IN FIGURES: All Boko Haram attacks in 2015

December 28, 2015 9:59 am

Three days more and Year 2015 will be a done deal. But for weeks and months to come, it will be impossible to reminisce on the year without remembering the string of Boko Haram attacks on mosques, churches, political rallies, schools and internally displaced persons’ camps, which killed thousands of people.

From 2009 to 2015, the insurgents put a halt to more than 30,000 lives – innocent civilians full of dreams of their own, dreams that could have been useful to the country’s match to development.

In its 2015 campaign, the sect succeeded in killing over 4,000 Nigerians, very conservative approximate figures have shown.

Prior to the ascension of President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, Boko Haram killed 2,351 people within Nigeria’s borders.

Since Buhari took power, the sect has killed 2,429 people within our territories, as the Nigerian military continues battling to finish off the sect.

The 2015 record is an improvement on the 2014 calendar, where the sect was reported by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) to have killed 6,347 civilians.

While compiling these figures – from news reports, government sources (NEMA, SEMA, Nigerian military) – it was observed that the sect rarely attacked once a day.

Once there was a first attack, a second or third was just a few minutes or hours away. This was most evident in the October 15/16 attacks, where Maiduguri was bombed five times in 24 hours.

In January 2015, the sect had a couple of attacks, notable amongst which was an audacious attack on Maiduguri, after Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign train left the state. No deaths were reported across the month, with the military’s advance on the sect.

The deadliest day of the year was on February 1, few days before from the initial date for the 2015 presidential election.

In series of attacks by Boko Haram and its confrontations with the military, a total of 527 persons were said to have lost their lives, 82 of which were civilians – killed in a single attack.

