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Now playing Next Nigeria Nigeria: at least nine die in Damaturu attack At least nine people have died in two bomb attacks in the city of Damaturu in north-eastern Nigeria. Twin explosion rocks Eid prayer ground in 17/07/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Nigeria: Dozens of Eid shoppers killed in Gombe market blasts Women and children are among around 50 people reported dead and dozens more injured after twin explosions at a packed market in Nigeria. Nobody has 17/07/2015
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Now playing Next Nigeria Nigerian troops arrest alleged mastermind of deadly bombings The alleged mastermind behind deadly bombings in central Nigeria has been arrested. The defence ministry announced that the suspect, behind attacks 09/07/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Nigeria: Scores killed in Jos in attacks blamed on Boko Haram Emergency services rushed to retrieve the injured after suspected Islamist militants killed at least 44 people in attacks on a restaurant and mosque 06/07/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Nigeria: Boko Haram blamed for latest attack that kills dozens Northeastern Nigeria has been rocked by another bomb attack that has left around 50 people dead at a busy market. 03/06/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Scores killed in Nigeria market bomb blast A bomb blast has hit a busy meat market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing as many as 50 people, according to eyewitnesses. So far 02/06/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Nigeria: Suicide blast follows new President Buhari's inauguration In what looks like an act of defiance by Boko Haram insurgents, a suicide bomber has killed at least 16 people at a mosque in northeast Nigeria 31/05/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Warnings over difficulties facing Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram The displaced are starting to return to their homes in the northeast of Nigeria after the army mounted a massive operation to drive away Boko Haram 11/05/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Boko Haram freed women tell of captive life under Islamist Jihadi fighters Boko Haram is fracturing, there is discontent in the organisation’s ranks as they face shortages of fuel and weapons. That’s according to a group of 05/05/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Freed Nigerian women tell of terror at the hands of Boko Haram Nigeria’s military has issued aerial footage said to show Boko Haram militants fleeing during an operation to push them out of the Sambisa Forest 04/05/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Up to 500 Nigerians freed from Boko Haram captivity over the past week The Nigerian military says its continuing to liberate women and children from Boko Haram captivity in the north-east of the country. The army says 03/05/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Nigeria vows to clear final Boko Haram strongholds Nigeria says it is making further gains against Boko Haram. It comes after hundreds of women and children, kidnapped by the militants, were rescued 02/05/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Nigerian military 'rescues nearly 300' from Boko Haram camps Nigeria’s army claims to have rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a military operation to win back the Sambisa Forest from Boko Haram militants 29/04/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria One year on: Nigeria remembers schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram One year on: Nigeria marches to remember the girls abducted by Boko Haram, as the president-elect vows to increase efforts to find them. 14/04/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Prayers for the abducted Chibok school girls - still missing after one year Campaigners calling for the rescue of over 200 girls abducted in Chibok, Nigeria, have held a prayer session in the capital Abuja to mark the one 13/04/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Nigerian military believe it is winning the battle against Boko Haram extremists in the north of the country Nigeria’s military officials believe they are winning the battle against the Boko Haram terrorists. They claim to have ousted insurgents from all the 11/04/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria 'Phase one over' in Boko Haram battle, say Chad-Niger forces African coalition forces say the first phase of the offensive against Boko Haram is over following last week’s successful recapture of a strategic 04/04/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Fighting Boko Haram: Euronews goes on frontline with African Union forces Exclusive: Euronews gained first-hand experience of the fight against Boko Haram when our correspondent, Luis Carballo, joined African coalition 04/04/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Boko Haram, the few thousand terrorising millions of Nigerians Inspired by once cutting edge civilisation, now anti-modern The Sunni jihadist movement Boko Haram was founded in 2002. It began peacefully, with the 02/04/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Celebrations in Nigeria as ex-military ruler Buhari wins presidency Supporters of Nigeria's newly elected president Muhammadu Buhari celebrate his victory 01/04/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari wins Nigeria presidential poll Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari has became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box. And 01/04/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Nigeria elects opposition candidate Buhari as new president Nigeria’s opposition APC party has claimed victory for its presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari, but the country remained tense as it discovered 31/03/2015