Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the Shia leader of Nigeria, warned against the US and France's scheming in disrupting the relations between Niger and Nigeria.

Dozens of more bodies discovered following Saturday's assault on mourners by Boko Haram fighters, say officials.

Eighteen soldiers were killed when "terrorists" struck an army camp in western Niger, the government said Tuesday, adding the US and France had provided air support to help repel the assault.

At least nine people were killed as the Nigerian army repelled a Boko Haram attempt to overrun troops’ position in northeastern Buni Yadi town, officials said Sunday.

Suspected militants from the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group have abducted around a dozen girls in overnight raids on several border villages in southeastern Niger.

Suspected cholera cases have jumped in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram violence has forced tens of thousands of people to seek refuge in crowded camps, the Norwegian Refugee Council says.

At least 30 Nigerian security force members were killed after Boko Haram militants stormed a village in restive northeast Borno State, military sources told media on Saturday.