chronology Chronology (from Latin ''chronologia'', from Ancient Greek , ''chrónos'', "time"; and , '' -logia'') is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time. Consider, for example, the use of a timeline or sequence of events. I ...

Boko Haram insurgency The Boko Haram insurgency began in July 2009, when the militant Islamist and jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. The conflict is taking place within the context of long-standing iss ...

armed conflict War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

Boko Haram Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization ...

Ansaru The Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa ( ar, جماعة أنصار المسلمين في بلاد السودان '), better known as Ansaru and less commonly called al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel, is an Islamic fundame ...

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

civilian Civilians under international humanitarian law are "persons who are not members of the armed forces" and they are not "combatants if they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war". It is slightly different from a non-combatant, b ...

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Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...

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Religious violence before the insurgency

2000

* 21 February – 23 May –

2000 Kaduna riots The 2000 Kaduna riots were religious riots in Kaduna involving Christians and Muslims over the introduction of sharia law in Kaduna State, Nigeria., Democratization and Islamic Law: The Sharia Conflict in Nigeria' (Frankfurt am Main 2008) p.16. Ca ...

– Between 1,000 and 5,000 people are killed in

sectarian Sectarianism is a political or cultural conflict between two groups which are often related to the form of government which they live under. Prejudice, discrimination, or hatred can arise in these conflicts, depending on the political status quo ...

riot A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targete ...

ing between

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

and

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

in

Kaduna State Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

following the introduction of

Sharia law Sharia (; ar, شريعة, sharīʿa ) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the Five Pillars of Islam, religious precepts of Islam and is based on the Islamic holy books, sacred scriptures o ...

into that

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

.

2001

* 7–17 September –

2001 Jos riots The 2001 Jos riots were riots involving Christians and Muslims in Jos, Nigeria, over the appointment of a Muslim politician, Alhaji Muktar Mohammed, as local coordinator of the federal poverty alleviation program. The clashes started on 7 Sep ...

– Nearly 1,000 people are killed following sectarian rioting between

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

and

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

in Jos,

Plateau State Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ...

.

2002

* 20–23 November –

Miss World riots The Miss World riots were a series of religiously motivated riots in the Nigerian city of Kaduna in November 2002, claiming the lives of more than 200 people. The Miss World beauty pageant, which was controversial in Nigeria, was relocated to L ...

– Around 250 are killed during rioting by Islamists across

northern Nigeria Northern Nigeria was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures. In 1962 it acquired the territory of the United Kingd ...

as a response to an article deemed

blasphemous Blasphemy is a speech crime and religious crime usually defined as an utterance that shows contempt, disrespects or insults a deity, an object considered sacred or something considered inviolable. Some religions regard blasphemy as a religiou ...

. * Mohammed Yusuf founds the organization that will become Boko Haram.

2004

* 4 February – Yelwa massacre – 78 Christians are

massacre A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...

d in

Yelwa Yelwa is a town in Kebbi State, Nigeria on the Niger River and the A1 highway (Nigeria), A1 highway. The town is often referred to as "Yelwa, Yauri, Nigeria, Yauri", after the Yauri Emirate, Emirate and Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Gover ...

,

Kebbi State Kebbi state ( ha, Jihar Kebbi; Fulfulde: Leydi Kebbi 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤫𞤦𞥆𞤭) is a state in the northwestern Nigeria, Kebbi state is bordered east and north of Sokoto and Zamfara states, and to the south by Niger state while ...

. * 2 May – Yelwa massacre – Several hundred Muslims are massacred in Yelwa as a reprisal attack from February.

2008

* 28–29 November –

2008 Jos riots The 2008 Jos riots were riots involving Christians and Muslims over the result of a local election on 28 and 29 November 2008 in Jos, a city in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. Two days of rioting left hundreds injured and at least 761 dead. ...

– 381 people are killed in sectarian rioting between Christians and Muslims in Jos.

2010

* 17 January – 7 March –

2010 Jos riots The 2010 Jos riots were clashes between Muslim and Christian ethnic groups in central Nigeria in and near the city of Jos. Jos is the capital of Plateau State, in the middle of the divide between the predominantly Muslim north of Nigeria and t ...

– Around 992 people are killed in sectarian rioting between Christians and Muslims in Jos.

Timeline of the insurgency

2009

* 26–29 July –

2009 Boko Haram uprising The 2009 Boko Haram uprising was a conflict between Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group, and Nigerian security forces. History Violence across several states in northeastern Nigeria resulted in more than 1,000 dead, with around 700 killed ...

– Nearly 1,000 people were killed in clashes between Boko Haram

militant The English word ''militant'' is both an adjective and a noun, and it is generally used to mean vigorously active, combative and/or aggressive, especially in support of a cause, as in "militant reformers". It comes from the 15th century Latin " ...

s and Nigerian soldiers in four locations in the northern Nigeria –

Bauchi Bauchi (earlier Yakoba) is a city in northeast Nigeria, the Administrative center of Bauchi State, of the Bauchi Local Government Area within that State, and of the traditional Bauchi Emirate. It is located on the northern edge of the Jos Plateau ...

in

Bauchi State Bauchi State (Fula: ''Leydi Bauchi'' 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅𞤭) is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the ea ...

,

Maiduguri Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border form ...

in Borno State,

Potiskum Potiskum is the largest city in Yobe State and originally the town has about three major tribes which include a Ngizim, bolawa and kara-kare. It is one of the Local Government Area in Yobe State Nigeria, it is on the A3 highway at . History The ...

in

Yobe State Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu; and it's largest and most populated city is Potisku ...

and

Wudil Wudil is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Wudil on the A237 highway. It has an area of 362 km and a population of 185,189 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 713101. Notab ...

in

Kano State Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...

– beginning the Boko Haram

insurgency An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion against authority waged by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare from primarily rural base areas. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric nature: small irregu ...

. * 30 July – Mohammed Yusuf, spiritual leader of Boko Haram, was

summarily executed A summary execution is an execution in which a person is accused of a crime and immediately killed without the benefit of a full and fair trial. Executions as the result of summary justice (such as a drumhead court-martial) are sometimes include ...

in Maiduguri by the

Nigerian Police The Nigeria Police Force is the principal law enforcement and the lead security agency in Nigeria. Designated by the 1999 constitution as the national police of Nigeria with exclusive jurisdiction throughout the country, as at 2016 it has a s ...

after he had been handed over to them by Nigerian soldiers a day following the recent uprising.

Abubakar Shekau Abu Mohammed Abubakar al-Sheikawi (also known by the alias ''Darul Akeem wa Zamunda Tawheed'', or ''Darul Tawheed''; "the abode of monotheism"; born 1965, 1969 or 1975 – 19 May 2021) was a Kanuri man known as the leader of Boko Haram, a Nigeri ...

takes control of the movement.

2010

* 5 September – Boko Haram attacked a village killing a police officer and injuring a warden. * 7 September –

Bauchi prison break The Bauchi Prison break was an attack on the federal prison in the Northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, in which members of Boko Haram released 721 prisoners. The attack occurred on September 7, 2010, and was carried out by approximately 50 gunm ...

– Five people were killed and 721

inmate A prisoner (also known as an inmate or detainee) is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement, captivity, or forcible restraint. The term applies particularly to serving a prison sentence in a prison. ...

s freed from prison in Bauchi by gunmen suspected to be from Boko Haram. * 21 September – Boko Haram killed a village chief and a trader in Maiduguri. * 6 October – Boko Haram

assassinate Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a ...

d the national vice-chairman of the

All Nigeria Peoples Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party (abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria. Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...

in front of his house and attempted to kill the speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, killing a policeman instead. * 7 October – A senior staff of

Bama Bama or BAMA may refer to: Places * Bama, shortened form of Alabama, a state of the United States of America ** The University of Alabama, the public university serving the state, often known as simply ''Bama'' * Bama, one of the colloquial Burm ...

Local Council in Borno was assassinated by Boko Haram gunmen. * 9 October –

Islamic scholar In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of reli ...

Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

Bashir Mustapha and Bashir Kashara were killed by Boko Haram. * 10 October – A 10-year-old boy was

behead Decapitation or beheading is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is invariably fatal to humans and most other animals, since it deprives the brain of oxygenated blood, while all other organs are deprived of the i ...

ed by Boko Haram. * 13 October – While attempting to assassinate Bauchi State official, Boko Haram killed a policeman. * 20 October – Boko Haram killed a police inspector. * 23 October – Boko Haram attempted to set a police station on fire, but were pushed back leading to the death of one of their members. * 13 November – Two Boko Haram members riding a motorcycle killed a soldier at the 231

Battalion A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,200 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies (usually each commanded by a major or a captain). In some countries, battalions are ...

of a

Nigerian Army The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is governed by the Nigerian Army Council (NAC). The Chief of Army Staff is the highest ranking military officer of the Nigerian Army. History Formation The Nigerian ...

base. * 19 November – Boko Haram opened fire on a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

, killing three people. * 24 November – Boko Haram killed a policeman and a soldier who were on their way home. * 24 December – 2010 Jos and Maiduguri attacks – 80 people were killed in a series of bombings in the city of Jos. * 29 December ** Boko Haram killed three police officers and two civilians in Maiduguri. ** Boko Haram opened fire on the

All Nigeria Peoples Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party (abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria. Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...

, killing eight people. * 31 December – December 2010 Abuja attack – A bomb attack outside a

barracks Barracks are usually a group of long buildings built to house military personnel or laborers. The English word originates from the 17th century via French and Italian from an old Spanish word "barraca" ("soldier's tent"), but today barracks are u ...

in

Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...

,

Federal Capital Territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...

, killed four civilians.

2011

* 29 May –

May 2011 Nigeria bombings The May 2011 northern Nigeria bombings happened in several towns in northern Nigeria on 29 May 2011. The blasts happened just a few hours after Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as Nigeria's president.Goodluck Jonathan Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006. is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to fo ...

's swearing in as the new

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

. Bombings without fatalities occurred in

Zaria Zaria is a metropolitan city in Nigeria which at the present time lies within four (4) local government areas in Kaduna state; it happens to be the capital city to the Zazzau Emirate Council, and one of the original seven Hausa city-states ...

,

Kaduna State Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

and Maiduguri. * 16 June – 2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing – At least two people, the perpetrator and a traffic policeman, are killed in a failed bombing of Abuja's police

headquarters Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the to ...

. It was Nigeria's first

suicide bombing A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...

. * 20 June – Boko Haram attacked a bank in

Kankara Official = Kankara LGA Other name = Kankara Native name = Kankara Ta Danjanmakka mai gwanjon karfe Settlement_type = LGA Headquarters and town Motto = Kankara Ta Danjanmakka mai gwanjon karfe Government_type = Local Government Area Year of Creat ...

,

Katsina State Katsina State ''(Hausa: Jihar Katsina) (Fula: Leydi Katsina 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞥁𞤭𞤲𞤢)'' is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Katsina State was created in 1987, when it split from Kaduna State. Today, K ...

, killing seven people. * 3 July – Boko Haram killed 10 people in Maiduguri. * 9 July – Government troops killed 11 Boko Haram terrorists in Maiduguri. * 19 August – Boko Haram attack in Maiduguri killed three police and a civilian. * 25 August – Boko Haram attacked banks and

police station A police station (sometimes called a "station house" or just "house") is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, al ...

s in Gombe, killing 12 people. * 26 August –

2011 Abuja United Nations bombing The 2011 Abuja bombing was a car bomb explosion on Friday, 26 August 2011 in the Nigerian capital Abuja's UN building that killed at least 21 and wounded 60. A spokesperson from the Sunni Islamist group Boko Haram later claimed responsibility. ...

– 21 people were killed in a bombing attack on a

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

compound in Abuja. * 4 November – November 2011 Nigeria attacks – Between 100 and 150 people were killed in a series of coordinated assaults in

Damaturu Damaturu is a Local Government Area and the capital city of Yobe State in northern Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Damaturu Emirate. History Damaturu came into existence as a colony when it was carved out of the Alagarno district by the ...

, Yobe and Maiduguri. * 15 December – Boko Haram attacked a

military school A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...

near

Kano Kano may refer to: Places *Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria *Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State **Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries **Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...

, killing four officers. * 17 December – Boko Haram battled with the police in Kano, killing three police and four militants. * 22–23 December – December 2011 Nigeria clashes – 68 people, of whom 50 were militants, at least 7 soldiers, and 11 civilians, were killed in clashes between Boko Haram militants and Nigerian soldiers in Maiduguri and Damaturu. * 25 December – Christmas 2011 Nigeria attacks – 41 people were killed by Boko Haram bomb attacks and shootings on churches in Damaturu and

Gadaka Gadaka is a town in Yobe State, Nigeria located at latitude 11°18′N and longitude 11°22′E, with a population of about 60,000 people. It is located in the southern part of the state, near the boundary with Gombe and Bauchi states. It used ...

in Yobe,

Madalla Madalla is a town in Nigeria near the capital Abuja. It is in between Suleja and Abuja and mostly referred to as Abuja. Madalla has some areas of attention like the surrounding rocky hills and mountains all over the town. It is a rural-urban Set ...

in

Niger State Niger is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria and the largest state in the country. Niger state has three political zones, zone A,B and C. The state's capital is at Minna. Other major cities are Bida, Kontagora and Suleja. It was fo ...

and in Jos. The attackers included Kabiru Sokoto.

2012

During 2012, 792 people were killed as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency.

January

* 5–6 January –

January 2012 Northern Nigeria attacks A series of assaults on businesses occurred in northeastern Nigeria on 5 and 6 January 2012, followed by attacks on police stations and government offices in the north on 20 January. Over 180 people were killed. Background Boko Haram, a militan ...