THE FULL BREAKDOWN OF BOKO HARAM ATTACKS IN 2015

DATE	BOKO HARAM ATTACKS	DEATH TOLL
February 1, 2015	Twin explosions kill five in Gombe	5
February 1, 2015	Suicide bomber kills 10 people in northeast Nigeria’s Potiskum	10
February 1, 2015	Boko Haram insurgents attack northeast Nigeria’s capital city	512
February 2, 2015	Car bomb explodes in Nigeria’s Gombe after Jonathan rally	18
February 11, 2015	Boko Haram tackle Chadian troops in Gamburu	13
February 12, 2015	Suspected suicide bombers kill at least 11 in Nigeria’s Borno state	11
February 13, 2015	Boko Haram separate attacks kill 21 in northeast Nigeria	21
February 15, 2015	Female suicide bomber kills 13 in Nigerian bus station	13
February 17, 2015	Suicide bomber kills three in Yobe restaurant	3
February 17, 2015	37 killed, 23 injured in Biu multiple explosions	37
February 19, 2015	Boko Haram kills 30 near Chibok	30
February 19, 2015	Boko Haram kills 30 in Adamawa village	30
February 20, 2015	Boko Haram attacks Adamawa villages, kills 10 more	10
February 20, 2015	Boko Haram kill 21 in Nigeria near missing girls’ village	21
February 22, 2015	Female Suicide Bomber Kills 8, injures 42	8
February 24, 2015	16 killed in Nigeria bus station blast	16
February 24, 2015	Suicide bombers kill 20 in Kano	20
February 26, 2015	Bombs explode at bus station, near university in central Nigeria’s Jos	18
February 26, 2015	Another suicide bombing kills many in Biu	21
February 27, 2015	Boko Haram kills many in Borno’s Mainok village market	15
February 28, 2015	Female Bomber kills accomplice, two others in Borno	4
March 2, 2015	Boko Haram beheads two in new video	2
March 3, 2015	Boko Haram kills 20 children, 74 others	94
March 4, 2015	Boko Haram attacks Borno town, kills nine	9
March 7, 2015	Bomber dies in Borno	1
March 7, 2015	Four die as soldiers discover bomb factory in Yobe	4
March 7, 2015	58 killed, 139 injured in Borno multiple blasts	58
March 8, 2015	Fresh explosion rocks Borno market, kills five	5
March 8, 2015	Chad, Niger soldiers killed as Boko Haram loses Nigerian towns	215
March 9, 2015	Boko Haram attacks Adamawa community	10
March 9, 2015	Hundreds found dead as fresh Boko Haram violence hits Nigeria	400
March 10, 2015	Borno village under fresh Boko Haram attack	8
March 10, 2015	Suspected suicide bomber kills 34 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri	34
March 15, 2015	Boko Haram kidnapps hundreds in northern Nigeria town	50
March 15, 2015	Nigerian troops battle Boko Haram in Damasak	100
March 19, 2015	Boko Haram recaptures Gamboru, kills 20 in raid	20
March 22, 2015	Two female bombers kill selves in Borno	2
March 28, 2015	Two killed in suspected Boko Haram attack on polling stations in NE Nigeria	2
March 28, 2015	Boko Haram gunmen kill 3 voters in Yobe	3
March 28, 2015	Boko Haram gunmen kill 3 voters in Gombe	3
March 28, 2015	Boko Haram kills 4 in Gombe	4
March 28, 2015	Boko Haram Attacks Dukku, Kills 8	8
March 28, 2015	Boko Haram militants kill 25 in northeast Nigerian village	25
April 2, 2015	Suicide bomber kills 20 in Gombe motor park	20
April 3, 2015	Boko Haram beheads four fishermen	4
April 4, 2015	Boko Haram attacks Kayamla, Borno	5
April 5, 2015	Boko Haram disguised as preachers kill at least 30 in northeast Nigeria	30
April 6, 2015	“Scores” killed in another Boko Haram attack in Borno	60
April 9, 2015	Boko Haram kill two in Biu	2
April 9, 2015	Boko Haram kills 20 in Borno town	20
April 12, 2015	Three feared killed in Borno suicide attack	3
April 12, 2015	Suicide bombers kill 3 in Borno	5
April 15, 2015	Boko Haram slit throats of 12 as army tries to save civilians	12
April 19, 2015	Boko Haram kill two soldiers in NE Nigeria	2
April 23, 2015	Troops flee as Boko Haram retakes Borno town	40
April 25, 2015	Suspected Boko Haram attacks Plateau village, kills 4 as security flee duty post	4
April 25, 2015	Boko Haram gunmen kill 21 in Yobe village	21
April 28, 2015	Women captives shot dead soldiers sent to rescue them	25
May 8, 2015	14 injured in Yobe school suicide bomber attack	2
May 13, 2015	At least 12 dead after attack on Nigeria’s Maiduguri city	13
May 13, 2015	Boko Haram kills 55 in Borno villages	55
May 14, 2015	Six killed, many injured as Boko Haram attacks Gur in Borno	6
May 14, 2015	Boko Haram kills 7 in Madagali	7
May 16, 2015	Suicide bomber in northern Nigeria kills at least 7	8
May 16, 2015	11 killed, 6 women abducted in Adamawa village in fresh Boko Haram attack	11
May 19, 2015	Suicide bomber attacks Garkida killing 9, injuring many more	10
