerian Mosque, Raising Fears of Resurgent Insurgency
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — At least seven people died Wednesday when an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri...
Nigeria Steps Up Search for 25 Abducted Schoolgirls in Northwestern Kebbi
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (BN24)— Nigerian security forces intensified their search Tuesday for 25 girls abducted from a boarding school in northwestern Kebbi state, the latest...
Boko Haram ambushes Nigerian Army convoy in Borno, Nigeria, abducts Brigadier-General in unprecedented attack
Suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters ambushed a Nigerian Army convoy late Friday in Borno State, killing multiple soldiers and members of...
Nigeria’s army chief vows to crush insurgents amid U.S. pressure over religious violence
ABUJA, Nigeria (BN24) — Nigeria’s new army chief, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, pledged on Friday to escalate military operations against Islamist insurgents in the...