– Around 37 Christians were killed by Boko Haram militants. * 9 January – Boko Haram killed four police officers and four civilians in Potiskum. * 20 January – January 2012 Northern Nigeria attacks – 183 people, of whom at least 150 were civilians and 32 police officers, were killed in

Kano State Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...

by Boko Haram gunmen. * 28 January – The Nigerian military killed 11 Boko Haram terrorists in Maiduguri.

February

* 8 February – A Boko Haram suicide bomber damaged the military headquarters in

Kaduna Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade Centre and a major transportation hub as the ...

. * 20 February – Eight Boko Haram terrorists were killed by the military in Maiduguri. * 27 February – Boko Haram attacked a police station and a bank in the town of

Jama'are Jama'are is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Jama'are. It has an area of 493 km and a population of 176,883 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 751. It is populated by a Ful ...

, Bauchi State, killing three police.

March

* 8 March – Sokoto hostage rescue attempt – In

Sokoto Sokoto is a major city located in extreme northwestern Nigeria, near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2006 it has a population of over 427,760. Sokoto is the modern-day capital of Sokoto State and was previously the c ...

, Boko Haram killed two builders - one British and the other Italian - whom they had been holding hostage since kidnapping them in May 2011 in

Birnin Kebbi Birnin Kebbi is a city located in Northwestern Nigeria. It is the capital city of Kebbi State and headquarter of the Gwandu Emirate. As of 2007 the city had an estimated population of 125,594 people. Kebbi is mostly a Hausa and Fulani state, with ...

. The double murder was committed as the British

Special Boat Service The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The SBS can trace its origins back to the Second World War when the Army Special Boat Section was formed in 1940. After the Second World War, the Roya ...

and the Nigerian Army tried to rescue them.

April

* 8 April –

April 2012 Kaduna bombings A suicide car bombing occurred on Easter Day church services in the Nigerian city of Kaduna on 8 April 2012, targeting Christians. At least 38 people were reported dead. Suspicion fell on Boko Haram, the radical Islamist sect blamed for hundre ...

– 38 people were killed by a bombing at a church in Kaduna. * 29 April – Boko Haram killed 20 people in churches across northern Nigeria. * 30 April – Boko Haram attacked a police convoy in

Jalingo Jalingo is the capital city of Taraba State in north eastern Nigeria , named in fulfulde (The word jalingo meaning superior place and has been estimated with population of 118,000. and the city is mainly dominated by Fulanis and others small eth ...

,

Taraba State ) , image_map = Nigeria - Taraba.svg , map_alt = , map_caption = Location of Taraba State in Nigeria , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , coordinates_footnotes = , ...

, killing 11 people.

June

* 3 June – Boko Haram killed nine people in a suicide bombing of a church in Bauchi State. * 5–6 June – Soldiers killed 16 Boko Haram terrorists in Maiduguri. * 8 June – Boko Haram killed five people in a suicide bombing of a police headquarters in Maiduguri. * 17 June ** June 2012 Kano church bombings – Around 40 Christians were killed by Boko Haram at churches in Kano. ** June 2012 Kaduna church bombings – 19 people were killed by bomb attacks against three churches in Kaduna. ** Boko Haram killed 150 people across Plateau State.

July

* 13 July – Boko Haram killed five people in a suicide bombing of mosque in Maiduguri.

August

* 5 August – Boko Haram killed six soldiers and two civilians in a suicide bombing of a convoy in Damaturu. * 7 August – Deeper Life Bible Church shooting – 19 people were killed by Boko Haram gunmen in a mass shooting at a church in

Kogi State Kogi State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the west by the states of Ekiti and Kwara, to the north by the Federal Capital Territory, to the northeast by Nasarawa State, to the northwest by Niger State, to the s ...

. * 8 August – Two Nigerian soldiers and one civilian were killed in a mosque in an apparent reprisal attack for the previous day's massacre. * 12 August – A battle between Boko Haram and the government in Maiduguri killed 20 terrorists and a soldier.

September

* 7 September – Soldiers killed seven Boko Haram terrorists in Maiduguri. * 24 September – Soldiers killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists in Adamawa and Yobe States.

October

* 1–2 October –

Federal Polytechnic, Mubi attack On the night of 1-2 October 2012, a group of armed men attacked a student residence of Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, eastern Nigeria, killing at least 25 men. The attackers used guns and machetes to kill 22 students and 3 other people. ...

– At least 25 people were killed at the Federal Polytechnic,

Mubi Mubi (; stylized as MUBI; The Auteurs before 2010) is a global curated film streaming platform, production company and film distributor. Mubi produces and theatrically distributes films by emerging and established filmmakers, which are exclusivel ...

,

Adamawa State Adamawa state () is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Borno to the northwest, Gombe to the west, and Taraba to the southwest, while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon. It tak ...

. * 7 October – Soldiers killed 30 Boko Haram terrorists in Damaturu.

November

* 9 November – Boko Haram killed three policemen in an attack on their police station near Damaturu. * 25 November – 11 people were killed in a Boko Haram suicide bombing on a military barracks in Jaji. * 26 November – Boko Haram attacked a police station in Abuja, killing two police officers.

December

* 1–2 December – Boko Haram attacked the village of

Chibok Chibok is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria, located in the south of the state. It has its headquarters in the town of Chibok. Landscape It has an area of 1,350 km² Population It has a population of 66,105 at the 2006 ...

, Borno, killing 10 and killed five police in

Gamboru Gamboru (or Gamburu) is a market town in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, near the Cameroon border. It is the administrative centre of Ngala local government area. A 2013 IRIN report indicated that pharmacies in Gamboru Ngala were subject to at ...

Ngala Ngala is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria, adjacent to the border with Cameroon. Its headquarters are in the town of Gamboru Ngala. It has an area of 1,465 km and a population of 237,071 at the 2006 census. The postal code ...

. * 24 December – Boko Haram killed six people at a church in the village of Peri. * 25 December –

December 2012 shootings in Northern Nigeria Two shootings in Nigeria occurred on Christmas Day church services in northern Nigeria on 25 December 2012, at churches in Maiduguri and Potiskum. At least twelve casualties were reported. Terror organisation Boko Haram claimed not to be respo ...

– 27 Christians were killed in Maiduguri and

Potiskum Potiskum is the largest city in Yobe State and originally the town has about three major tribes which include a Ngizim, bolawa and kara-kare. It is one of the Local Government Area in Yobe State Nigeria, it is on the A3 highway at . History The ...

by suspected Boko Haram militants. * 28 December – Another 15 Christians were killed in the village of Musari by unknown gunmen.

2013

* 2013 fatalities were at least 1,000:

January

* 1 January – A Nigerian Army raid killed 13 militants. * 2 January – Boko Haram attacked a police station in the town of Song. * 21–22 January – Boko Haram killed 23 civilians in

Damboa Damboa is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Damboa. It has an area of 6,219 km² and had a population of 233,200 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 601. The original settler ...

, Borno.

February

* 1 February – Soldiers battled with Boko Haram in Borno, killing 17 terrorists and one soldier. * 8 February – Two shootings of

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vaccinators kill 9 women.

March

* 3–20 March – Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a government operation in

Monguno Monguno is one of the LGAs Local Government Area of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. Landscape Monguno has a total landscape area of 1,913 km Population Monguno has a population of 109,851 at the 2006 census. Postal Code The po ...

, Borno. * 18 March –

2013 Kano bus bombing On March 18, 2013, a suicide attack was committed against Christian civilians at the Kano bus station, all of whom were boarding the buses to go to the mostly Christian south. The attack On March 18, a Volkswagen Golf packed with explosives and ...

– Between 22 and 65 people are killed by a car bombing in Kano. * 31 March – The government battled with Boko Haram in Kano State, resulting in the deaths of 14 terrorists and one soldier.

April

* 16 April –

2013 Baga massacre The Baga massacre began on 16 April 2013 in the village of Baga, Nigeria, in Borno State, when as many as 200 civilians were killed, hundreds wounded, and over 2,000 houses and businesses worth millions of Naira were destroyed. Refugees, civilia ...

– 187 people were killed in Baga in Borno. It is unclear whether the Nigerian military or Boko Haram is responsible for the massacre. * 19–20 April – An unknown number of people were killed in a battle between Boko Haram and the government in Baga.

May

* 7 May – Boko Haram attacked barracks, a prison, and a police station in the town of Bama. The attack killed 22 police, 14 prison guards, Two soldiers, four civilians, and 13 terrorists. In total this attack killed 55 people. * 14 May – 53 people were killed by Boko Haram in

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. The government also began an offensive operations in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states.

June

* June – Nine children were killed in Maiduguri and 13 students and teachers were killed in Damaturu by Boko Haram.

July

* 6 July –

Yobe State school shooting On 6 July 2013, Boko Haram gunmen attacked the Government Secondary School in the village of Mamudo, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing at least 42 people. Most of the dead were students, with some staff members also killed. Background The Boko ...

– More than 42 were killed by Boko Haram gunmen in a school in Yobe. Boko Haram also attacked a police station and a bank in the town of Karim Lamido, killing three police officers. * 27 July – 20 people were killed by Boko Haram in Baga. * 29 July – 12 people were killed by Boko Haram in Kano.

August

* 4–5 August – Boko Haram attacked a military base in the town of Malam Fatori and a police station in the town of

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. The attack left 32 terrorists, two soldiers, and a police officer dead. * 11 August – Konduga mosque shooting – 44 people were killed and 26 others injured in a mass shooting by Boko Haram in a

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in

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, Borno. * 15 August – Boko Haram killed 11 people in Damboa. * 19 August – Boko Haram killed 44 people in the village of Demba. * 30 August – Boko Haram killed 24 pro-government militiamen near the town of Monguno.

September

* 4–5 September – Boko Haram killed 15 people in the town of Gajiram and five people in the village of Bulabilin Ngaura. * 6 September – A government operation in Borno killed 50 terrorists. * 8 September – A battle between a pro-government militia and Boko Haram in the town of Benisheik, Borno, resulted in an unknown number of casualties. * 12 September – An

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by Boko Haram left 40 soldiers dead. * 12–18 September – An offensive by the Nigerian Army left 150 Islamists and 16 soldiers dead. * 17 September – Boko Haram killed 143 people on the road between Maiduguri and Damaturu. * 18 September – Benisheik massacre – 161 people were killed in attacks in Benisheik, blamed on Boko Haram. * 19 September – Boko Haram killed 16 people on the road between Maiduguri and Damboa. * 20 September – A shootout in Abuja killed seven to nine people. * 29 September –

Gujba college massacre On 29 September 2013, gunmen from Boko Haram entered the male dormitory in the College of Agriculture, Gujba, College of Agriculture in Gujba, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing forty-four students and teachers. Background Boko Haram was founded in 2 ...

– More than 50 students were killed in Yobe by Boko Haram gunmen.

October

* 6 October –

Battle of Damboa Battle of Domboa was fought between 7th Division of Nigerian military and Boko Haram insurgents in morning hours of October 6 2013. Boko Haram entered the village at 4:30 AM, they forced priest of the local mosque to call for civilians to come to ...

– The Nigerian military and Boko Haram battled in Damboa, killing 20 people. * 10 October – An attack in Damboa left at least 20 killed (15 suspected militants and 5 civilians). * 10 October – An attack in the town of Logumani killed 19. * October – Government forces raided rebel camps, killing around 101 Boko Haram fighters. * 24 October – Nigeria troops killed 74 Boko Haram terrorists in the villages of Galangi and Lawanti. * 29 October – Boko Haram raided Damaturu. At least 128 people were killed (95 militants, 23 soldiers, 8 policemen, and 2 civilians). * 31 October – Boko Haram killed 27 people in the village of Gulumba.

November

* 2 November ** Boko Haram killed 13 people in the village of village of T-Junction. ** Borno wedding convoy massacre – Boko Haram killed 30 people in a wedding convoy near the town of Bama. * 9 November – Clashes between Boko Haram and the Nigeria military killed five terrorists and two Nigerian soldiers. * 13 November – The US designated Boko Haram as a "foreign terrorist organization." * 23 November – 12 were killed in the village of Sandiya after a Boko Haram attack. * 28 November – 50 Boko Haram terrorists were killed by government troops around Gwoza hills.

December

* 2 December – Boko Haram attacked several military bases in Maiduguri, killing several people. * 20 December – Boko Haram attacked a military barracks in Bama, killing 20 soldiers. * 23 December – A battle between Boko Haram and the Nigerian military near the border with Cameroon killed 50 terrorists, 15 Nigerian soldiers, and five civilians. * 28 December – Nigerian troops killed 56 Boko Haram terrorists in Alafa forest. * 29 December – Eight people were killed by Boko Haram in the village of Tashan Alade.

2014

January

* 14 January – January 2014 Maiduguri bombing – 35 people were killed in a bombing by Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri. * 26 January – Chakawa and Kawuri attacks – 138 were killed in total. * 31 January – 11 Christians killed in Chakawa by Boko Haram militants.

February

* 11 February –

February 2014 Konduga massacre The Konduga massacre took place in Konduga, Borno State, Nigeria on 11 February 2014. The massacre was conducted by Boko Haram Islamists against Christian villagers. At least 62 people were killed. Massacre The massacre occurred on 11 February ...

– Dozens of Christian villagers were killed by Boko Haram militants in

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, Borno. * 15 February **

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– Boko Haram gunmen killed 106 people in the village of

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, Borno. ** 90 Christians and 9 Nigerian soldiers are killed in

Gwoza Gwoza is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gwoza, a border town "about 135 kilometres South-East of Maiduguri." The postal code of the area is 610. The terrain is rocky and hilly. The Gwoza Hills ...

, Borno, by Boko Haram. * 24 February – Dozens were killed as Boko Haram again raided Izghe. * 25 February – February 2014 Buni Yadi massacre – 59 male students were killed in a school massacre in Buni Yadi, Yobe. * 26 February – Boko Haram attacked the towns of

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in Adamawa, Shuwa, and Kirchinga killing 37 civilians. Six terrorists were also killed.

