Sources: Reuters
Nigeria's air force kills more than 15 Islamist fighters in an airstrike on hideouts in Borno's Sambisa forest, while troops separately kill 13 Boko Haram militants after repelling an ambush on a military convoy along the Gubio–Damasak road. 2025-09-3
At least 102 people are killed during a mass shooting at a market and against homes in Tarmuwa, Yobe State, Nigeria, by over 50 Boko Haram militants. 2024-09-3
Boko Haram raid the town of Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 12 people. Several buildings are destroyed, including a school. 2022-04-21
A suicide bomber attacks a church in the Potiskum area of Nigeria's Yobe State, killing five and raising the toll of Boko Haram attacks for the past week to 200. 2015-07-5
Islamist terror group Boko Haram kills at least 33 security personnel during attacks in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State. 2014-05-26
Gunmen from the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram kill 42 people, mostly students, in an attack on a college in the town of Gujba, Yobe State. 2013-09-29
At least six people die in an attack in Ngalda, Yobe State, Nigeria. 2013-02-24
An oil tanker in Okogbe, Rivers State, Nigeria, explodes after crashing, leaving around 90-115 dead. 2012-07-12
The death toll of a series of co-ordinated bombing attacks in Kano, Nigeria, rises to more than 140. The attacks, which targeted police stations across the city, are attributed to Islamist group Boko Haram. 2012-01-21
The President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the states of Borno, Yobe, Niger and Plateau due to violence by the Islamist sect Boko Haram. [http:--www.abc.net.au-news-2012-01-01-nigeria-declares-state-of-emergency-3753958 (AFP via ABC News Australia)]Clashes in Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria kill at least fifty people. [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-nm-20111231-wl_nm-us_nigeria_clashes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]date=August 2019 Nigeria shuts borders with the countries Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. [http:--www.thenationonlineng.net-2011-index.php-news-update-31740-jonathan-declares-state-of-emergency-in-borno-yobe-plateau-and-niger-states.html (The Nation)][https:--web.archive.org-web-20120107132718-http:--www.sunnewsonline.com-webpages-news-national-2012-jan-01-national-01-01-2012-001.html (The Sun)]Clashes in Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria kill at least fifty people. [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-nm-20111231-wl_nm-us_nigeria_clashes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]date=August 2019 2011-12-31