Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the deployment of an army battalion to a troubled state after gunmen killed as many as 162 people in one of the country’s deadliest attacks in recent months.

Gunmen suspected to be militants of the terror group Boko Haram have abducted five children in Cameroon's Far North region, security sources said on Thursday.

The Niger army on Thursday said that it had killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, where the country borders Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.

A suicide attack carried out by a woman reportedly linked to Boko Haram in Nigeria’s Borno state has killed at least 20 anti-militant fighters, militia sources told the media on Saturday.

Nigeria's northeast is witnessing a resurgence of Boko Haram attacks, casting doubt on military claims of progress and reigniting concerns about a return to heightened insecurity in the region.

The Nigerian military announced that its troops killed 34 insurgents in a gun battle in northeastern Borno state, with six soldiers also losing their lives in the conflict, News.az reports citing TRT World.

The Nigerian army killed 101 terrorists in the last week in operations that targeted Boko Haram, the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) and criminal gangs, an official said.

At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in suicide attacks targeting a wedding, a hospital and a funeral in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, authorities said, News.Az reports citing AFP.