March

* 14 March – Boko Haram attacked the heavily fortified Giwa

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in Maiduguri, freeing

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s from a detention facility. The military then

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about 600 unarmed recaptured detainees, according to

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.

April

* 14 April –

April 2014 Abuja bombing On 14 April 2014 at about 6:45am, two bombs exploded at a crowded bus station in Nyanya, Nasarawa State, killing at least 88 people and injuring at least 200. The bus station is 8 km southwest of central Federal Capital Territory. Boko Ha ...

– Over 88 people were killed in a twin bombing attack in Abuja. * 15 April –

Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christianity, Christian female students aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the Islamic terrorism, Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School at the town of Chi ...

– Boko Haram kidnapped 276 teenage female students from a

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in

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, Borno.

May

* 1 May – May 2014 Abuja bombing – 19 people were killed in Abuja by a car bomb. * 5 May –

2014 Gamboru Ngala attack On the night of 5-6 May 2014, Boko Haram militants attacked the twin towns of Gamboru and Ngala in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. About 310 residents were killed in the 12-hour massacre, and the town was largely destroyed. During the same ...

– At least 300 people were killed in the twin towns of

Gamboru Gamboru (or Gamburu) is a market town in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, near the Cameroon border. It is the administrative centre of Ngala local government area. A 2013 IRIN report indicated that pharmacies in Gamboru Ngala were subject to at ...

and

Ngala Ngala is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria, adjacent to the border with Cameroon. Its headquarters are in the town of Gamboru Ngala. It has an area of 1,465 km and a population of 237,071 at the 2006 census. The postal code ...

in Borno by Boko Haram militants. * 13–14 May –

Chibok ambush The Chibok ambush was an attack of Boko Haram insurgents against a Nigerian Army convoy in the night from 13 to 14 May 2014, as the latter was searching for schoolgirls who had been kidnapped by the Islamist rebels. Even though the Nigerian Arm ...

* 20 May – 2014 Jos bombings – At least 118 villagers were killed by car bombs in Jos. * 21 May – 27 villagers are killed by Boko Haram gunmen in northeastern Nigeria. * 27 May –

May 2014 Buni Yadi attack The May 2014 Buni Yadi attack was a terrorist attack that occurred on 27 May 2014 in the town of Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Nigeria.

– 49 security personnel and 9 civilians are killed during a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Yobe. * 30 May – The third

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of Gwoza,

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, is assassinated during a Boko Haram ambush.

June

* 1 June –

2014 Mubi bombing On the evening of 1 June 2014, an improvised explosive device was set off at a football field in Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed in the attack, according to eyewitnesses. Nineteen others were injured. The perpetrator ...

– At least 40 people are killed by a bombing in Mubi. * 2 June –

Gwoza massacre The Gwoza massacre was a terrorist event that occurred on 2 June, 2014 in the Gwoza local government district, Borno State near the Nigerian-Camerounian border. Militants (presumably from Boko Haram) dressed as soldiers slaughtered hundreds o ...

– At least 200, mostly Christians, are killed in several villages in Borno by Boko Haram. * 20–23 June –

June 2014 Borno State attacks From 20 to 23 June 2014, a series of attacks occurred in Borno State, Nigeria. 91 women and children were kidnapped in the attacks and more than 70 people were killed. Background Boko Haram is an Islamic terrorist group opposed to what it con ...

– At 70 people are killed and 91 women and children kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Borno State. * 23–25 June –

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– Around 171 people are killed in a series of attacks in

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and a bombing in Abuja. * 26 June – Over 100 militants are killed by the Nigerian military during a raid on two Boko Haram camps. * 28 June – 11 people are killed by a bombing in Bauchi.

July

* 1 July – July 2014 Maiduguri bombing * 18 July –

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– At least 100 people are killed by a Boko Haram attack in Damboa, leaving the town almost destroyed. * 22 July – 51 people are killed by Boko Haram in Chibok.

September

* 12 September – Battle of Konduga * 19 September – September 2014 Mainok shooting – Around 30 people are killed by Boko Haram militants at a busy market in Mainok, Borno.

October

* 31 October – At least 4 people were killed, 32 injured and 13 vehicles destroyed by an explosion at a bus station in Gombe.

November

* 2 November –

Kogi prison break The Kogi prison break was an attack on Koto-Karffi Federal Medium Security Prisons in Kogi State, in north-central Nigeria by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram. The attack occurred on 2 November 2014. Ab ...

– 99 inmates in

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were freed by suspected Boko Haram rebels. * 3 November –

2014 Potiskum bombings In November 2014, two separate terrorist attacks took place in Potiskum in Yobe State, Nigeria. Both incidents involved suicide bombers, killing at least 61 people and injuring scores of others. In both cases, Boko Haram have been accused of ca ...

– A suicide bomber in Yobe killed 15

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. * 10 November – 2014 Potiskum bombings, 2014 Potiskum school bombing – A suicide bomber killed 46 students. * 25 November – November 2014 Maiduguri bombings – Over 45 people are killed by two suicide bombers in Maiduguri. * 27 November –

Damasak massacre The Damasak massacre was a series of massacres and mass execution committed by Boko Haram in the city of Damasak, Nigeria. Attack On 24 November 2014, Boko Haram invaded and captured the city of Damasak, Nigeria in retaliation for civilians join ...

– Around 50 people were killed in

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, Borno, by Boko Haram militants. * 28 November – 2014 Kano bombing – At least 120 Muslim followers of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, were killed during a suicide bombing and gun attack by Boko Haram. The 4 gunmen are subsequently killed by an angry mob.

December

* 1 December – At least 5 people were killed by two female suicide bombers who detonated themselves at a crowded market place in Maiduguri. * 10 December – At least 4 people were killed and 7 injured by female suicide bombers near a market in Kano. * 11 December – 30 people are killed and houses were destroyed by Boko Haram militants in Gajiganna, Borno. * 13 December – 2014 Gumsuri kidnappings – Between 32 and 35 people were killed and between 172 and 185 are kidnapped by Boko Haram in Borno. * 22 December – 2014 Gombe bus station bombing – At least 27 people were killed at a bus station by a bombing in Gombe State. * 28–29 December –

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– 85 civilians, 94 militants, and 2 Cameroonian soldiers were killed following a failed Boko Haram offensive into Cameroon's Far North Region.

2015

January

* 1 January – 2015 Cameroon bus attack – Boko Haram militants attacked a bus in Waza, Far North Region, Cameroon, killing 11 people and injuring six. * 3–7 January –

2015 Baga massacre The 2015 Baga massacre was a series of mass killings carried out by the Boko Haram terrorist group in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Baga and its environs, in the state of Borno, between 3 January and 7 January 2015. The attack began on ...

– Boko Haram militants razed the entire town of Baga. Bodies lay strewn on Baga's streets with hundreds of people having been killed. Boko Haram controlled 70% of Borno, which is the worst-affected by the insurgency. * 3 January – Fleeing villagers from a remote part of Borno reported that Boko Haram had three days prior kidnapped around 40 boys and young men. * 4 January – The

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launched an

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that resulted in the deaths of 200 terrorists and nine Chadian personnel. * 5 January – News emerged that two days prior hundreds of Boko Haram militants had overrun several towns in northeast Nigeria and captured the

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in Baga. * 9 January – Refugees fled Borno following the Baga massacre. 7,300 fled to neighbouring Chad while over 1,000 were trapped on the island of Kangala in Lake Chad. The Nigerian Army vowed to recapture the town, while Niger and Chad withdrew their forces from a transnational force tasked with combating militants. * 10 January – January 2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing – A

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, apparently around 10 years old, killed herself and 19 others, possibly against her will, at a market in Maiduguri. * 11 January – Two female suicide bombers, each believed to be around 10 years old, killed themselves and three others at a market in Potiskum. * 12 January –

January 2015 raid on Kolofata The January 2015 raid on Kolofata was an unsuccessful assault on a Cameroonian military base at Kolofata, Far North Region, perpetrated by Boko Haram. The incident occurred on 12 January 2015 coming shortly after another Boko Haram incursion on ...

– Boko Haram militants launched a failed raid on

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in Far North, Cameroon. The

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said the army lost only one officer while the Islamic group lost between 143 and 300 rebels. * 16 January – The military of Chad entered Cameroon to assist in fighting against Boko Haram insurgents. * 17 January – Following the 16 January Chad authorities decision to send troops to Nigeria and Cameroon to fight Boko Haram militants, the Russian ambassador to the country pledged to supply Cameroon with more modern weapons to combat the Islamist insurgents. * 18 January – Boko Haram militants kidnapped 80 people and kill three others from villages in north Cameroon. * 20 January – Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the Baga massacre earlier in the month. * 23 January –

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began. * 24 January – 15 people are killed as Boko Haram gunmen attempted to burn down the village of Kambari near Maidaguri. * 25 January – Boko Haram rebels launched a large offensive against Nigerian forces in Maiduguri leading to the deaths of at least eight civilians, up to 53 militants, and an unknown number of soldiers. Although the attack failed, the rebels captured the nearby strategic town of

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. The status of the 1,400 soldiers stationed in Monguno was unknown. As a result of these attacks, Boko Haram controlled four out of five roads leading into the major city, prompting fears that it would be taken as well. * 28 January – Boko Haram fighters killed 40 people while on a rampage in Adamawa. * 29 January – The Nigerian military, in collaboration with Chadian soldiers, captured the border town of

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from Boko Haram rebels. * 31 January – The

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pledged to send up to 7,500 international soldiers to aid Nigeria's fight against Boko Haram. Chadian forces claim to have killed 120 Boko Haram fighters while losing only 3 soldiers of their own during fighting in the north of Cameroon.

February

* 1 February – Boko Haram again attacked Maiduguri. This time, the city was attacked from four out of the five sides. The attack was unsuccessful, but many civilians inside the city panicked. Also, a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber kills himself and eight others at the residence of a politician in

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. Another suicide bomber killed five people outside a mosque in the city of Gombe. * 2 February – A female suicide bomber attacked minutes after the President of Nigeria left an election rally in the city of Gombe, killing at least one person and injuring eighteen. * 4 February –

Fotokol massacre The 2015 Fotokol attack occurred on 4 and 5 February 2015 when Boko Haram militants reportedly killed at least 91 people by shooting and burning, and injured over 500 in Fotokol, Cameroon. The militants, who are based in northeastern Nigeria and ...

– Boko Haram militants reportedly raided the Cameroonian town of

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in Far North, Cameroon, killing scores of people. Also on 4 February, the Chad Army says it have killed 200 militants and lost nine soldiers while capturing the border town of

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Ngala in Borno. * 6 February – 2015 Niger raid – Boko Haram launched raids on the towns of Bosso and

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, both in Niger, the first time that the group has attacked the country. The Chadian military assists the

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in repelling the attack. Five Nigeriens were killed; the government says 109 Boko Haram militants were killed as well. * 7 February – Nigeria postponed its general election for six weeks to allow its armed forces to control parts of the country controlled by Boko Haram. * 9 February – Boko Haram launched a raid on a prison in the town of Diffa in Niger. Authorities repelled the attack. * 12 February – The West African Allied Forces, led by Nigeria and supported by Cameroon, Chad, and Niger, invaded

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in Borno, a stronghold of Boko Haram, killing scores of the insurgents. Elsewhere, the town of Mbuta, 15 miles northeast of Maiduguri, was raided by Boko Haram, resulting in the deaths of 8 residents. A dozen people were killed in a suicide blast at Biu, 100 miles southwest of Maiduguri. * 13 February – Boko Haram militants attack Chad for the first time after 30 fighters crossed Lake Chad in four motorboats and attacked the village of

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. Chad had recently joined Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon in a military coalition against Boko Haram. * 14 February – Boko Haram forces assaulted Gombe. The Nigerian military repels the attack, although the militants managed to overrun a checkpoint on the edge of the city before retreating. The attack coincided with the beginning of a Nigerian offensive to roll back Boko Haram forces around the northeast. * 15 February –

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- A teenage female suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded 30 others at a

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in Damaturu. * 16 February – Nigeria regained the key town of Monguno, Borno, from Boko Haram. The town had previously fallen to the militants on 25 January. * 18 February – The Nigerian Army says they killed 300 militants in northeastern Nigeria. A

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bombed a funeral ceremony in Niger, killing 37 civilians. The plane remains unidentified, with the Nigerian government denying responsibility. * 20 February – Boko Haram militants killed 34 people in attacks across Borno, 21 in Chibok. * 21 February – The Nigerian Army retook Baga, which had fallen to Boko Haram on 3 January. * 22 February – February 2015 Nigeria bombings - A child female suicide bomber killed five people and wounded dozens of others outside a market in Potiskum. * 24 February ** February 2015 Nigeria bombings – A male suicide bomber killed 17 people at a bus station in Potiskum. ** February 2015 Nigeria bombings - Two male suicide bombers killed 10 people at a bus station in Kano. ** Chadian soldiers killed over 200 Boko Haram fighters in a clash near the town of Gamboru, close to the Cameroon-Nigeria border. A Chad Army soldier is killed and nine are wounded. * 26 February – At least 35 people were killed in two attacks targeting the cities of Biu in Borno and Jos. * 28 February – Two female suicide bombers killed up to four civilians near Damaturu.

