Nigeria is battling an Islamist insurgency that has claimed At least 29 lives since 2009 . Boko Haram is fighting for stricter Sharia law in Nigeria 's predominately Islamist north . Hundreds of Boko Haram militants attack an Air Force base and a military checkpoint in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri , according to government officials . Nigeria 's military suspect Boko Haram was behind an attack on a college 2009 . 3,000 students were killed and several buildings torched in the Buni Yadi attack .
Nigeria is battling an Islamist insurgency that has claimed At least 29 lives since 2009 . Boko Haram is fighting for stricter Sharia law in Nigeria 's predominately Islamist north . Nigeria 's military suspect Boko Haram was behind an attack on a college 2009 . 3,000 students were killed and several buildings torched in the Buni Yadi attack .