At least 65 people die in an attack by suspected Islamists on a group returning from a funeral in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno region, state television reports, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in recent years.

Nigeria says it has negotiated the release of 82 of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists more than three years ago, securing their freedom in a prisoner swap deal.

Boko Haram's use of child bombers has increased over the last year with one in five suicide attacks now carried out by children, the UN says.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of his predecessor's security adviser who allegedly stole more than $2bn ($1.31).

Islamist militant group Boko Haram releases photos apparently showing a rocket-making factory in north-eastern Nigeria.

Boko Haram militants rape hundreds of women and girls in Nigeria as a deliberate strategy to dominate rural residents and possibly even create a new generation of Islamist militants.

Former hostages held by Boko Haram militants in northern Nigeria say some fellow captives were stoned to death as the army approached to rescue them.