March

* 2 March – Battle of Konduga – A senior military officer said that 73 Boko Haram militants disguised as herders were killed near

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town in Borno. In addition, the Chadian military recaptured the town of

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, also in Borno. * 7 March **

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– Five suicide bomb blasts left 54 people dead and 143 wounded in Maiduguri. After the explosions, Boko Haram formally declared allegiance to

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. ** Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the

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. * 8 March – Forces from Niger and Chad launch a ground and air offensive against Boko Haram Islamist militants in northeastern Nigeria. * 9 March – Chadian and Nigerien forces retake the towns of Malam Fatouri and

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in northeastern Nigeria. * 13 March – The Nigerian government admits to using foreign

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in the fight against Boko Haram. * 16 March – Nigeria, Chad, and Niger began a battle to liberate Damasak, Borno, from Boko Haram militants. * 17 March – The Nigerian military reclaimed the small city of

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, Borno, from Boko Haram. * 18 March –

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;

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– Niger and Chad captured the city of Damasak following a successful battle. A

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of 90 people was discovered in the city. * 21 March – Chadian forces established a presence in the border town of Gamboru, Borno, following recent attacks there by Boko Haram gunmen that killed 11 people. * 27 March – The town of Gwoza was recaptured by the Nigerian military. * 28 March – Voters in Nigeria went to the polls for a general election. Gunmen killed at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for

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in Gombe. * 29 March – Voting in the Nigerian general election was delayed for a second day due to delays and malfunctioning equipment. So far, 43 people have been killed in Boko Haram attacks.

April

* 5 April – Boko Haram militants dressed as preachers killed at least 24 citizens of Kwafaja Village in Borno, with some reports saying that up to 50 were killed. * 9 April – Members of Boko Haram entered the village of Dile in Borno, killing 20. * 17 April – While soldiers were evacuating the town of

Gwoza Gwoza is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gwoza, a border town "about 135 kilometres South-East of Maiduguri." The postal code of the area is 610. The terrain is rocky and hilly. The Gwoza Hills ...

in Borno, militants entered the town and slit the throats of at least 12 townspeople. * 21 April – As the military led efforts to evacuate the town of Baga in northern Nigeria, militants planted mines and fired rockets at military vehicles, killing eight soldiers and a civilian. * 24 April – The last area controlled in Nigeria by Boko Haram's forces was in

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, Borno. * 25 April ** Boko Haram retook the town of

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in Borno, invading with tanks and over 2,000 troops. ** Boko Haram attacked an island in Lake Chad, killing 46 Nigerian soldiers and 28 civilians.

May

June

* 12 June – Several days of nighttime raids on six remote villages that left at least 37 people dead in Northeastern Nigeria. * 15 June –

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- A sack of bombs exploded at an abandoned Boko Haram camp in

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, Borno. * 16 June – 2015 N'Djamena bombings – Twin suicide bombings blamed on Boko Haram jihadists killed 24 people and wounded more than 100 in the first such attacks in Chad's capital N'Djamena. Monday's attacks, which targeted the police headquarters and a police academy, were the first in the capital. * 17 June – Chad banned people from wearing the full-face veil, following the double suicide bombing in

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. They also banned vehicles with

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s. * 22 June – 30 people were killed at crowded mosque by a young

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s.

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marks the start of

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by targeting a mosque that they see as falling short in following the

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. The second teen appeared to run away and exploded further away, killing only herself, eyewitnesses said. * 30 June –

30 June and 1 July 2015 Borno massacres On July 1, 2015, Boko Haram gunmen stormed the village of Kukawa, in Borno State and killed 97 people. According to an anonymous senior government official, the militants targeted mosques, which they believed taught a form of Islam that was too ...

July

* 1 July – 30 June and 1 July 2015 Borno massacres * 1–2 July – July 2015 Kukawa massacre – Boko Haram militants attacked mosques on 1 and 2 July. Forty-eight men and boys were killed on the 1st at a mosque in

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. Seventeen were wounded in the attack. Ninety-seven others, mostly men, were killed in numerous mosques on the 2nd, with a number of women and young girls killed in their homes. An unknown number were wounded. * 5 July –

5 July 2015 Nigeria attacks On 5 July 2015, major attacks occurred in Nigeria - in Potiskum, Jos and Borno. Just before 10am on 5 July 2015, in Potiskum, Yobe State, a suicide bombing occurred at an evangelical church, the Redeemed Christian Church of God. It killed six p ...

** A suicide bomber attacked a church in

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, killing five people. ** Two bomb attacks in Jos killed at least 44 people. * 12 July -

Fotokol bombings Fotokol is a town and commune in Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region, Cameroon. It is home to Fotokol High School. The town is about across a small river from the Nigerian village of Gamboru, where Fotokol residents often go for supplie ...

* 16 July – July 2015 Gombe bombings * 22 July – July 2015 Gombe bombings

August

* 11 August – An explosion in

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killed 47 people.

September

* 20 September –

September 2015 Borno State bombings On the evening of September 20, 2015, a series of bombings took place in Maiduguri and Monguno, Nigeria, killing at least 145 people and injuring at least 97 others. The majority of casualties occurred in Maiduguri where four explo ...

October

* 10 October – Baga Sola bombings

November

* 17 November –

November 2015 Yola bombing On 17 November 2015, a suicide attack, suicide improvised explosive device, bombing occurred at a vegetable market in Yola, Adamawa, Yola, Adamawa State, eastern Nigeria. Over 30 people were killed and 80 others injured as traders in the city were ...

– A suicide bombing in Yola, Adamawa State, tore through a marketplace, killing 32 people and wounding 80 others.

December

* 5 December –

December 2015 Chad suicide bombings The December 2015 Chad suicide bombings occurred on 5 December 2015 when four suicide bombers at Lake Chad kill at least 15 people and another 130 were injured. Four women carried out the attack at a weekly market on an island on the Chadian side ...

* 28 December – December 2015 Madagali and Maiduguri bombings

2016

January

* 6 January – Boko Haram gunmen raided Izageki village in northern Nigeria, close to

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, Boko Haram's hideout and killed at least two people. The gunmen pursued fleeing civilians and another militant armed with a suicide belt blew himself near a market, killing another five people. * 13 January – A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Kouyape, Far North Region, Cameroon, close to the Nigerian border. The blast killed twelve people and wounded another one. The attack occurred at dawn and was attributed to Boko Haram although it did not claim responsibility. * 18 January – A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in the village of Nguetchewe in northern Cameroon, killing four worshippers and wounding another two. No group claimed responsibility, but Boko Haram is suspected. * 25 January –

2016 Bodo bombings At about 10am on 25 January 2016, a quadruple suicide bombing occurred in Bodo, Far North Region, Cameroon. It killed over 30 people and injured about 65 others. Two bombers struck the village's market; the others struck the entry and exit points. ...

– Four suicide bombers attacked a busy market in the town of

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, Far North Region, close to the Nigerian border. The blasts killed at least 30 people and wounded another 65. No group claimed responsibility, but Boko Haram is suspected. * 27–28 January – Weekend rampage with a total death toll of at least 65 people and twice that number injured. Affected areas were various villages in Dalori and outskirts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno Province. Residents say the death toll was even higher, with as many as 100 dead. * 29 January ** Two suicide bombers attacked a school, housing Nigerian refugees in northern Cameroon, killing four people and wounding another twelve. No group claimed responsibility, but Boko Haram is suspected. ** A 12-year-old blew himself up in a market. The blast killed at least 11 people. The attack occurred on 29 January in

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, Adamawa State. * 30 January – At least 86 people are killed and hundreds others injured in an attack by Boko Haram militants on Dalori village, four kilometers from Maiduguri * 31 January ** A Boko Haram terrorist blew himself up on a motorcycle in Guié, Chad. ** A Boko Haram terrorist blew himself up in Miterine, Chad.

February

* 9 February ** Two Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked a Muslim funeral gathering in northern Cameroon, 10 km (6 miles) east of the Nigerian border. Six civilians were killed and another thirty were wounded. It is the first known Boko Haram strike in Cameroon at a funeral gathering, although the militants had attacked a baptism. ** Two female suicide bombers sneaked into an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp and detonated themselves in the middle of it in the northeast Nigerian town of

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, Borno. The blasts killed 60 people and wounded another 78. No group claimed responsibility but Boko Haram is suspected. * 12 February – Members of Boko Haram attacked a village near Kachifa, killing eight people. * 13 February – Members of Boko Haram attacked Yakshari, killing 22 people. * 19 February – Two suicide bombers kill at least 24 people and injure 112 others at a market in northern Cameroon. * 27 February – At least 92 militants were killed in a joint operation carried out by the Cameroon and Nigerian Armies and over 850 villagers were freed in the Nigerian village of Kumshe which is close to the border with Cameroon.

March

* 16 March – March 2016 Maiduguri bombings – Three female suicide bombers killed 22 people and injured 18 in Umarari village, on the outskirts of Maiduguri. * 26 March – At least four people were killed during a Boko Haram raid in the remote village of Tumpun near Lassa in

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Local Government Area. * 30 March – Six soldiers of the

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were killed and three others wounded in southeastern Niger in an attack attributed to Boko Haram.

April

* 5 April ** In an attack in Izige, Nigeria, Boko Haram killed three soldiers and two vigilante members, but were subsequently forced to retreat by the military. ** Two suicide bombers exploded their devices in a public transport vehicle that was going to a market in

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, Niger. At least three civilians were killed and several others injured. * 8 April –

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killed four suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers before they could attack Maiduguri. Three soldiers sustained injuries during the incident. * 20 April – At least seven or eight people have been killed at a refugee camp in Nigeria after two female suicide bombers blew themselves up. The bombing took place in the north-east of Nigeria near the border with Cameroon. Several people were wounded in the attack. * 24 April – Boko Haram were reported to have killed 30 people during a raid in Alau village in Borno.

May

* 11 May – Nigerian Army says troops from its 7 Division Garrison, intercepted a Boko Haram terrorist detonating a suicide bomb in Sulaimanti community, in the outskirts of Maiduguri. * 12 May – A suicide bomber who was stopped from entering a government compound killed at least six people, including two police officers, in Maiduguri. * 29 May – In Biu, Borno, a tricycle taxi triggered an old IED, killing four civilians and a soldier. Two people were wounded.

June

* 4 June – At least 32 people were killed and 67 injured after hundreds of members of Boko Haram attacked the city of Bosso in Niger. Many places in the city were torched and shot at. There were also several deaths and injuries of the attacker's side. * 5 June – A woman was stabbed to death by two men after allegedly insulting the

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in Kano. * 6 June – Ten fisherman are killed by Boko Haram in

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, Cameroon. * 12 June – Four women were killed by 14 assailants after being dragged outside of their homes in

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, Nigeria. * 14 June – 10 fishermen were killed by militants, and soon after 42 more were killed by Boko Haram at

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in Cameroon. * 15 June – At least 4 females were killed and several abducted after many Boko Haram militants attacked a village. Some sources say the number of those kidnapped is four. Many houses were burned down and shot at. Vigilantes followed the attackers and rescued one of the kidnapped after a gun battle. A

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was injured in Kau-Tuva, Nigeria. * 16 June – Kuda funeral attack – At least 24 people were killed and at least 10 injured when Boko Haram militants attacked a funeral in Kuda, Adamawa. * 17 June – Seven people were killed and 12 injured in an attack on policemen in Ghafam, Niger. * 20 June – At least 2 people were killed after several Boko Haram militants attacked Wumbi in Nigeria the second attack there by them in a week. * 25 June – At least 4 civilians were killed in another in a series off attacks by Boko Haram militants in Gouzoudoum and Kaldjiwa, Cameroon. * 26 June – The Nigerian Army claimed they had rescued 5,000 people, mostly women and children, from four remote villages in Borno (Zangebe, Maiwa, Algaiti and Mainar) and killed six Boko Haram fighters. A civilian JTF member was also killed. The army said it killed two more Boko Haram fighters in operations at 11 other villages. * 30 June – At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured after a suicide bombing that targeted a mosque and a video club in Djakana, Cameroon.

July

* 4 July – Two people were injured when Nigerian troops shot and killed three female suicide bombers who were targeting internally displaced persons in Monguno. The injuries came as a result of one of the suicide bomber's vest exploding. * 8 July – At least 9 people were killed and "dozens" injured after a suicide bombing attack on a Mosque in Borno. There was also a second suicide bombing at another mosque. * 9 July – Boko Haram militants raided a town with guns and explosives, killing 7 people and damaging buildings. * 12 July – A Boko Haram attack in Borno was repelled by the Nigerian Army resulting in the deaths of 25 militants. Two soldiers were killed during the attack.

August

* 1 August – 13 Christian villagers were killed by Muslim terrorists, who also burned three churches. * 10 August – Boko Haram militants burned 60 houses, shot four villagers dead, and abducted a child. * 19 August – The Nigerian military claimed

Abubakar Shekau Abu Mohammed Abubakar al-Sheikawi (also known by the alias ''Darul Akeem wa Zamunda Tawheed'', or ''Darul Tawheed''; "the abode of monotheism"; born 1965, 1969 or 1975 – 19 May 2021) was a Kanuri man known as the leader of Boko Haram, a Nigeri ...

(leader of Boko Haram) was fatally wounded and about 300 militants including three senior Boko Haram commanders (Abubakar Mubi, Malam Nuhu and Malam Hamman) killed in an air raid on the village of Taye in Borno State. * 20 August – Boko Haram killed seven people with

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s, before abducting dozens more, in the village of Kuruburu. * 21 August ** A Boko Haram attack on a village called Kuburvwa (between Chibok and Damboa) was reported to have left at least 11 people dead. Women were raped. ** At least three people were killed and another 24 were injured by a suicide bombing attack at a market in the city of

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, Far North, Cameroon. * 27 August – A

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planted by Islamist group Boko Haram killed four Chadian soldiers on patrol near Chad's border with Niger, security sources said.

