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 .
Nigeria is battling an Islamist insurgency that has claimed 3,000 lives since 2009 . Boko Haram is fighting for stricter Sharia law in Nigeria 's predominately Muslim north . Nigeria 's military suspect Boko Haram was behind an attack on a college this week . At least 29 students were killed and several buildings torched in the Buni Yadi attack .