Detonates 14 planted IEDs By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri In another sustained operational success against members of Boko ...

By Paul DadaThe North East Joint Task Force ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ (OPHK) has achieved another significant victory against Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Borno State.According to a press statement ...

Troops of the North East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have killed 17 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and safely ...

Notorious around the world for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok more than a decade ago, Boko ...

Troops conducting counter-insurgency operations in Borno State have repelled a coordinated attack by suspected Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters in the early ...

Boko Haram: What's Happened Since #BringBackOurGirls Boko Haram, the Nigerian militant group responsible for kidnapping over 276 school girls in April 2014, has become increasingly violent.

Boko Haram has also been forced to operate from remote, rural regions, as the Nigerian military and a regional counter-insurgency force have reclaimed almost all of the territory it once held.

Prior to Boko Haram’s capture in July 2014 of Damboa, the first Nigerian town to fall to the extremist sect, its near decade-long insurgency had been characterized by traditional guerilla warfare.

Boko Haram has dispatched hundreds of the women and girls kidnapped by its soldiers to carry out attacks. Many of the captives are given a choice: marry a fighter or carry a suicide bomb.

Boko Haram has abducted more than 1,000 children in northeast Nigeria since 2013, according to the United Nations' children's agency.

For months, fear of Boko Haram has gripped Nigeria’s northeast. The goals of the Islamic militant group, which captured international attention through a relentless campaign of brutality, have ...

Prior to Boko Haram’s capture in July 2014 of Damboa, the first Nigerian town to fall to the extremist sect, its near decade-long insurgency had been characterized by traditional guerilla warfare.