September

* 4 September – Camel-riding assailants killed five people and wounded several more before being repelled by local militias. Houses were also burned. * 14 September – At least 30 Boko Haram militants and five

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soldiers are killed in clashes near the village of

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in Niger's southeast

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. * 17 September – Chad and Nigerien soldiers killed at least 38 insurgents from terrorist group Boko Haram in Niger. Two soldiers were also injured in the operation. * 18 September – The Nigerian Army has dispelled reports that 8 people were killed in an attack by Boko Haram fighters in Borno state. * 19 September – Members of Boko Haram said that they killed 40 Nigerian soldiers battling in Malam Fatori. * 22 September – Three civilians were killed in Cameroon's Far North in Djakana when a vigilante tried to stop a suicide bomber whose explosive device detonated. * 25 September ** Four soldiers and civilian JTF members were killed in the Borno towns Miyanti and Dareljam in an ambush on the army by the insurgents. ** Boko Haram members attacked a

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position near the border with

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesOctober 2016 Maiduguri bombings – 18 people were reported killed in an explosion in Maiduguri. * 17 October – Boko Haram said it killed 20 soldiers in northeastern Nigeria. * 24 October – Two suicide bombers killed three people in Cameroon. The first of those actions was carried out by a woman causing wounds to five people in Far North. The other attack was carried out in the northern locality of Waramide and three people were killed. * 29 October – October 2016 Maiduguri bombings – Two suicide bombers killed at least eight people in Maiduguri.

November

* 1 November – Nine civilians were killed when a car bomb exploded near a military checkpoint in

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, Borno. * 5 November – An army officer and six soldiers were killed by Boko Haram militants in a gun battle in Borno. * 8 November ** A gunman killed more than 30 gold miners in a remote area of northern Nigeria in Maru,

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. ** Four people were killed and six others injured when two suicide bombers detonated an improvised explosive device in Maiduguri. ** At least five Nigerien soldiers were killed and three others injured in a terrorist attack in Banibagou, Niger. ** Two civilians were killed, three soldiers injured and 100 houses were set on fire when Boko Haram fighters raided a village in Far North, Cameroon. * 11 November – Two persons were killed today in an early morning bomb blast in the Umulari area of Maiduguri. * 12 November – 240 Boko Haram fighters surrendered in south-west Chad. * 16 November – One other soldier died and eight others were injured in the Boko Haram ambush that led to the death of B.U. Umar, a lieutenant colonel. * 18 November – Boko Haram suicide bombers killed six people, injuring many more in multiple bomb blasts. * 22 November – Six soldiers were killed in an attack on a military base, while the surrounding houses were burned. On the other hand, a woman with explosives tried to enter an army post next to the Kolofata camp on Monday, but was shot down. * 23 November – At least two persons were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri. * 24 November – Two young female suicide bombers attacked a town in Cameroon's Far North. One of the bombs exploded in

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, killing the girl and wounding at least four people. Locals killed the second bomber before her device detonated. * 28 November – Soldiers killed at least 30 insurgents from terrorist group Boko Haram.

December

* 9 December – 2016 Madagali bombings – Two explosions in Madagali, Adamawa, killed 57 people and injured 177 others. * 11 December – 3 people were killed in two suicide bombing attacks in Maiduguri. * 13 December – Boko Haram militants attacked a military base in Borno village Kamuya, leaving scores dead. * 17 December – A member of the civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) was injured during operations in

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against Boko Haram. * 23 December –

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said that The Nigerian Army had driven Boko Haram militants from the last camp in their Sambisa Forest stronghold and that the terrorists are on the run. * 25 December – A suicide bombing attack left at least two people dead and injured 5 others in

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, Far North, Cameroon. * 26 December – Two suicide bombers struck in Maiduguri. Only one of the attackers was said to have died, as the other was reportedly captured before striking. * 28 December – 31 Boko Haram fighters surrendered in southern Niger.

2017

January

* 4 January – Three girl suicide bombers were killed while attempting to detonate their vests at market in Madagali. Local officials blamed Boko Haram for the attempted attack. * 7 January – Boko Haram attacked a Nigerian Army base in Buni Yadi, Yobe, killing at least five soldiers. Fifteen Boko Haram militants were also killed after the army launched retaliatory strikes, a military source said. * 7–8 January – Boko Haram clashed with government troops resulting in the deaths of five government soldiers and 15 terrorists. * 10 January – Two female bombers killed three people, alongside themselves, when they went to the residences in the Kalari area, after disguising themselves as visitors. * 13 January – Three Nigerian soldiers were killed and 27 others injured as troops fought off an attack on their position by Boko Haram militants in Kangarwa village, Borno. Ten Boko Haram militants were also killed in the attack. Another four suicide bombers killed at least nine people Madagali town, including themselves. * 14 January ** Two soldiers were killed in Borno in a roadside bombing. ** 3 soldiers were killed by Boko Haram. 10 attackers were also killed in Borno. ** At least 17 people were killed by Boko Haram militants in Gnam-Gnam, Far North, Cameroon. * 16 January – Two teenage suicide bombers exploded at the

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, killing three people, including a

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. * 17 January – Rann bombing – The

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mistakenly bombed an

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s camp in

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killing 115 people and injuring between 100 and 200. * 21 January – Boko Haram killed two soldiers and wounded seven others in an attack on a military base in southeastern Niger. * 23 January – Boko Haram invaded a village, killed eight people and abducted an unspecified number of women and children in Borno. * 25 January ** A suicide bomb attack in Borno killed three people and wounded two others. ** Boko Haram killed four people in multiple suicide bombing attacks in Maiduguri. * 29 January – Boko Haram attacked a convoy of motorists along a recently secured highway in Borno, killing at least seven people and injuring many others. * 30 January ** Fifteen people were killed by Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri. ** A man was killed and three others injured in a Boko Haram attack in

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, Far North Region, Cameroon. * 31 January – A suicide bomber stormed the Dalori quarters mosque in Maiduguri during morning prayers, killing one of their members.

February

* 1 February – A suspected Boko Haram attack along Cameroon's border with Nigeria killed a

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independent contractor and four others. * 7 February ** Two attempted suicide attack were foiled. The two attackers were arrested. ** A security personnel and a civilian were killed in a Boko Haram attack. * 11 February ** 7 soldiers were killed and 19 injured in Boko Haram ambush in Borno. ** Boko Haram invaded a village in Borno and set ablaze dozens of residential houses and a man suspected to were trapped in the attack. * 13 February – Boko Haram invaded Mifa community in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno, killing an Islamic scholar and breaking the hands of a boy. * 17 February – Two civilians were killed by a suicide bombing. The other eight attackers were killed by the police.

March

* 13 March – Three Nigerian men were killed by Boko Haram militants. The three men were accused of being Nigerian military spies. * 18 March – Six people were killed in a suicide bombing in Maiduguri. * 22 March – March 2017 Maiduguri bombings * 30 March – Boko Haram Islamists abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeastern Nigeria.

April

* 2 April – The Nigerian military launched an offensive against Boko Haram.

May

* 5 May ** Nine Chadian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on an army post in the Lake Chad region. Some 40 Boko Haram militants were also killed as the army responded to the attack on the Kaiga post, sources said. ** Five people are dead in northeast Nigeria in

Maiduguri Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border form ...

in an attack by two female suicide bombers. * 13 May – One person was killed and another injured by suicide bombers at the University of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria. * 15 May – Nine members of the insurgent group arrived on motorcycles in Amarwa, a suburb of Maiduguri, and killed 11 farmers in their fields with machetes before escaping. * 16 May – Three female suicide bombers have attacked a herding community in northeast Nigeria, killing two people and injuring seven others. * 19 May – Three suicide bombers on Friday detonated explosives inside a university campus in Nigeria's northeastern state. The incident took place in Maiduguri city of

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. * 20 May – At least 7 people are dead and more than 40 injured from gunshots in separate attacks by Boko haram militant group rampaging within recently liberated Borno communities.

June

* 2 June – 4 people are dead after two suicide bombers attacked a camp for those displaced by Boko Haram extremist violence in the region. * 8 June – At least fourteen persons were killed and 24 were injured as Boko Haram suicide bombers staged multiple attacks targeting mosques where Muslim worshippers were praying. The attack occurred while soldiers were trying to repel another group of Boko Haram fighters, who were trying to invade the city. * 9 June **Two teenagers were killed, all boys, and three others injured when a bomb concealed in a polythene bag exploded. **A soldier was killed when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosive vest in a military base. * 10 June – Ten members of the Nigerian jihadist group raided the village of Hambagba, near Gwoza, on the Cameroon border, kidnapping six people and killing four others. * 14 June – Boko Haram raided the villages of Komdi and Tuyan, near Chibok, kidnapping six people and killing ten others. * 16 June – Two civilians were killed in an attack by a Boko Haram suicide bomber in the Far North Region. * 18 June – At least 12 people have died and 11 others have been wounded in attacks by five suicide women in the Nigerian state of Borno, in the northeast of the country. * 20 June – Suspected Boko Haram militants killed two people and wounded six others in an ambush on a police convoy in northeast Nigeria's Borno state. * 22 June – A double suicide attack killed six civilians on Wednesday in Cameroon's restive Far North. * 26 June – Suicide bombers killed nine people and wounded 13 others in multiple blasts in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri. * 29 June – Suicide bombers killed two people and wounded ten others in two blasts in a refugee camp near the city of Diffa, in Niger. * 30 June – A civilian was killed when two Boko Haram suicide bombers blew themselves up in the city of Kerawa, in Niger.

July

* 1 July – A civilian was killed when four Boko Haram suicide bombers blew themselves up in the city of Mora, in Cameroon. * 3 July ** Boko Haram Islamist militants killed nine people and abducted dozens more in southern Niger. ** A suicide bomber exploded his bomb in the middle of a group of people, killing four in Homaka, a locality in the Mora subdivision of the Far North region. * 11 July ** Boko Haram have publicly executed eight villagers in northeast Nigeria who opposed the enforcement of its hardline form of Islam. ** Four Boko Haram suicide bombers killed 19 people and injured 23 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri. * 17 July – Three Boko Haram female suicide bombers killed 8 people and injured 15 in the city of Maiduguri, in Borno State. * 23 July – At least eight people are dead after female suicide bombers attacked two displaced persons camps in Maiduguri. * 26 July ** Two gendarmes were killed and several others injured during a Boko Haram attack in the Far North Region near the Nigerian border. ** Suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed an exploration team working for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, killing more than fifty people. * 28 July – One civilian and four Boko Haram terrorists have been killed in a bomb attack in Meme. * 29 July – 14 people were killed and 15 others were injured when two suicide bombers blew up themselves in Dikwa, Nigeria.

August

* 4 August – Three suicide bombers detonated explosives at the Simari area of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, killing themselves and wounding two members of the civilian joint task force. * 6 August – A suicide bomber killed at least seven people in a small town in northern Cameroon near the Nigerian border. * 7 August – At least 31 fishermen were killed by Boko Haram jihadists in two separate attacks on islands in Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria. * 13 August ** Boko Haram gunmen have killed four people and torched homes in a nighttime raid on a village in restive northeastern Nigeria. ** Two tractor drivers were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in Jere Local Government Area of Borno. * 15 August – A woman bomber blew herself up and killed 27 others at a market in the village of Konduga near Maiduguri. * 20 August – Two persons were confirmed dead while three others seriously injured following an ambush by suspected Boko Haram terrorists along Damaturu, Biu road. * 23 August ** A least four people died and eight others were injured when two terrorists attacked Maiduguri. ** Boko Haram extremists killed at least 27 people by shooting them and slitting their throats as they attacked several villages in northern Nigeria's Borno state. * 25 August – Suspected Boko Haram militants sprayed a village in remote Cameroon with automatic fire, killing 15 people and kidnapping eight others in an overnight raid near the Nigerian border. * 30 August – A person was killed, two others were injured and nine were kidnapped in coordinated attacks carried out by Boko Haram militants.

September

* 3 September – Boko Haram insurgents attacked an IDP camp in Borno State, killing eleven people and injuring three persons while also kidnaping four before fleeing. The attackers used swords and sharp knives to carry out the acts. * 5 September – Boko Haram members killed four farmers in a drive-by shooting in Borno state in Nigeria's volatile northeast. * 6–7 September – Boko Haram jihadists killed eight people in a series of raids on farming communities in northeast Nigeria. * 8 September ** Two female suicide bombers died in Maiduguri while eight other commuters close to the explosions received various degrees of injuries. **At least seven people were killed when Boko Haram jihadists attacked a camp for people displaced by the conflict in northeast Nigeria. * 13 September – A young woman blew herself up in Cameroon's far north, killing four people and injuring another. * 17 September – A village chief imam and four others were slaughtered by suspected Boko Haram members in Borno State. * 18 September – At least 15 people have been killed and 43 others injured in a suicide attack on Mashimari village in Borno state. * 26 September – A female suicide bomber killed five people when she blew herself up in a mosque in northeast Nigeria. Three other worshippers were injured in the attack. * 27 September – Two Cameroonian soldiers were killed when a convoy of civilian vehicles hit landmines in northeast Nigeria.

October

* 22 October – A suicide bomber kills 13 people and injures five others in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri. According to the police, 13 more civilians were injured in separate attacks. * 30 October ** 11 civilians were killed by Boko Haram terrorists in Kolofata, Cameroon. ** Five civilians were killed and several other were Boko Haram terrorist blew himself up in a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria. ** Four people, including a mother and her two children, were killed and nine others were injured when a vehicle hit a mine planted by Boko Haram terrorists in Banki, Nigeria.

November

* 1 November – Six people were killed and two wounded by a Boko Haram suicide attack on a mosque in the village of Zamga. * 15 November – At least ten people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide attack in a popular market in Maiduguri. * 20 November – At least six farmers were beheaded in Borno State, Nigeria by Boko Haram terrorists. * 21 November –

2017 Mubi bombing On 21 November 2017, a suicide bombing occurred in Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria. A teenager detonated the explosives in a mosque as worshippers arrived for fajr prayer in the large town in eastern Nigeria, killing 50 people. No group claimed resp ...

