At least 65 people died in an attack by suspected Takfiris on a group returning from a funeral in Nigeria's northeastern Borno region, state television reported on Sunday (July 28), one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in recent years.

Supporters of top Nigerian Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky say they are a religious minority group and not the Islamic Movement in Nigeria which is not a registered group.

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) says it holds Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari responsible for the 2015 Zaria massacre.

At least 43 people have been killed after gunmen, riding motorbikes, attacked villages in northern Nigeria.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in for a second term in office on Wednesday.

Two Nigerian soldiers have been killed and six others injured when Boko Haram militants attacked a military post near the Cameroon border.

Five civilians have been killed in fighting between government troops and Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria.

Boko Haram militants attack two military bases in northeast Nigeria's Borno State, near the border with Cameroon, injuring six soldiers.

Boko Haram militants at the weekend attacked three military bases in northeast Nigeria, putting the spotlight on insecurity in Nigeria just three months before presidential polls.

The Norwegian Refugee Council says 10,000 people have been affected by the fast-spreading cholera outbreak and 175 people have died in northeast Nigeria as of early November 2018.