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June 9, 2021 at 10:49 am

IS-linked group says Boko Haram leader in Nigeria is dead

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The leader of Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, according to a jihadi organization linked to the...

March 2, 2021 at 10:33 am

Jihadis attack town, humanitarian posts in northeast Nigeria

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Jihadis linked to the Islamic State group attacked the northeastern Nigerian town of Dikwa and humanitarian posts there, security officials said....

December 20, 2020 at 2:30 am

More students abducted in Nigeria but are quickly rescued

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen in Nigeria abducted more than 80 Islamic school students in northwestern Katsina state Saturday night, but the pupils were quickly...

In this image made from an undated video provided by Boko Haram, boys are seen in an undisclosed location. A video allegedly released on Thursday, Dec. 17 2020 by Nigeria’s jihadist rebels, Boko Haram, shows a group of boys under trees, speaking to a person filming them. Last week more than 300 students were kidnapped from a school in Kankara, in the north of the country, the children in the video are supposed to be those abducted last Friday. (Boko Haram/Militant Video via AP) LLT808 LLT808

December 17, 2020 at 4:49 am

Nigerian official: More than 300 abducted schoolboys freed VIEW

More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwestern Nigeria have been released, the Katsina state governor said Thursday.

December 16, 2020 at 4:46 am

Nigerians anxious after 330 boys kidnapped by extremists VIEW

KANKARA, Nigeria (AP) — Anger, fear and exhaustion. Anxiety has overwhelmed many parents in Nigeria’s northern Kankara village who await word on their sons who...

November 29, 2020 at 12:47 am

Suspected extremists kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria VIEW

MAIDGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen in Nigeria as they...

June 10, 2020 at 4:33 am

Suspected Boko Haram fighters kill 69 in Nigeria’s northeast

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram have killed at least 69 people in Nigeria’s northeast, residents said Wednesday....

April 18, 2020 at 1:32 am

Africa deaths above 1,000, including Nigerian chief of staff

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa now has more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday, while Nigeria...

February 11, 2020 at 2:07 am

Nigeria governor pleads for military’s help after 30 killed

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The governor of Nigeria's Borno state has urged the military to better defend a town where suspected Islamic extremists killed more...

January 9, 2020 at 9:42 am

8 Nigerian soldiers killed by extremists in northeast

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — At least eight Nigerian soldiers were killed in Monguno, a town in the country's northeast, after extremists staged a deadly attack,...