– 50 people were killed in a suicide attack in the north of Nigeria caused by Boko Haram militants.

December

* 2 December – Fifteen persons were killed and 53 others injured in twin suicide bomb attacks in a market in

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. * 11 December – Two civilians and the bomber were killed when suicide bombing attacked a mosque after morning prayers in far northern Cameroon. * 13 December – Five people were killed by Boko Haram militants in Damboa, Nigeria. * 22–23 December – Three people were killed in two attacks in northern

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militants. * 25 December – Boko Haram killed four people near Maiduguri. * 28 December – A suicide bombing caused by a

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militant in

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killed at least six people and injured 13 others. * 30 December – Boko Haram fighters opened fire on a group of loggers in a remote village in northeast Nigeria, killing 25 people. The gunmen also burned three vehicles laden with firewood heading to Maiduguri. * 31 December – At least two people were killed and 30 more were injured in an attack by Boko Haram militants in northern Cameroon.

2018

January

* 1 January – At least three people were killed in a blast in Madagali. * 3 January – 14 civilians were killed when a suspected Boko Haram militant blew himself up at a mosque in Gamboru, Borno. Only the

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has survived. * 8 January ** At least one civilian was killed in an attack by members of the terror group Boko Haram in Cameroon's Far North region. ** Gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on a group of loggers collecting firewood at Kaje village, near the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. 20 People were killed in the attack and 15 others are missing and presumed kidnapped by the attackers. * 10 January – At least three people were killed in an attack in Cameroon's Far North region. * 11 January ** Two suicide bombers, alleged members of the Islamist group Boko Haram, detonated their bombs in the Ouro-Kessoum district of Amchide in Cameroon, injuring two others. ** Four people were killed and two others kidnapped in separate overnight attacks in the far north of Cameroon. Another one was wounded. * 15 January ** Four people were killed in Mayo-Tsanaga, a region of the Far North of Cameroon, during an attack by Boko Haram. The assailants left after burning down dozens of huts and a church. ** Six people were killed by gunmen who also abducted five girls who joined the loggers to collect firewood from the Jinene woods. ** Five people, including two suspected fighters of the terror group Boko Haram, were killed in an attack near Nigeria's northeastern town of Madagali. Two others were critically injured. * 16 January – At least two civilians were killed and a dozen others injured in a suicide attack near a mosque in the Far North Region. * 17 January ** Two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers killed 12 people and injured 65 others in an attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri. ** Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed at least seven soldiers in an attack on a military post in Niger's southeastern Diffa Region. Ten others were injured in the attack. * 18 January – Boko Haram jihadists have killed five people in an attack on a village in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria. * 26 January – At least three people were killed when Boko Haram attacked the Hyambula village in northeast Adamawa state. Five others were injured in the attack. * 29 January – At least two soldiers were killed overnight while fighting off an attack by suspected Boko Haram jihadists in southeast Niger. * 30 January – Boko Haram jihadists killed at least five loggers in northeast Nigeria. Four others were injured in the attack. * 31 January – Four people were killed and 44 others sustained injuries in multiple suicide bomb attacks at a Konduga community and the Dalori Internally Displaced Persons camp.

February

* 3 February – At least two civilians were killed in an attack by the terror group Boko Haram in Kolofata of Cameroon's Far North region. * 4 February ** Boko Haram fighters stormed a village in northeast Nigeria and killed three people. Seven others were injured in the attack. ** One person has been reported dead after Boko Haram terrorists attacked Kala village, opposite the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Dalori, Borno State. The attackers also injured another man during the attack and burnt down some houses. ** Six people were killed and two others injured in the Cameroonian town of Hitawa (Far North), following an attack by Boko Haram. * 16 February – 2018 Konduga bombings – At least 21 persons were killed and 70 civilians injured as three bombers struck Konduga local government area of Borno State. * 19 February –

Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping On February 19, 2018, at 5:30 pm, 110 schoolgirls aged 11–19 years old were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls' Science and Technical College (GGSTC). Dapchi is located in Bulabulin, Bursari Local Gove ...

– About 110 girls were abducted by Boko Haram from their school in Dapchi, Nigeria. * 20 February – At least six people were killed and five others injured in a Boko Haram attack in the department of Mayo Tsanaga in Cameroon's Far North region. * 21 February – Two soldiers, including a captain, were killed in a Boko Haram ambush in the Lake Chad region of Chad. * 22 February – Boko Haram terrorists killed six people in different attacks in Cameroon's Far North region. * 25 February – At least four people were killed in two suicide bombings by Boko Haram in the localities of Bourvare and Goumouldi, in the north of Cameroon. Half a dozen others were injured in the attacks. * 27 February – Two soldiers were killed and two others wounded when a suicide bomber drove into their patrol vehicle in the Lake Chad region of Nigeria.

March

* 1 March ** Boko Haram threatens to harm Leah Sharibu, Presidency Says; Condemns Killing Of Red Cross staff Boko Haram insurgents abducted three people from Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa state. ** Boko Haram militants killed at least 11 people including three aid workers in an attack on a military barracks in the town of Rann in Borno. Another three aid workers were wounded and one more kidnapped. * 2 March – A female suicide bomber blew up herself at a mosque in the Fulatari area of Buni Yadi, Gujba local government area of Yobe, killing seven persons and injuring 28 others. * 5 March ** Insurgents attacked two farmers on their farm and slit their throats in the village of Gudda in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno. ** A team of loggers were attacked by Boko Haram while on their way to the bush to collect firewood in the state of Borno. Three loggers were killed in the attack, while the rest fled to Dikwa and left behind a pickup van. ** A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed three people when he detonated his explosives on the outskirts of Maiduguri. * 6 March ** Four loggers were killed when they stepped on a landmine left by Boko Haram near Dikwa, Borno. ** Three people were killed in an attack in Gamboru on the border with Cameroon. * 30 March – At least five people, including four suicide bombers, were killed and 13 others injured when terrorists attacked Muna Zawuya in the Mafa Local Government Area of Borno.

April

* 1 April ** Terrorists attacked a village in the town of Limani near the border with Nigeria in northern Cameroon, killing one person and burning several huts. ** Boko Haram militants attacked a military post in the commune of Waza in northern Cameroon, injuring a soldier. Two suicide bombers who blew themselves up died. ** Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base and two surrounding villages near the Nigerian city of Maiduguri in the Jere Local Government Area, killing at least 20 people and wounding 84. * 2 April – Five Cameroonian soldiers were killed and three others wounded in an attack on a military post in Sagmé in the commune of Fotokol in the Far North region of Cameroon. * 22 April – Boko Haram jihadists shot dead 18 forest workers who had been collecting firewood in Borno State, near the town of Gamboru, on the border with Cameroon. In another incident, a vehicle carrying civilians travelling in a nearby army convoy hit a mine placed by insurgents, killing three people and wounding eleven others near the village of Wumbi. * 26 April – Six people, including three civilians, a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force and two suicide bombers, were killed and nine others injured in an attack by Boko Haram insurgents in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. Later another suicide bomber attacked an armored van of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the same area, injuring two police officers. * 27 April – Boko Haram terrorists attacked a village near Amchide in the Mayo-Sava department in Cameroon' s Far North region, killing a man and stealing sheep. * 29 April – At least three soldiers were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in the Diffa region in southeast Niger.

May

* 1 May –

2018 Mubi suicide bombings On 1 May 2018, two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a mosque and a market in the town of Mubi (town), Mubi in the States of Nigeria, state of Adamawa State, Adamawa in eastern Nigeria, killing at least 86 people and injuring 58 othe ...

– At least 86 people were killed in two suicide attacks at a mosque and a market in Mubi, a town in Adamawa. 58 others were injured in the bombings. * 2 May – Boko Haram militants attacked the village of Auno in the Konduga local government area. There were no deaths, but a vehicle was burned by the terrorists. * 3 May ** At least four people were killed and nine others injured when four suicide bombers attacked Mainari Shuwa and neighbouring Mainari Kanuri in the Konduga local government area of Borno. ** At least twenty huts were set on fire and a man was killed in the Mayo-Sava department in the Far North region of Cameroon. * 5 May – At least 12 people were killed, while 20 others were injured when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a mosque in Mabanda in the Far North region of Cameroon. * 6 May – Six people, including four government officials and a soldier, were killed in an attack by Boko Haram jihadists on a Chadian Army checkpoint on an island in Lake Chad. * 17 May – At least four people were killed and 15 others injured in a suicide bombing at an open-air mosque for refugees in Dikwa in Borno. * 27 May – At least three people were killed and seven others injured when two suicide bombers attacked a community in the Konduga Local government area in Borno. * 28 May – At least one person was killed and an unconfirmed number of cattle were stolen in an attack on herders by Boko Haram terrorists in the Askira/Uba Local Government Area in the southern part of Borno. * 31 May – Five soldiers were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno.

June

* 4 June – Three suicide bombers, two women and a man, blew themselves up in

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in southeast Niger. The first explosion took place near a mosque, the second near a Koran school and the third not far from a business centre. Nine people were killed and 38 others injured in the attacks. * 8 June – At least 10 people were killed in attacks in villages in the department of Diamaré in Far North, Cameroon. Four Boko Haram terrorists were also killed. * 9 June – A suicide bomber detonated a bomb attached to his body, killing only himself, in Maiduguri. * 11 June – At least two people were killed and four others injured when a Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated his explosives in Maiduguri. * 13 June – A trader was killed by Boko Haram terrorists armed with machetes and firearms in the village of Alhadjiri in the department of Mayo-Sava in Cameroon's Far North. * 16 June ** Two suicide bombers were killed when one of them prematurely activated her explosive device in the town of Limani in Far North, Cameroon. A young boy was also killed in the explosion. ** Two people were killed by terrorists in the village of Tchika in the commune of Hile-Alifa in northern Cameroon. ** At least 43 people were killed and 84 others injured when six female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in the Damboa local government area. * 18 June – Boko Haram militants killed nine soldiers and wounded two others when they attacked the town of Gajiram, headquarters of the local government of Nganzai in Borno. * 20 June – Fifteen people were injured when two suicide bombers attacked barracks in Maiduguri. * 22–23 June – Boko Haram terrorists attacked the locality of Guid-Zeleved in Far North, Cameroon, slaughtering three people. * 26 June ** Three civilians were killed and a woman abducted in an incursion led by a group of armed persons in Oulfo on the border between Cameroon and Nigeria in the Far North region of Cameroon. ** At least seven people were killed while dozens sustained injuries when Boko Haram militants attacked them at a village in the local government area of Damboa. * 30 June – Boko Haram jihadists killed four people and injured four others during an attack on a camp for displaced civilians in Banki in the local government area of Bama in Borno. Two terrorists were also killed in the fight and the others fled. Later, two soldiers were wounded when their patrol vehicle hit a landmine planted by the fleeing jihadists in the village of Freetown, nine kilometers away.

July

* 20 July – Insurgents swarmed 81 Division Task Force Brigade in Jilli, near Geidam, Yobe. Three Nigerian Army officers and 28 soldiers were confirmed killed.

August

September

* 8 September – ISWAP captured the town of Gudumbali.

October

* 8 October – Boko Haram attack leaves 15 soldiers dead in attacks near the Niger Border and around the Lake Chad * 31 October – Boko Haram killed 15 people in the villages of Kofa, Dalori, and Bulabrin.

November

* 22 November – Insurgents overran a Nigerian Army battalion at Metele village in Guzamala Local government in Borno, killing 70 soldiers

December

2019

January

February

March

April

May

June

* 17 June – 2019 Konduga bombings – Three suicide bombers detonated near a group of people watching a

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game, killing 30 and wounding over 40.

July

* 2 July – Boko Haram attacked the village of

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in

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, Niger, using a suicide vest and guns. The attack killed 18 soldiers and another 4 soldiers were captured. * 4 July – Boko Haram attacked soldiers near the village of

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, killing five. Another 14 soldiers and two civilians were also wounded. * 18 July – ISWAP ambushed a military vehicle on a road near Jakana, killing all six soldiers on board. * 19 July – Six aid workers were kidnapped and a driver killed when militants stopped their vehicle in northeast Nigeria. * 27 July – 2019 Nganzai funeral attack – Militants opened fire on a group of people walking home from a funeral in

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District, Borno. At least 65 people were killed in the attack, many of them while attempting to chase the militants away. A local government chairmen said the attack happened because a civilian defense group had killed 11 of the militants during an ambush last week.

August

* 5 August – ISWAP insurgents raided Monguno, with the resulting clash with troops leaving three civilians dead. * 6 August – Two female suicide bombers struck a crowd of women collecting firewood in Mafa, Borno, killing three civilians and wounding eight more. * 14 August – In Lac Province, western Chad, a female suicide bomber activated her explosives at the home of a traditional chieftain, killing four guards, a soldier, and a civilian and wounding five others. Boko Haram or ISWAP militants are suspected of carrying out the attack. * 15 August – Boko Haram clashed with the Nigerian military near Maiduguri killing three soldiers. * 18 August – Militants killed four soldiers when they fired on a military patrol in a village in east Borno. * 23 August – Twelve villagers were killed in Gueskerou, southeastern Niger, after a raid by Boko Haram militants. * 26 August – Militants killed four civilians and abducted 12 more in a village in Borno. * 27 August – ISWAP insurgents killed 11 construction workers and wounded several more in Wajirko village in Borno. * 30 August – ISWAP insurgents killed eight soldiers in the Gasarwa area near Lake Chad in Borno. * 31 August – Boko Haram militants stormed the Borno State village of Balumri, killing four and kidnapping six. Four of those kidnapped were later beheaded.

