Boko Haram

Multiple suicide attacks struck three locations across Nigeria's Maiduguri on March 17, killing at least 23 people and injuring 108 during evening prayers, shattering a year-long period of relative calm in the northeastern city.

President Bola Tinubu has directed Nigeria's service chiefs to relocate to Maiduguri following multiple suicide bombings that killed at least 23 people and injured over 100, as the military warns of additional threats.

Multiple suicide bombers struck Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday evening, killing at least 23 people and injuring over 100 in coordinated attacks targeting a hospital, market, and post office.

Coordinated explosions in Maiduguri, disputed arrests at Akure Airport, and police custody over trader killings reveal deepening fissures in Nigeria's security architecture within a 24-hour span.

Security forces in Borno State successfully repelled an infiltration attempt by insurgents in the first attack on Maiduguri in years, while Boko Haram is demanding N3.52 billion for 176 kidnapped residents of Kwara State.

Suspected terrorists attacked residential areas in Maiduguri early Monday, forcing residents to flee as troops repelled the assault. The incident comes amid heightened security operations nationwide, including arrests at Akure Airport and Niger Delta crackdowns.

Protests erupted in Ondo State as residents blocked a major highway with corpses following deadly attacks, while military forces engaged insurgents in Borno and arrested 32 terror suspects in Kwara.

Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists killed three military commanding officers in Borno State within seven days, prompting emergency consultations between northeastern governors and federal defence officials.

Senator Ali Ndume confirmed casualties from a coordinated Boko Haram assault on Ngoshe community in Borno State, while military operations in Edo State resulted in the rescue of four abductees and the killing of a suspected kidnap kingpin.

Suspected Lakurawa terrorists killed at least 34 fasting Muslims in coordinated attacks on rural communities in Kebbi State, marking the latest escalation in Nigeria's multi-front security crisis as courts proceed with prosecutions of earlier atrocities.

Coordinated terrorist attacks across Kebbi and Adamawa states have claimed at least 35 lives in recent days, with jihadist groups and Lakurawa militants targeting mosques and communities in a surge of violence that underscores the persistent security crisis in Nigeria's northern region.

Nigerian non-oil exporters shift trade focus to China amid US policy uncertainty, while infrastructure funding inefficiencies and renewed Boko Haram violence compound economic and security pressures on Africa's largest economy.

Military and police units across Nigeria have arrested suspected Boko Haram collaborators, gunrunners, and fake security personnel in coordinated operations spanning multiple states, as authorities escalate efforts to combat insurgency and organized crime.

The arrival of 100 US troops in Maiduguri marks a significant escalation in international involvement in Nigeria's protracted battle against insurgency, even as local forces record tactical victories and terrorists expand extortion campaigns westward.

Armed groups have launched coordinated attacks across Nigeria, killing over 30 people in Zamfara State while Boko Haram incursions into Kwara communities have left border populations demanding enhanced protection from federal security forces.