Survivors of Nigeria attack describe killings

By Haruna Umar and Christopher Torchia | January 13, 2015 - 5:18am

Survivors of an assault by Islamic militants that killed hundreds of civilians in Nigeria have described days of relentless violence in which, one witness said, some people were slaughtered "like insects."

Amnesty: Nigeria massacre deadliest in history of Boko Haram

By Ibrahim Abdulaziz and Haruna Umar | January 11, 2015 - 3:11am

Hundreds of bodies — too many to count — remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested Friday is the "deadliest massacre" in the history of...

13-year-old girl: My father gave me to Boko Haram

By Ibrahim Garba | December 26, 2014 - 2:00am

A 13-year-old says her father gave her to Boko Haram extremists and that she was arrested after refusing to explode a suicide bomb in Kano, Nigeria's second largest city in the north.

Video shows Boko Haram killing captives

By Haruna Umar | December 22, 2014 - 3:10am

A new video from Nigeria's home-grown Boko Haram extremists shows gunmen mowing down civilians lying face down in a dorm, and a leader saying they are being killed because they are "infidels" or non-believers. ...

2 teen female bombers kill more than 40 in Nigeria

By Haruna Umar | November 27, 2014 - 2:09am

The teenage girls entered the busy marketplace separately Tuesday, their vests of explosives hidden beneath their full hijabs.

Nigerian extremist says kidnapped girls married

By Haruna Umar and Michelle Faul | November 2, 2014 - 5:33am

With a malevolent laugh, the leader of Nigeria's Islamic extremists tells the world that more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls have all been converted to Islam and married off, dashing hopes for their freedom.

Nigeria, Boko Haram agree to immediate cease-fire

By Chika Oduah and Michelle Faul | October 18, 2014 - 6:01am

Nigeria's government said Islamic extremists from Boko Haram have agreed to an immediate cease-fire, but many people expressed doubts Friday about a development that could end an insurgency that has killed thousands...

Islamic extremists grab towns in northeast Nigeria

By Ibrahim Abdulaziz and Michelle Faul | September 8, 2014 - 5:41am

Nigeria's Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram, has seized more towns along Nigeria's northeastern border with Cameroon and is adopting a strategy of encouraging civilians to stay, witnesses said yesterday, as the...

Nigeria: 'Good news' soon on kidnapped girls

By Bashir Adigun and Michelle Faul | July 10, 2014 - 2:16am

Nigeria's National Council of State is promising to deliver "some good news" very soon about more than 200 schoolgirls held captive by Islamic extremists for nearly three months.

Over 50 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Nigeria

July 6, 2014 - 2:00pm

Over 50 militants from Boko Haram terrorist group were killed in a battle with the Nigerian army in northern Nigeria, local media Premium Times reported Saturday.