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Insurgents destroy a village in Gubio, Borno State, Nigeria, killing 81 residents. No group has claimed responsibility for the massacre, which is believed to have been carried out by the Islamist Boko Haram terror group.
2020-06-9

Boko Haram kills 70 troops in an ambush in Borno, northeastern Nigeria.
2020-03-23

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

A suicide bombing in the city of Maiduguri in the north of Nigeria kills 20 people.
2015-06-2

Forces from Niger and Chad launch a ground and air offensive against Boko Haram Islamist militants in northeastern Nigeria.
2015-03-8

News emerges that two days prior hundreds of Boko Haram militants had overrun several towns in northeast Nigeria and captured the military base in Baga. [https:--www.wsj.com-articles-boko-haram-overruns-villages-and-army-base-in-northeast-nigeria-1420467667 "(Wall Street Journal)"]
2015-01-5

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

Boko Haram rejects the idea of an amnesty offer for militants by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.
2013-04-11

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

Suspected members of Boko Haram attack a church in northeastern Nigeria, killing six people.
2012-12-25