Boko Haram Takfiri militants have reportedly captured another town in northeastern Nigeria after heavy clashes with government troops. Residents and a local lawmaker of the town of Bama in Borno state claimed on Tuesday that the militants had driven out the government troops and taken control of a military base in the town after launching a pre-dawn raid on Monday. “Bama is now in the hands of Boko... 

Suspected Boko Haram Takfiri militants have reportedly abducted 20 women from a settlement in the northeastern part of Nigeria. According to officials on Monday, the militants arrived on Thursday in the Garkin Fulani settlement, near the town of Chibok, where they kidnapped a large group of schoolgirls in April. They then forced the women to enter their vehicles at gunpoint and drove away to an unknown...