September

* 9 September – ISWAP militants ambushed a Nigerian military convoy as it traveled to reinforce coalition troops outside the ISWAP-held town of Gudumbali. The number of casualties was "huge," but no number or range was specified. * 13 September – Insurgents killed six Cameroonian soldiers and wounded nine more in an attack on a military base in

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, Far North, Cameroon. * 25 September – ISWAP executed one of the six aid workers the group had captured and held hostage in July. * 26 September – An ISWAP ambush on a military convoy outside the town of

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left at least seven Nigerian soldiers dead. * 27 September – Nigerian and Chadian troops were attacked by ISWAP in Gajiram, leaving a policeman, a hunter, and six civilians dead. A militant pickup truck was destroyed in the battle, killing several of the extremists on board. * 28 September – Boko Haram fighters killed a soldier and destroyed a Nigerian military vehicle in Banki, near Cameroon. One other person was killed and several more were injured when Boko Haram militants stormed two villages near

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, Cameroon.

October

November

December

* 2 December – ISWAP insurgents killed four Chadian soldiers in an attack on their positions along the shores of Lake Chad. * 10 December – Battle of Inates * 12 December – ISWAP fighters killed 14 militiamen and a police officer in northeast Nigeria. * 13 December – ISWAP executed four of the six aid workers it has held hostage since capturing them in July. A fifth had been executed in September, while only one

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staff member remains alive. * 14 December – Boko Haram militants killed 19 Fulani cattle herders near

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, along the border with Cameroon, after the herders repelled an attack on a village earlier, leaving one militant dead. * 17 December – At least 14 people were killed, five were injured, and 13 more were missing, after Boko Haram militants attacked the Lake Chad fishing village of Kaiga, Chad. * 22 December – ISWAP militants killed six people and abducted five others, including two aid workers, when they set up a fake checkpoint on a highway near Maiduguri. * 24 December – Boko Haram militants killed seven people in a raid near Chibok, a Christian town in Borno, on Christmas Eve. They also abducted a teenage girl. * 26 December – ISWAP militants killed 11 Christians, who were kidnapped from Maiduguri and Damaturu, in a video released one day after Christmas. The militants said the execution was in response to the death of Islamic State leader

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.

2020

January

* 3 January – Local sources reported that 50 people may have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram on an island in Lake Chad in late December. * 6 January –

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– At least 32 people were killed and over 35 injured when an IED explode on a crowded bridge in

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, Borno. * 7 January – Twenty soldiers were killed and more than 1,000 people displaced when a town in Borno was attacked by ISWAP militants. * 16 January – Three aid workers and other civilians who were kidnapped on December 22 in northeast Nigeria were released by an unspecified militant group. * 19 January – A suspected female Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated her explosives in Kaiga-Kindjiria, western Chad, killing nine civilians. It was also reported that insurgents killed four villagers and kidnapped four women around the same area earlier in the month, while 1,200 Chadian troops returned to Chad from Nigeria in order to defend Chadian territory.

February

* 7 February – Boko Haram militants killed six civilians in Bosso District,

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, Niger. * 9 February – At least 30 civilians were killed and many more abducted by militants in Auno, Borno. Four soldiers were killed and seven more wounded in an attack on the same village last month. * 15 February – Boko Haram attacked a military post in the town of Toumour, Niger. The attack was unsuccessful resulting in the deaths of 50 Boko Haram fighter and the injury of one Nigerien soldier. The Nigerien military also destroyed multiple vehicles belonging to Boko Haram.

March

* 4 March – Four police officers and two militiamen were killed by Boko Haram militants during a raid on an army base in Damboa. * 17 March – The

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said they killed 50 members of

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when the latter group attacked a military outpost in

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,

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. * 23 March –

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– At least 50 Nigerian soldiers were killed by Boko Haram militants in an ambush near a village in

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, Nigeria. Other sources stated at many as 75 soldiers were killed. * 24 March – March 2020 Chad and Nigeria massacres – At least 92 Chadian soldiers were killed and 24 army vehicles were destroyed by Boko Haram militants during a seven-hour long battle in the Boma peninsula in the Lake Chad region of Chad. * 31 March –

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was launched.

April

* 5 April – Two Boko Haram suicide bombers killed seven civilians and themselves in

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, Far North, Cameroon. * 6 April – MNJTF troops attacked Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region killing 19 terrorists. * 8 April – A spokesperson for Chad's army announced that a military operation, which began on March 31 against armed militants in the Lake Chad region, killed over 1,000 fighters and left 52 Chadian soldiers dead. Niger also participated in the operation. * 9 April – President

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of Chad said his country's troops will no longer engage in military operations abroad in order to focus on fighting militants and rebels at home. Chad is part of MNJTF, which focuses on fighting extremists in the Lake Chad region, and the

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force, which focuses on fighting extremists in the

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region. Thousands of Chadian soldiers will withdraw from bases in Niger, Mali, and Nigeria by April 22. * 16 April – At least 44 suspected Boko Haram militants were fatally poisoned while imprisoned in Chad. It was not clear how or why they were poisoned.

May

* 3 May – Militants attacked a military camp outside Niger's Diffa city, killing two soldiers and wounding three more. * 5 May – An operation launched by Nigeria has killed 134 militants in northeast Nigeria since it began on 1 May. * 11 May – Niger said it neutralized about 25 militants south of Diffa, Niger, and about 50 more in Nigeria's Lake Chad region. Only two soldiers were injured in the operations. * 18 May – Twelve soldiers were killed and at least ten more wounded after Boko Haram militants attacked their outpost northeast of Diffa, Niger. Seven of the attackers were "neutralized".

June

* 9 June – An attack by ISWAP on the herding village of Gubio in Borno, left at least 81 people dead, seven people and over 1,200 cattle abducted, and the village destroyed. The attack may have been retaliation for the earlier killing of members of an armed militant group by local militiamen. * 13 June – ISWAP conducted two attacks in the Monguno and Nganzai areas of Borno, killing at least 20 soldiers in the first location and at least 40 civilians in the second location. Hundreds of civilians were wounded and many buildings were torched in the violence, according to local sources. * 27 June – Nine soldiers and two militia members were killed in a Boko Haram ambush. * 28 June – Six Nigerian soldiers were killed in an attack on their positions by Boko Haram, who stole weapons in the attack. * 29 June – Boko Haram ambushed and killed nine Nigerian soldiers in the town of Damboa.

July

* 2 July – Two civilians were killed and an aid helicopter damaged after militants raided Damasak, Borno. * 7 July – An ambush conducted by ISWAP on a Nigerian military convoy at Bulabulin village, Borno, killed at least 35 soldiers and left more than 18 injured and 30 missing. The government claimed at least 17 insurgents were killed in the battle. * 10 July – Boko Haram assaulted Baga and killed about 20 soldiers stationed there, and then opened fire on a military convoy near Gada Blu, killing 15 soldiers. * 13 July – Militants killed eight soldiers while attacking a military convoy near Kumulla, Borno, and then killed another two soldiers during a firefight near Kolore village. * 18 July – Gunmen attacked several villages near Chibok, killing three farmers. * 22 July – Five aid workers were killed by armed men who had kidnapped them last month in Borno. * 30 July – Three people were killed in a bombing in Maiduguri.

August

* 2 August – Boko Haram militants attacked an IDP camp in Far North, Cameroon, killing 16 people and wounding at least seven more. * 9 August – ISWAP killed six French aid workers and two Nigerien civilians in Kouré,

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, Niger.

September

* 1 September – At least seven people were killed and more than 14 were wounded when a suicide bomber exploded in an IDP camp in Goldavi, Far North, Cameroon. * 20 September – Boko Haram ambushed a convoy of Nigerian troops near Damboa, killing seven soldiers. * 25 September – At least 30 people, including civilians and security personnel, were killed when militants attacked the convoy of a region governor near Baga, Borno. * 30 September – 10 Nigerian soldiers were killed and eight more were wounded when militants attacked their logistics convoy near Marte, Borno.

October

* 25 October – Nigerian troops killed 22 Boko Haram militants in Damboa. * 28 November –

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– About 110 civilians, mostly farm workers, were massacred by Boko Haram in Koshebe, Borno.

November

December

* 11 December –

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– 344 schoolchildren from and all-male boarding school were kidnaped by Boko Haram. * 13 December – Twenty-eight people were killed and 100 injured in the town of Toumour in Niger, Boko Haram then burned between 800 and 1,000 homes and the central market, up to 60% of the town was destroyed. * 18 December – Thirty-five people were kidnapped and one person was killed along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway, three vehicles were also set on fire and nine other vehicles were abandoned along the road. * 20 December – Five Nigerian soldiers were killed when Boko Haram fired a RPG at a vehicle in a convoy, two other vehicles were stolen by Boko Haram in the same attacks. * 24 December ** Eleven Christians were killed when Boko Haram attacked a Christian village. They burned down the town church, the hospital, and 10 other houses in the town. They also looted food and other goods and kidnapped people. ** Forty loggers were kidnapped near the town of Gamboru, so far four of the loggers have been found dead. * 27 December – Ten people were killed when Boko Haram attack on the villages of Shafa, Azare and Tashan Alade. Boko Haram burned homes, shops, churches, and a police station where two police officers were killed. * 29 December – Eleven people were killed, seven pro-government hunters and four army personnel when their vehicle hit a landmine in the village of Kayamla.

2021

January

* 3 January –

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carried a sweep around Kolofata, during the fighting three Boko Haram insurgents were killed and two were captured. Operation Tuka Takaibango was announced by the Nigerian military. * 4 January – At around 4 am three members of a local vigilance committee were shot dead by Boko Haram in Mayo Moskota area. A civilian was killed by Boko Haram in Kolofata area the same morning. * 6 January – Boko Haram infiltrated the town of

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, Yobe. Insurgents were sighted at the outskirts of Geidam at 1 pm. A rumour about insurgents spread through town soon and it caused regular activities to be disrupted for an hour and a half, after nothing happened people continued with their regular activities. Boko Haram insurgents gathered at strategic locations such as Geidam market with a coordinated plan at 5:30 PM, soon after they positioned at those locations they attacked the town. The insurgents abducted the District Head, injured several civilians and stole food and medical supplies. Police of the district later found two bodies in a burnt vehicle who they believe are members of Boko Haram. * 7 January – Operation Tuka Takaibango was officially launched. * 8 January – 14 people were killed when a Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated their explosives in the town of Mozogo, Cameroon. * 9 January – At least 28 Boko Haram insurgents were killed during clashes with the Nigerian Army in

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, while several other insurgents escaped, one Nigerian soldier was killed and one was injured, according to the military spokesman of Nigeria. * 11 January – 13 soldiers were killed when Islamic State West Africa Province militants ambushed a convoy in the village of Gazagana, Nigeria. * 14 January – The Nigerian military announced that 64 Boko Haram insurgents were killed in multiple operations conducted on 9 and 10 January. * 16 January – ISWAP militants attacked and destroyed a military base in the town of

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, killing seven people. The militants also stole weapons, ammunition, and six vehicles. * 17 January – Seven IEDs were activated against a Nigerian Army convoy of APCs and other vehicles, escorted by a foot patrol in Gorgi, Borno. Over 30 soldiers were killed. Three vehicles were destroyed, and an armored vehicle, weapons and ammunition were seized. * 19 January – Four Nigerian soldiers were killed and eight other injured when their vehicle hit and IED. * 22 January – ISWAP operatives ambushed and fired machine guns at a Nigerian Army patrol in Borno. Seven soldiers were killed and others were wounded. In addition, an ATV, weapons and ammunition were seized. * 31 January – Two attacks took place in northern Nigeria. One in the village of Chabal, leaving 2 policemen dead and two abducted. The second attack occurred in

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, resulting in the deaths of 2 soldiers and leaving two female police officers abducted.

February

* 5 February ** It was reported that Nigerian troops backed by jets overran several camps of Boko Haram in the Timbuktu triangle, including the Dole camp. They also liberated Talala, which was seized in 2013 by militants and became their second largest camp, right behind the Lake Chad region. Besides Talala they also liberated Buk, Gorgi and overran camps in Kidari, Argude, Takwala, Chowalta and Galdekore. ** Two high-profile ISWAP commanders, Modu Sulum and Ameer Modu Borzogo, fled along with some fighters during intense fighting but several other commanders and fighters have been killed and many abducted hostages were rescued. ** ISWAP operatives ambushed Nigerian soldiers in the Goniri region, near the Nigeria-Niger border. The two sides exchanged fire. Six soldiers were killed and a few others were wounded. The other soldiers fled. ISIS operatives seized vehicles, weapons and ammunition. * 7 February – 'Bandits' raided two villages in

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, leading to the deaths of 19 people, according to the Nigerian government. * 8 February – ISWAP operatives attacked a Nigerian Army checkpoint in Monguno. There was an exchange of fire. Three soldiers were killed and several others were wounded. ISWAP operatives seized vehicles, weapons and ammunition. * 9 February ** A group of Nigerian soldiers was attacked between Jakana and Mainok, about 30 km west of Maiduguri. There was an exchange of fire. Seven soldiers were killed. In addition, two Nigerian army vehicles were destroyed. ISIS operatives seized weapons left at the site. **A Nigerian Army checkpoint was attacked in

