24 killed in Nigeria explosion blamed on Boko Haram
Blast is latest in string of attacks that have killed hundreds of people in remote areas of Nigeria and neighboring Cameroon
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Blast is latest in string of attacks that have killed hundreds of people in remote areas of Nigeria and neighboring Cameroon
Over half of those freed were children, but none of the 219 schoolgirls abducted over a year ago was among those rescued
The new general will command a four-nation army focused on battling the Islamic extremist group
The militants overwhelmed the few soldiers there to protect the small village in an area repeatedly targeted
Police say 2 women suicide bombers killed 12 at two prayer grounds hours after bombs kill dozens at a market
Boko Haram extremists are suspected in the bombing of a bar in a town that had also been attacked in February
Human rights group says ISIS-linked group in Nigeria willing to free 200 teen girls in exchange for prisoners
The extremists are blamed for bombing in university town, the most recent in a string of deadly attacks
Militant Islamic group blamed for multiple bombings in central Nigerian city that has become a hotbed of religious violence
Witnesses said a woman bomber detonated the explosives in the latest of a string of attacks blamed on Boko Haram extremists
ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram group kills 162 in a week following a call to step up violence during Ramadan
The extremist group attacked several mosques in northeastern Nigerian town one day after similar assault on another village
Officials say Nigerian businessman headed a "terrorists' intelligence cell" for the Islamic extremists while infiltrating a self-defense group
Witnesses say attacker tried to get into hospital itself, but was stopped by vigilantes at the gate; ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram eyed as culprit
Attacks occur in Maiduguri, birthplace of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group
Witnesses say Nigerian extremists "looted stores, burned villages and shot at people who tried to flee"
Witness says local militia found sack of metal objects, brought them to village center without realizing deadly nature of contents
Muhammadu Buhari's swearing-in brings hope after decades of crippling corruption and thousands of lives lost to a vicious insurgency
The taunts are so bad - "Boko Haram wives" - some girls once kidnapped by Islamic extremists have fled their town and families
Survivors of Nigerian Islamic extremists tell harrowing tales of their year in captivity; military claims 700 rescued so far
The country's armed forces announced 234 more kidnapped girls have been rescued from a forest camp used by the Boko Haram
Military says some kidnapped women so indoctrinated by Boko Haram militants they fire on their rescuers
Official says it's too soon to "extract information" from 200 girls, 93 women saved from Islamic extremists
Officials were screening the girls and women to find who they are and where they came from
Nigerian government officials say hundreds of bodies were discovered in a town that was recaptured from the militant group