Sources: BBC
Around 200 fighters are killed in clashes between Boko Haram and ISWAP near Lake Chad in Nigeria. 2025-11-9
At least 40 people are killed during an attack by Boko Haram gunmen in Dumba, Borno State, Nigeria. 2025-01-12
Boko Haram militants kill at least 30 people, burning them to death while they were sleeping in their vehicles in Borno State, Nigeria. Women and children are kidnapped. 2020-02-10
The United Nations and Nigeria come to an agreement to release 876 children being held due to suspicions that they are tied to Boko Haram. 2016-10-30
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
Two Boko Haram commanders Mohammad Bama and Abubakar Zakariya Yau are killed by the Nigerian army in a gun battle in the north-east Adamawa State. 2013-08-14
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill three doctors in the northeastern Nigerian region of Yobe. Their nationality is disputed, with reports suggesting they are South Korean, North Korean or Chinese. 2013-02-10
Nine women are shot to death in the Nigerian city of Kano. According to reports, all of them were involved in a polio vaccination policy and were most probably killed by the Islamist movement Boko Haram, which has previously threatened to target those involved in vaccinations. 2013-02-8
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
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