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, Yobe, about 30 km from the Niger-Nigeria border. The sides exchanged fire. Four soldiers were killed, three were taken prisoner and the rest fled. ISIS operatives seized weapons left at the site and set fire to a Nigerian Army vehicle. * 11 February – Nigerian soldiers were ambushed in the suburbs of Monguno. An IED was activated against the soldiers, followed by an exchange of fire. Three soldiers were killed and several others were wounded. The rest fled. ISIS operatives seized an ATV and weapons. * 12 February – A force of a militia supporting the Nigerian Army was attacked in the village of Gur, about 150 km south of Maiduguri/. There was an exchange of fire. Four militia fighters were killed. The ISWAP operatives set fire to four vehicles and houses belonging to the fighters. * 15 February – A Nigerian Army compound was attacked in Marte, about 40 km east of the Nigeria-Cameroon border, in northeastern Nigeria. Ten soldiers were killed in the exchange of fire and several others were wounded. The other soldiers fled. ISIS operatives set fire to the compound, two tanks and a Nigerian army vehicle. They also seized three vehicles, weapons and ammunition. * 16 February ** A group of Nigerian soldiers was attacked in a village in Borno. There was an exchange of fire. Four soldiers were killed and several others were wounded. The other soldiers fled. ISIS operatives seized weapons and ammunition. ** Four policemen and seven civilians were killed during an ISWAP attack on the village of Bayamari Village in Yobe. ** An attack was carried out against the headquarters of a militia supporting the Nigerian Army in Gubio. There was an exchange of fire. Three soldiers were killed and several others were wounded. The other soldiers fled. ISIS operatives seized weapons and ammunition and set fire to vehicles. * 17 February – A Nigerian Army convoy was ambushed and targeted by gunfire in the Karito region, near Lake Chad. Three soldiers were killed and several others were wounded in the exchange of fire. ISIS operatives seized weapons and ammunition, and set fire to three vehicles. * 19 February – An attack was carried out against a Nigerian Army camp in

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, about 50 km from the Cameroon-Nigeria border in Borno. A total of 15 soldiers were killed in the exchange of fire and several others were wounded. The remaining soldiers fled, and ISIS operatives seized four vehicles, weapons and ammunition. ISIS operatives set fire to the camp and to other vehicles. The camp taken over by ISIS operatives is one of the largest Nigerian Army camps and that many residents left the area in the wake of the attack. * 21 February – Boko Haram militants beheaded five people in an IDP camp in Borno. * 23 February – 2021 Maiduguri rocket attacks - Boko Haram used

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s to kill 10 people. * 25 February – Gunmen on motorcycles stormed into several villages in

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and

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districts of Kaduna State, leaving at least 18 people dead. * 26 February – A midnight attack on a secondary school in Zamfara resulted in at least 317 schoolgirls being kidnapped. * 28 February – ISWAP ambushed the convoy of the Commandant of Nigeria's counter-insurgency operation, Farouq Yahaya, killing at least 2 soldiers.

March

* 1 March ** ISWAP took over the town of Dikwa for several hours after forcing government forces out of the settlement. Whilst in Dikwa, the militants attacked a Nigerian Army base, killing six soldiers. They returned the next day, killing another two soldiers. ** ISWAP took over the town of Bukarti, Yobe. IS militants also attacked a Nigerian Army convoy near Geidam, killing two Nigerian soldiers. * 6 March – Boko Haram invaded Rumirgo community of Askira Uba local government area of Borno, causing the death of two civilians and a security personnel and carted away with a tanker vehicle loaded with petrol. * 10 March ** A series of attacks by 'gangs' occurred in Northern Nigeria leading to the deaths of 31 people. ** ISWAP claimed an attack where in which at least 30 Nigerian soldiers were killed after two explosive-laden vehicles rammed into a Nigerian Army convoy in Wulgo, Borno State. * 11 March – ISWAP operatives ambushed a Nigerian Army convoy near Gudumbali in the Lake Chad region, killing 15 Nigerian soldiers and 4 militia fighters. Of those killed, one was a local vigilante leader and another was the head of the local Civilian Joint Task Force. * 12 March – ISWAP militants attacked a Nigerian Army checkpoint near Ngamdu. Six Nigerian soldiers were killed in the attack and several more were wounded. The remaining soldiers fled, leaving ATVs, weapons and ammunition. * 14 March – IS's Amaq Agency released photos of an attack they conducted against Nigerian soldiers and special forces. At least 12 Nigerian Army personnel were killed in the attack and at least one was captured. * 15 March – The Nigerian Army killed 41 Boko Haram militants during an anti-terror operation between Gulwa and Musuri villages in the northeastern part of the country. Four Nigerian soldiers were also killed in the operation. * 18 March – ISWAP operatives attacked a Nigerian Army base in Damasak. Five Nigerian soldiers were killed and several others were wounded. IS operatives set fire to the HQ of the International Red Cross and two of its vehicles. * 20 March – ISWAP forces attacked a Nigerian Army post in Wulgo. One Nigerian soldier was killed and several others were wounded. ISWAP militants stole weapons and ammunition. * 21 March – ISWAP operatives attacked the town of Goniri near the Niger-Nigerian border. ISWAP operatives burned down several buildings and killed two militiamen during the attack. * 24 March – Nigerian Army militia were attacked near the border with Cameroon. During the exchange of fire, one militiaman was killed and several others were wounded. * 31 March – A Christian 'spy' was abducted and killed by ISWAP operatives in a village in the Askira region. ISWAP also activated an IED against a Nigerian army patrol in the Malam Fatori region, killing six Nigerian soldiers.

April

* 2 April – IS operatives targeted a Cameroonian Army camp on the Nigerian-Cameroonian border. Five Cameroonian soldiers were killed in the attack. * 5 April – 11 Boko Haram militants were killed in a Nigerian Army operation in the Gwoza area of Borno. * 8 April – 16 Chadian soldiers were killed after ISWAP operatives ambushed Chadian Army boats transporting soldiers over Lake Chad. * 9 April – ISWAP militants attacked a majority Christian village near the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. During the attack, militants killed two civilians and abducted three others. They also burnt down several buildings, including three churches. * 10 April ** ISIL claimed responsibility night attack on the town of Damasak, killing six people including two soldiers. ** Boko Haram militants killed three soldiers during a shootout in Maiduguri. * 11 April – Seven ISWAP fighters were killed by the Nigerian Army on the road between Ngowum and Mafa, Borno. * 12 April – ISWAP destroyed a Nigerian Army

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, Borno, using an IED. * 17 April – ISWAP attacked the Kumuya military base of the 27 Task Force Brigade in Yobe, burning the camp and killing 10 soldiers and destroying a T-72, a 105mm howitzer, and Camel MRAP. 171 soldiers went missing after fleeing the attack. So far, 41 have returned. * 23 April – ISWAP carried out a large-scale attack on the town of Geidam, and took the town over. During the attack several Nigerian soldiers and at least 11 civilians were killed. On April 25, the Nigerian Air Force killed around 20 militants. * 25 April **

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– ISWAP militants, arriving in around 20 vehicles, killed at least 31 Nigerian soldiers after they ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in the town of Mainok outside the regional capital Maiduguri. ** A Boko Haram attack in Chad left 12 soldiers dead. * 28 April – ISWAP took control of Geidam, after killing at least 11 civilians.

May

* 4 May – 30 people were killed including five Nigerian soldiers and 15 militiamen, after ISWAP operatives stormed Ajiri town and raided a nearby military base. * 5 May – Five civilians were killed after their car struck an ISWAP landmine at Tumshe village near Rann. * 6 May – ISWAP operatives attacked a Nigerian Army position in Bulabulin, about 50 km southwest of Maiduguri. Eight soldiers were killed and several others were wounded in the exchange of fire. ISIS operatives set fire to the barracks, three tanks and artillery. * 11 May – Five Boko Haram militants were killed after Nigerian forces repelled an attack on Maiduguri. * 19–20 May – Battle of Sambisa Forest – ISWAP overran Boko Haram militants and eventually captured Sambisa Forest, Borno. Allegedly, the leader of Boko Haram,

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either killed himself to escape capture by ISWAP or was seriously wounded. * 29 May – 2021 Niger attacks – ISWAP attacked Diffa, in southern Niger near the border with Nigeria, killing at least four civilians and four Nigerien soldiers. Several ISWAP operatives were also 'neutralised'.

June

* 6 June – ISWAP operatives carried out an attack on the village of Kawaji, near Damboa. Seven Nigerian

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men were killed in the attack. The ISWAP operatives took two fighters prisoner and later killed them. The operatives also set fire to a number of houses in the village belonging to the militiamen. * 8 June – ISWAP released photos showing them killing two alleged spies in near the Niger-Nigeria border. * 13 June – ISWAP militants attacked a Nigerian Army base near Maiduguri. Several Nigerian soldiers were killed or wounded in the fighting, whilst the rest fled the scene. The ISWAP militants then set fire to an armoured vehicle and seized four vehicles and several types of weapons and ammunition. * 16 June – ISWAP attacked a Nigerian Army post near the city of

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state sizing weapons, pickups, and two Vickers Main Battle Tank Mark 3. An unknown number of Nigerian soldiers were killed in the attack. * 21 June – Nigerian troops of Operation Hadin Kai during an offensive attack around the Lake Chad region kill Amir Kennami, a high-profile ISWAP commander. * 28 June ** ISWAP released a video announcing that a large group of Boko Haram fighters had pledged allegiance to

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. ** ISWAP attacked a Nigerian Army post in the town of Banki, near the Cameroonian border, killing at least four Nigerian soldiers.

July

* 7 July – ISWAP raided communes in Adamawa, killing 24 civilians. * 13 July – ISWAP attacked positions of militias supporting the Nigerian Army were attacked in Lambawa, southwest of Maiduguri, killing five militiamen and a Nigerian 'spy'. * 15 July – ISWAP operatives attacked a Nigerian Army camp was attacked in Qawari, killing a soldier and capturing several pieces of equipment and weaponry. * 17 July – Islamic State's

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released a new video showing combat footage and a shooting killing of six prisoners. * 25 July – ISWAP attacked a Cameroonian Army in Zigi, in the Maroua region, killing at least seven Cameroonian soldiers.

August

* August 5 - At least 24 Chadian soldiers were killed and 14 more were wounded, in a suspected jihadist attack on Tchoukou Telia, an island 190 kilometres (118 miles) northwest of the capital N'Djamena. The area has been used by ISWAP as a base to launch its attacks. *August 26 - Five Nigerian soldiers were killed by ISWAP during a rocket attack on a Nigerian military base in the Malam Fatori region. *August 30 - Seventeen people, including a soldier and an aid worker, were killed after hundreds of ISWAP militants launched an attack on the town of Rann on the border with Cameroon.

September

*15 September - A Nigerian Army convoy was ambushed by ISWAP forces between Manguno and Gajiram, leaving 25 Nigerian soldiers dead and several others wounded. *26 September - At least 22 Nigerian soldiers were killed when ISWAP militants launched an attack on Burkusuma military base in Sokoto. An unspecified number of ISWAP militants were killed in the attack. *26 September - Kwatar Daban Masara airstrike - 50-60 people were killed in an airstrike on a fish market in Kwatar Daban Masara, Borno.

October

*22 October - A security advisor to the Nigerian president announced the killing of 'Malam Bako' one of the new leaders of ISWAP and another senior ISWAP operative. *23 October - 4 Nigerian soldiers were killed in two separate attacks conducted by ISWAP forces in the northeast of the country. *30 October - ISWAP released a video showing a group of senior ISWAP militants re-pledging their allegiance to IS Caliph

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, combat footage and the execution of two captured Nigerian soldiers.

November

On 6 November, non-IS sources claimed that Sani Shuwaram had been appointed leading commander of ISWAP. On 8 November ISWAP forces attacked a Nigerian army convoy on the Ngamdu-Damaturu road in the northeastern part of the country, killing at least 3 Nigerian soldiers. On 13 November - Nigerian Army Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu and three other Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ISWAP attack on Askira town in Borno State.

December

On 6 December, two Nigerian militiamen were killed by ISWAP gunmen after a shootout in the town of Mainok. On 11 December, ISWAP forces attacked a convoy of 60 Nigerian army vehicles that were preparing to attack ISWAP territory in the north of the country. The attack left dozens of Nigerian soldiers killed and injured and several army vehicles were destroyed. Photos of the destroyed convoy were released on IS's

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. On 14 December, 10 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ISWAP attack on the village of Sabongari,

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. This is one of ISWAP's first attacks outside of Nigeria's

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. On 19 December, the Nigerian airforce carried out a series of airstrikes on ISWAP positions in the northern part of Borno state, killing 77 ISWAP militants. On the same day, ISWAP operatives attacked the village of Kilangal, killing 12 Christian civilians. On 25 December, 22 ISWAP operatives and 6 Nigerian soldiers were killed after Nigerian forces launched a counterterrorism operation in the Lake Chad area. On 26 December, ISWAP militants attacked a Nigerian military base in the village of Yuba Yadi, killing at least 10 Nigerian soldiers and injuring several others. Three Nigerian army vehicles were also destroyed in the attack.

2022

January

On 3 January, a Nigerian army post was attacked by ISWAP operatives in Gombi in Borno State. Two Nigerian soldiers were killed in the attack and the outpost was destroyed. On 10 January, ISWAP militants attacked Tukur Buratai Institute for War and Peace, a military college in Borno State, killing two staff members and damaging the college. On 18 January, IS's

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released a video showing the execution of at least 3 Nigerian soldiers and ISWAP operatives training in one of their bases, presumably in the Lake Chad area. The video also showed

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training and attending an ISWAP school. On 20 January, several ISWAP fighters and an ISWAP Emir named Malam Ari were killed in Nigerian airstrikes that targeted ISWAP hideouts in Borno State. On 26 January, 7 Nigerian soldiers were killed in after ISWAP militants detonated an IED targeting an army foot patrol between Katafila and Mararia. On 29 January, a Nigerian army camp was attacked by ISWAP fighters in Ajiri, northeaster Nigeria. One Nigerian soldier was killed in the attack.

February

On February 2, ISWAP foiled a Nigerian army operation in Nagumi, in northeastern Nigeria, after they destroyed a Nigerian military convoy with an IED, killing a militia leader and 5 of his escorts. On February 11, a Nigerian army post in Kikino was attacked by ISWAP militants, killing 5 Nigerian soldiers.

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