At least 50 people have been killed in a suicide bombing of a mosque in the eastern Nigerian state of Adamawa.
Two girls, identified as being part of the 276 schoolgirls abducted from a school in Chibok in April 2014, were found on May 20th, but Boko Haram remains a major threat.
Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance or “Bay’ah” to the Islamic State (IS) in an audio statement shared online.
As Nigeria’s February 14 elections loom over the horizon with the international arena watching closely, reports emerged on February 2 of yet another attack in northern Nigeria in the city of Gombe, taking place just minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan had left a campaign rally in the area.
At least 92 people have died with dozens more injured after terrorists attacked a busy mosque in the Nigerian city of Kano during Friday prayers.