Twenty-two police officers, 14 prison officials, two soldiers and four civilians were killed when alleged Boko Haram members attacked Bama, Nigeria, on May 7, the Nigerian military said, Reuters reported.

Several police officers and civilians were killed when gunmen attacked a police station in Nigeria's Borno state, the Nigerian Premium Times newspaper reported May 7.

A Nigerian fighter jet participating in military operations in Mali crashed in western Niger, killing both crew members, Nigerian officials said May 6, Reuters reported.

At least 24 people were killed in ethnic clashes in Wukari, Taraba state, on May 3, AP reported May 4.

Security forces clashed with Islamist militants in Borno state's town of Bama, leaving at least seven policemen and 10 insurgents dead, a military official said April 29, AP reported.

Two policemen and five suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram were killed when the militants attacked a security formation in the Bade Local Government Area of Yobe, Nigeria, on April 25, News Agency of Nigeria reported.

Fighting between Nigeria's military and Boko Haram extremists killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation's far northeast, officials said April 21, AP reported.

At least seven people were killed when gunmen attacked the village of Tsamiya in Nigeria's Plateau state, Punch news reported April 17.