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Negotiations between the Nigerian president's administration and Islamist militants free 21 of the 270 schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria (leaving 218 victims still unaccounted for).
2016-10-13

Suspected Boko Haram militants storm the Christian-majority town of Shani, Nigeria, leaving dozens dead.
2014-11-29

Islamist terror group Boko Haram abduct two prominent traditional rulers from Borno State in Nigeria.
2014-05-30

Five members of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram and two Nigerian Army soldiers are killed in fighting in the city of Kano.
2013-11-9

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta threatens to launch a terror campaign to "defend Christianity" in Nigeria in response to attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram.
2013-04-16

Gunmen from the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram open fire at a market in Damboa, Nigeria, killing 18 people.
2013-01-23

Nigeria's State Security Service claim to have arrested Abul-Qaqa, a purported spokesman for the radical Islamist Boko Haram group.
2012-02-1

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in parts of the country hit by violence by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
2012-01-1

Gun battles in Nigeria between government troops and Islamist Boko Haram militants kill 68 people.
2011-12-24

Nigerian Sharia conflict: Three people are killed by Islamist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, in the latest in a number of attacks.
2010-12-29