More than 27 000 people have been killed since the Boko Haram conflict began in 2009 and some 1.8-million others are still displaced

A faction of Boko Haram affiliated to the Islamic State militant group, has intensified attacks against the army in the northeast of Nigeria

The army’s director, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, reassured citizens that they are capable of defending them from the terrorist group.

There is the question of further raising Boko Haram’s profile, and playing into the hands of some elements of the group.

After Boko Haram posted a video offering to release kidnapped girls in exchange for prisoners, Nigeria says "the window of negotiation is still open".

Nigeria says it will not agree to suggestions by Boko Haram that the kidnapped schoolgirls will be released once the country frees militant prisoners.

Suspected Islamist extremists have stormed a mosque and shot dead 44 worshippers and 12 others in a nearby village in Nigeria, say officials.