Boko Haram

At least 2,000 people were killed by an assault on Baga which left 620 homes destroyed by fire.

Rights group says woman shot and killed by indiscriminate fire in deadliest massacre of insurgency.

Actress and special envoy says massacre 'direct consequence' of environment of 'total impunity'.

At least 16 were killed in lunchtime attack on a marketplace.

Presidential election at risk after wave of violence across Borno, Yobe and Damaturu.

Parents of missing girls appeal to UN while Boko Haram's attacks continue to claim lives.

Militants overrun multinational military base in northeastern Nigeria as insurgency continues.

At least eight people wounded in suicide bomb attack on a church in Gombe.

Forty suspected Boko Haram militants have been killed after a series of air strikes.

AbuBakar Shekau rants excessively before firing off his machine gun

Explosion wounds 21 in second attack on city's public transport since October.

A school hall, filled with dead bodies, is porudly shown in the distressing video.

BREAKING: Terror group continue attacks in country's northern regions in village of Gumsuri

Archbishop Ben Kwashi says Goodluck Jonathan's government must protect population.

Explosions take place in makeshift market in Nigeria's Jos, Plateau State.

Cameroon to vote on controversial measure because of threat from terror group on border.

Explosions and gunfire were heard as militants rampaged through capital of Yobe State.

The Fifer served as prime minister from 2007 to 2010 after Tony Blair resigned as Labour leader.

Boko Haram offensive targeting police reported in Yobe State capital

Eyewitness counts the number of bodies outside the one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of Kano.

Bomb blast hits mosque where Emir of Kano prays in northern Nigeria's biggest city.

BREAKING: Police and witnesses confirm explosions in northeastern Nigeria stronghold of Boko Haram.

APC chairman criticises ruling PDP party for 'sacrificing lives' for 'selfish political ends'.

President Goodluck Jonathan seeks national assembly to extend emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

Rise in terrorist attacks is mainly due to Isis, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and the Taliban.

Blast at cellphone market in Azare comes after similar attack at a bank in the town last week.

Boko Haram conceded the town after holding it for just two days.

BREAKING: Islamist militant group captures village where over 200 schoolgirls were taken in April.

Ambassador warns weapons are necessary to halt the insurgents who are expanding their territories

Northern governors in Nigeria urge President Goodluck Jonathan to declare all-out war against Islamists.