Nigeria says Islamists on defensive

A woman crosses a deserted road in Bulumkutu, after the military declared a 24-hour curfew over large parts of Maiduguri in Borno State May 19, 2013. (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde) MAIDUGURI: Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive ...

MAIDUGURI: Nigeria relaxed a curfew yesterday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram. The Nigerian military has sent thousands of extra troops to try ...

Maiduguri - Nigeria offered an amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east. In their biggest offensive ...

residents lamented the collapse of telecommunications services in Maiduguri. There has been a partial telecommunications shut down in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital over the State of Emergency declared in the state by President Goodluck ...

Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno State is relatively calm since the declaration of state of emergency in the area by President Goodluck Jonathan few days ago. Although officials of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State have not issued any ...

The northeast city of Maiduguri and other areas remained under curfew on Sunday as Nigerian forces targeted Boko Haram strongholds. The defence ministry said 14 Islamists and three army soldiers had been killed since Saturday. A key city in ...

MAIDUGURI (Nigeria), May 17: Nigerian forces used jets and attack helicopters to bombard militant camps in the northeast on Friday, their biggest offensive since Boko Haram began an insurgency almost four years ago to try creating a breakaway ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, May 18 (UPI) -- The 24-hour curfew was implemented in neighborhoods considered to be Boko Haram strongholds in the northeastern city, in a region that has been a hotbed of the Boko Haram guerrilla movement. The military said in a ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria May 17 (Xinhua) -- Residents on Friday said the special military force deployed to the restive Nigeria northeast states of Yobe and Borno cordoned off border roads linking the two states and Adamawa to prevent the Boko Haram ...