Nigeria’s army has announced it knows where the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are but it will not attempt a…
Nigeria has called off a deal with Islamist group Boko Haram for the release of some of the abducted schoolgirls.…
Nigerian teachers are holding a day of protests in support of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by the Islamist group…
Two bomb explosions killed at least 46 people in the central Nigerian city of Jos, police say. The first blast…
France is hosting a security summit on the threat from Boko Haram Islamists, after the abduction of more than 200…
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has canceled his visit to Chibok, the town where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted, officials…
The US is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the…
Islamist militants Boko Haram have released a video claiming to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria…
According to Amnesty International, Nigeria's military had advance warning of an attack on Chibok, where some 270 girls were kidnapped…
Nigeria is offering a 50 million naira ($300,000) reward to anyone who can help locate and rescue more than 200…
Islamist group Boko Haram has kidnapped eight more girls in northeastern Nigeria. The latest kidnapping happened on Sunday night in…
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria has threatened to "sell" the hundreds of schoolgirls it abducted three weeks…
The Nigerian government has decided to shut schools and government offices across the capital Abuja, while a World Economic Forum…
Boko Haram gunmen abducted around 100 schoolgirls in an attack on a school in north-east Nigeria, officials say. The attackers…
At least 135 civilians have been killed by gunmen in north east Nigeria since Wednesday, Borno state senator Ahmed Zannah…
Boko Haram militants have attacked a military airbase in Maiduguri, north-eastern Nigeria, destroying two helicopters, the authorities say. Eyewitnesses say…
Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram is to be named as a foreign terrorist organization by the US state department.…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states after a spate of deadly attacks by…
A video published on YouTube appears to show seven members of a French family, including four children, abducted by Islamist…
Seven French tourists, including four children, have been kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria, French President…
Nigerian army has killed 20 suspected members of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the north-east of the country.…