Boko Haram

Explosion at school in Yobe state left at least 48 dead and another 79 wounded.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau denies deal with Nigerian army to release kidnapped schoolgirls.

Casualties reported at boys' science and technical school in town of Potiskum

Explosion hits First Bank of Nigeria in Azare in suspected attack by Islamist insurgents.

At least 16 bodies of men identified as Boko Haram leaders found in morgue.

Suspected terrorists behind raid at Lafrange cement works in Gombe State

Terror group mutilates hands of 10 civilians in Mubi who did not comply with its imposed Sharia law

Human Rights Watch interviews girls and boys who were held hostage by terror group Boko Haram.

Suspected militants carry out new attacks, despite government-declared ceasefire.

At least 25 women seized by suspected Islamist militants in the northern Adamawa state.

Local media report new mass kidnapping day after government claimed Boko Haram had agreed truce

Boko Haram carries out new attacks after government announced ceasefire with the terrorists

Islamists opposed to peace deal with Nigerian military to form separate group under new leader.

Absence of official statement from Islamist leader Abubakar Shekau raises doubts.

Ceasefire with terror group mediated by Chadian government and announced by Nigerian defence chief.

Head of the Hausa community in Lagos says 1,000 fighters arrested to prevent insurgents' expansion.

Boko Haram are looking to expand by recruiting female bombers - but it could prove a disastrous tactic.

Reports say four of the 220 abducted Chibok girls have escaped Boko Haram

Reports say soldiers refuse to fight Boko Haram following increasing deaths of troops

Cameroon President Paul Biya announces release of hostages on state radio.

Seven discovered with throats slit 'just the way people slaughter goats'

Fierce battle underway between Nigerian military and Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria's Adamawa state.

Islamist terror group insurgency displaces over 100,000 people in country's north-eastern states.

Islamist group video shows beheading and wreckage of missing aircraft.

Terror group's leader dismisses allegation Nigerian troops killed him

Insurgents were charged with conspiracy and illegal possession of firearms

Military spokesman says schoolgirls in custody not from Chibok mass kidnapping

Insurgents surrender as Nigerian government investigates allegations of Shekau's death

High-ranking Islamist leader captured after gunfight between militants and Nigerian troops in Borno.

Kidnapped schoolgirls could be on cusp of freedom under deal to turn loose Boko Haram leader