Nigerian security forces have killed a senior commander of Boko Haram Takfiri militants during a gun battle in the country's northeast, the army spokesman said.

At least two Nigerian soldiers have been killed following an attack by Boko Haram Takfiri militants in the troubled northeast Nigeria, local residents say.

Amnesty International says at least 2,000 women and girls have been kidnapped by Takfiri Boko Haram militants in Nigeria since the beginning of 2014, and many of them have been forced into sexual slavery or combat.

Nine people have been killed in clashes and protests in southern Nigeria as the country voted to elect state governors and local assemblies.

The leaders of Central and West African countries plan to hold a summit in an effort to come up with a common strategy to counter the threat posed by Nigeria’s Takfiri Boko Haram terror group.

Thousands of the supporters of Nigeria’s main opposition party have held a protest against alleged voting irregularities in the country’s recent general elections, calling for the elections to be re-held.

The official results of Nigeria’s presidential election show that opposition leader Mohammadu Buhari has a slight lead over incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, as counting finishes in half of the states in the country.

Thousands of the supporters of Nigeria’s main opposition party have held a protest against alleged voting irregularities in the country’s recent general elections, calling for the elections to be re-held.

The Takfiri Boko Haram militants have killed 44 people, including a legislator, and prevented hundreds of eligible voters from turning up at polling stations and casting their ballots in Nigeria’s presidential and parliamentary elections for fear of reprisal.

Nigerians are preparing to go to the ballots shortly to elect the West African nation’s president and parliament amid security threats from the Boko Haram Takfiri militant group.

Boko Haram Takfiri militants have been cleared from Nigeria’s northeastern state of Yobe, following the reclaiming of the town of Goniri, military says.

At least 45 villagers have been killed during an early morning raid by suspected herdsmen in Nigeria’s eastern-central Benue state, an official says.

Boko Haram Takfiri militants have torched homes in Nigeria's northeastern town of Baga, forcing residents to flee, witnesses say.

Gunmen have kidnapped an American missionary while she was working at a school in central Nigeria, with ransom the suspected motive for the attack, police say.

The Nigerian army says offensive against Takfiri Boko Haram militants is continuing after the recapture of the northeastern town of Baga from the extremists.

Two separate bombing attacks in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno have claimed 38 lives while Boko Haram leader has vowed to disrupt the country's upcoming elections.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the terrorist activities of Takfiri Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria as a threat to the stability of Central African regions as well as the West.

Takfiri Boko Haram terrorists have launched a fresh attack on Nigeria's key northeastern city of Maiduguri in a bid to take control of the strategically crucial Borno state capital.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has denounced recent atrocities committed by Takfiri Boko Haram militants in Nigeria and neighboring countries in its first formal reaction to the extremist group.

The Nigerian government has announced a cut in gasoline prices a month before presidential and parliamentary elections in the country, which is considered Africa's largest oil producer.