MEDIA LINKS

This section is regularly updated to provide a selection of the latest news reports on the conflict in Nigeria. It contains news from Nigerian and international media sources from the past six months. Click on the links to see the articles in full. For more in-depth analysis, see the Publications page. For press releases, see the Blog page.

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(Punch) 10 Mar 2023 –  The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 29 fishermen by Boko Haram terrorists in the state. The attack which took place at Mukdolo village in the Gamborun Ngala area of the state also left nine other fishermen with critical injurie.... Read the full story here.

• Terrorists kill Kaduna cleric, abduct three, demand N50m (Punch, 26 Mar 2023)
• 22 killed, others injured in fresh Katsina attack (Premium Times, 13 Mar 2023)
• '300 insurgents killed' in multiple ISWAP/Boko Haram clashes (The Cable, 11 Mar 2023)
• Nine Borno fishermen injured, 29 killed in Boko Haram attack... (Punch, 10 Mar 2023)
• Niger terrorists abduct 53, kill pregnant women, four villagers (Opinion Nigeria, 9 Mar 2023)
• Benue: Eight killed as suspected herdsmen open fire on mourners... (Within Nigeria, 9 Mar 2023)
• Over 36 killed as herdsmen attack communities in Benue (Vanguard, 6 Mar 2023)
• Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill three, injure dozen in Edo community (Tribune, 6 Mar 2023)
• Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill pastor and two sons in Plateau (Within Nigeria, 6 Mar 2023)
• Boko Haram abducts seven in fresh attack (Naija News, 3 Mar 2023)
• Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill guard and six others in Benue (Within Nigeria, 2 Mar 2023)
• Boko Haram bombs Borno town, injures 5 voters (Sun, 26 Feb 2023)
• Fulani herdsmen invade 4 Benue LGAs and kill 7 (Street Journal, 24 Feb 2023)
• Tension as Fulani herdsmen invade Enugu communities, kill 6 (Within Nigeria, 22 Feb 2023)
• Five years in captivity: Christian leaders berate Buhari over Leah... (Tribune Online, 19 Feb 2023)
• Fulani herdsmen strike in Benue, kill five, burn down entire village (Idoma Voice, 11 Feb 2023)
• Boko Haram 'slaughtering' people... in remote Borno community (HumAngle, 9 Feb 2023)
• Suspected herders kill 70-year-old man in Enugu community (Premium Times, 8 Feb 2023)
• Suspected herdsmen attack Benue community, kill 3... (Daily Post, 6 Feb 2023)
• Over 6,000 killed in Benue by armed Fulani herdsmen - Ortom (Vanguard, 4 Feb 2023)
• Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill father and son in Delta community (Tori.ng, 24 Jan 2023)
• 39 Catholic priests killed, 30 abducted in 2022 (Opinion Nigeria, 24 Jan 2023)
• Suspected bandits attack Benue community, kill eight (Punch, 20 Jan 2023)
• Terrorists attack Katsina church, abduct 25 worshippers (This Day, 15 Jan 2023)
• Scores of passengers abducted as gunmen attack train station (Daily Post, 8 Jan 2023)
• Residents flee as Fulani herdsmen invade Enugu community... (Within Nigeria, 30 Dec 2022)
• Boko Haram terrorists kill 17 herders in Borno (New Telegraph, 27 Dec 2022)
• 28 killed in fresh southern Kaduna attack (Punch, 19 Dec 2022)
• Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill three in Benue (Within Nigeria, 19 Dec 2022)
• Again, herdsmen attack Enugu community, many feared killed (Punch, 18 Dec 2022)
• Eha-Amufu massacre: untold story as herdsmen kill over 50 in Enugu (Daily Post, 14 December 2022)
• Suspected herders kill two residents in south-east communities (Premium Times, 8 Dec 2022)
• Couple, daughter killed as Fulani herdsmen invade Benue community (Opinion Nigeria, 1 Dec 2022)
• Terrorists kill 19 in Zamfara village, residents flee (Punch, 25 Nov 2022)
• Eight killed, many injured as suspected Fulani herdsmen attack Plateau... (Within Nigeria, 23 Nov 2022)
• Panic as Fulani herdsmen invade Rivers community, kill two (Opinion Nigeria, 23 Nov 2022)
• Herdsmen invade Enugu community, kill ten, burn houses (Witness, 22 Nov 2022)
• Terrorists kidnap 44 in Zamfara, five escape abduction (Opinion Nigeria, 20 Nov 2022)
• 11 killed. 6 injured in Plateau community... (Daily Post, 16 Nov 2022)
• Boko Haram kills 20 women labelled as witches in Borno (Ripples, 16 Nov 2022)
• Police confirm death of two persons... after farmers, herders clash in Jigawa (Daily Post, 11 Nov 2022)
• Bandits abduct 20 children in Niger, demand N40m (Daily Trust, 9 Nov 2022)
• Herdsmen kill three farmers in Borno village (Witness, 4 Nov 2022)
• Enugu in trouble, kidnappers everywhere! (Vanguard, 29 Oct 2022)
• Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill three, injure another in Benue (Tori.ng, 24 Oct 2022)
• Again, suspected herdsmen kill two in Nasarawa (This Day, 23 Oct 2022)
• Two Chibok girls, 99 others, regain freedom from Boko Haram camps (Channels TV, 21 Oct 2022)
• Policeman, 22 others killed as Fulani herdsmen attack police station... (Opinion Nigeria, 20 Oct 2022)
• Police confirm killing of 2 persons in Kogi church attack (NAN, 17 Oct 2022)
• 35,000 killed, 1.8m persons displaced in North by Boko Haram (Leadership News, 10 Oct 2022)
• Nasarawa: suspected Fulani herdsmen kill three brothers... (Within Nigeria, 10 Oct 2022)
• Community leaders, others killed in series of attacks in Plateau (Vanguard, 9 Oct 2022)
• Gunmen kill 12 people in Taraba community (Premium Times, 4 Oct 2022)
• Again, Boko Haram invades Chibok community, kills three... (Vanguard, 3 Oct 2022)

