8 killed in Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria

In Nigeria, Boko Haram has killed at least eight soldiers in two attacks in northeastern Nigeria while more than two dozen fighters also died. An army statement said yesterday that the armed group ambushed a convoy late on Sunday near Bama, 70 kilometers southeast of Maiduguri,



resulting in the deaths of an army officer, three soldiers, and three attackers.

Earlier in the day gunmen attacked an army position at Logomani, 110km northeast of Maiduguri city, killing four soldiers, it said. The army said at least 22 fighters died in the firefight.