Abubakar Shekau
Boko Haram Suspects Arrested After Gunfight
Police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano said they arrested five suspected Boko Haram militants after a gunfight...
Call For Boko Haram Peace Talks Masks Ethnic Tensions
A group of community elders in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram has waged a bloody eight-year insurgency are urging...
Boko Haram Attacks Military Bases In Northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram jihadists believed to be from the IS-supported faction loyal to Abu Mus'ab Al-Barnawi have attacked three...
Boko Haram Claims Deadly Attack On Nigerian City
Islamist insurgency Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the attack on Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri...
Boko Haram Kills 11 In NE Nigeria Attacks
Eleven people were killed when Boko Haram gunmen and suicide bombers launched a rare combined attack inside the...
Pressure On Shekau, Buhari’s Health Led To Chibok Girls’ Release
Military pressure, in-fighting within Boko Haram and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's health combined to secure...
UN Urges Nigerians Not To Shun Chibok Girls
The United Nations on Monday welcomed the release of 82 Nigerian schoolgirls after years of Boko Haram captivity and...
Scores of Chibok Girls Released From Boko Haram
Scores of Nigerian schoolgirls who were among more than 200 kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 have been released,...
Boko Haram Planning Foreign Kidnaps In Northeast Nigeria
Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria,...
Boko Haram Planning Foreign Kidnaps In NE Nigeria
Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria,...
Boko Haram’s Shekau Rejects Air Strike Injury Claims
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video published online on Thursday, rejecting claims he had been...
Boko Haram Leader Shekau ‘injured In Air Strike’
Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau has been injured and one of his deputies killed in an air strike in northeast...
Suicide Car Bomb Targets Military Convoy In Nigeria
A suicide car bomber has attacked a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, killing five soldiers and injuring another...
Peace Reigns In Nigeria’s Damasak But Children Still Missing
Yagana Bukar's younger brothers Mohammed and Sadiq were among about 300 children kidnapped by Boko Haram from the town...
Boko Haram Raid Killed Nine Nigerian Soldiers
Nine Nigerian soldiers were killed and 14 others are missing feared abducted after an attack this week by suspected...
Nigeria Marks Third Anniversary of Schoolgirl Kidnap
Nigerians rallied Friday to mark the third anniversary of the mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, as their...
Boko Haram Faction Kills Four Soldiers
The Islamists opened fire on an army convoy heading to the small town of Gulumba Boko Haram jihadists have killed four...
Boko Haram Torches Military Base A Day After Farmers Killed
Boko Haram jihadists have torched a military base in northeast Nigeria, a day after the group killed seven people in a...
Boko Haram Islamists Kidnap 22 Women and Girls In Two Raids In Nigeria
Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, according to...