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Twenty Boko Haram militants and three Nigerian Army soldiers are killed during a gunfight as the military has tried to recapture the Nigerian town of Maiduguri.
2021-10-16

Boko Haram militants raid five different villages around Maiduguri, Nigeria killing 37 people.
2015-06-12

News emerges, after survivors reach the city of Maiduguri, that suspected Boko Haram militants stormed the remote village of Gumsuri in north-eastern Nigeria on December 14, killing at least 33 people and kidnapping about 200.
2014-12-18

The Elders Forum in the Nigerian state of Borno warns that Boko Haram militants have surrounded the city of Maiduguri.
2014-09-11

Seven French tourists are kidnapped by gunmen near Waza National Park in northern Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria. President of France François Hollande states that the Islamist group Boko Haram may be responsible.
2013-02-19

Five people are hacked to death in Maiduguri, Nigeria, by members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram.
2013-01-23

Nigeria's military kill 13 members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and lose one soldier in a gun battle in Maiduguri.
2013-01-1

At least 30 people are dead in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri following an attack on the markets by suspected Islamist militants.
2012-02-20

Two bombs explode in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri with the Boko Haram movement believed to be responsible.
2012-01-4

Three explosions and gunfire are heard in the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri after suspected Islamist sect Boko Haram attack police stations.
2011-06-7