• Gunmen in north Nigeria kill at least 16 people (AP, 12 Mar 2023)
• Terrorists kill farmer, abduct ECWA pastor, wife in Kaduna State (Sahara Reporters, 11 Feb 2023)
• Suspected herdsmen kill 12 Christians in Benue State... (Morning Star News, 31 Jan 2023)
• Suspected terrorists kill popular Nigerian pastor... (Sahara Reporters, 27 Jan 2023)
• Five Christians killed in NE Nigeria, 12 in Middle Belt (Morning Star News, 24 Jan 2023)
• Blast kills at least 50 in north central Nigeria (Reuters, 25 Jan 2023)
• Boko Haram terrorists launch attack on Borno community, kill... (Sahara Reporters, 18 Jan 2023)
• Catholic priest burned to death in Nigeria (Catholic News Agency, 15 Jan 2023)
• Killings in Kaduna State, Nigeria, darken Christmas season (Morning Star News, 2 Jan 2023)
• Boko Haram, ISWAP clash, 55 killed (Sun, 6 Dec 2022)
• Eleven worshippers injured as gunmen storm mosque in south Nigeria (AFP, 3 Dec 2022)
• Terrorists kill 11 residents in fresh attacks on Kaduna State... (Sahara Reporters, 25 Nov 2022)
• Suspected jihadis kill troops, civilians in Nigeria (AFP, 20 Nov 2022)
• Nigeria: Catholic priest kidnapped in Kaduna (Vatican News, 9 Nov 2022)
• Communal violence kills 18 in Nigeria: official (AFP, 5 Nov 2022)
• Gunmen kidnap 39 children on Katsina farm (AFP, 2 Nov 2022)
• Fulani terrorists kill more than 70 Christians in central Nigeria (Morning Star News, 25 Oct 2022)
• Officials recover 36 bodies after attack in Nigeria's north (AP, 22 Oct 2022)
• Gunmen abduct at least 10 hospital workers in Nigeria's Niger State (Reuters, 18 Oct 2022)
• Women, children drown fleeing attack in Nigeria's north (AP, 6 Oct 2022)
• Christian woman on trial for blasphemy in northeast Nigeria (Morning Star News, 5 Oct 2022)
• Nigerian Army rescues another Chibok schoolgirl in Borno... (Sahara Reporters, 1 Oct 2022)