Sources: BBC
U.S. president Donald Trump announces that U.S. and Nigerian forces have eliminated ISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki during a joint mission. 2026-05-15
Nigeria reports that its forces have killed a senior Boko Haram commander known as Abu Khalid, describing him as the group's deputy leader in the Sambisa Forest, and ten other fighters during a raid in Borno State. 2026-02-1
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 13 farmers in Shiroro, Niger State, Nigeria. 2024-08-22
Islamist militants attack a prison near Abuja, Nigeria, freeing 879 of the medium-security prison's 994 inmates. One prison guard is killed and three others are injured in the attack. 2022-07-6
ISWAP kills over 20 soldiers and 40 civilians in attacks in Monguno and Nganzai in Borno, Nigeria – four days after they killed 82 civilians in Gubio. 2020-06-13
Boko Haram kills 70 troops in an ambush in Borno, northeastern Nigeria. 2020-03-23
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 12 people and injure 48 others, in Maiduguri, Nigeria. 2018-01-17
An estimated 50 people are killed when a suicide bomber attacks a mosque during morning prayers in Mubi, Nigeria. 2017-11-21
Boko Haram militants attack a funeral in the village of Kuda in the Adamawa State of Nigeria, killing 18 women, with more reportedly still missing. 2016-06-17
A twin-suicide bombing of a mobile phone market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano kills at least fifteen people. 2015-11-18