May 21, 2015	Boko Haram kills many in fresh Borno attack	40
May 22, 2015	Boko Haram hacks to death 10 in Nigeria	10
May 23, 2015	Boko Haram kills 43 in Borno	43
May 29, 2015	Twin bombs in Nigeria’s Borno state kill seven and injure 12	7
May 30, 2015	Terrorists on horseback invade Borno village, kill 26	26
May 30, 2015	Suicide bomber kills eight, injures 11 in Nigeria market	8
May 31, 2015	Boko Haram kills 48 in Monguno	48
June 2, 2015	Bomb blast hits market in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city, 50 killed	50
June 3, 2015	Bomb kills two and injures 33 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri	2
June 3, 2015	Suicide bomber kills 18 in mechanic workshop	18
June 4, 2015	Nigerian military kills 2 suicide bombers in Borno	2
June 4, 2015	Female suicide bomber in Nigeria’s Maiduguri kills two near checkpoint	2
June 4, 2015	45 killed in Yola market blast	45
June 6, 2015	Borno suicide bomber kills 2, injures 4	2
June 6, 2015	Bomb blast hits market in Nigeria’s Borno State, 16 dead	16
June 8, 2015	19 dead as Boko Haram attacks village in Borno	19
June 9, 2015	Bomb kills 3 female suicide bombers in Borno	3
June 10, 2015	Boko Haram kills 43 in Borno	43
June 12, 2015	3 Soldiers killed as Nigerian army Commences attack on Boko Haram	8
June 13, 2015	Three dead in suicide attack in northeast Nigeria	3
June 15, 2015	Two blasts in northeast Nigeria’s Potiskum kill 11	11
June 16, 2015	Explosives abandoned by Boko Haram kill 63 in Borno town	63
June 22, 2015	Boko Haram kills 20 in Borno	20
June 22, 2015	Blasts kill at least 30 at market in Nigeria’s Maiduguri	30
June 23, 2015	Female suicide bomber kills 15 in Yobe market	15
June 23, 2015	Boko Haram kills 20 in Borno	20
June 27, 2015	Five killed in Borno suicide bomb attack	5
June 30, 2015	Bomb blast hits market in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city, kills one	1
July 1, 2015	Suicide bombers attack hospital as Osinbajo visits Borno	2
July 1, 2015	Boko Haram kills 118 in Kukawa	118
July 2, 2015	Twin blasts kill 12 in northeast Nigeria	12
July 3, 2015	Boko Haram assassinates 11 of its members in Borno	11
July 3, 2015	Fleeing Boko Haram terrorists kill 29 villagers	29
July 3, 2015	Boko Haram kills ‘scores’ as it descends on Borno’s capital	61
July 5, 2015	Suicide bomber kills six at church in Nigeria	6
July 5, 2015	Suspected Islamist militants kill 51 in central Nigeria city Jos	51
July 6, 2015	Suicide bomber strikes near Kano mosque	1
July 7, 2015	Female suicide bomber kills 4 at military checkpoint	4
July 7, 2015	Bomb blast kills 25 in Zaria	25
July 7, 2015	Female bomber kills 40 at Kaduna verification centre	41
July 10, 2015	Boko Haram gunmen kill eight in Nigeria’s remote northeast	8
July 10, 2015	Boko Haram kills 45 in Monguno Borno	45
July 11, 2015	4 persons dead in Borno explosion	4
July 11, 2015	Boko Haram kills 11 villagers in Borno	11
July 13, 2015	Bus bomb hits checkpoint in Nigeria’s Maiduguri, one killed	1
July 13, 2015	Again, Boko Haram kills 30 in Borno	30
July 14, 2015	Boko Haram raids Borno border town in night attack, 15 killed	15
July 14, 2015	Boko Haram kill 20 in Ngamdu	20
July 16, 2015	Boko Haram kills 50 in Gombe market blast	50
July 17, 2015	50 killed as Boko Haram bombers attack Damaturu prayer ground	50
July 20, 2015	Boko Haram bombers kill eight at Damaturu checkpoint	8
July 21, 2015	Boko Haram militants attack Nigerian army chief’s home	2
July 22, 2015	Suspected Islamists kill eight in NE Nigeria village	8
July 22, 2015	Death toll rises to 37 after blasts in Nigerian city of Gombe	37
July 24, 2015	Boko Haram kills 18, burns houses in Borno	18
July 24, 2015	Boko Haram Blamed for Killing ‘at Least 25’ in NE Nigeria	25
July 26, 2015	Female suicide bomber kills 22 at northern Nigeria market	22
July 27, 2015	29 killed in Fresh Boko Haram attack on Borno Village	29
July 30, 2015	Boko Haram kills 7	7
July 31, 2015	13 killed as Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri again	13
August 1, 2015	Boko Haram kills 13 in Borno community	13
August 2, 2015	8 killed in fresh Boko Haram attack in Madagali	8
August 4, 2015	Boko Haram kills 10 fishermen in Baga; 13 insurgents killed	10
August 6, 2015	Boko Haram kills nine in Yobe Villages	9
August 9, 2015	Boko Haram kills four in Borno highway attack	4
August 11, 2015	Terrorists kill eight, abduct four women in Maiduguri community	8
August 11, 2015	Blast kills 47 in Nigeria’s Borno state	47
August 12, 2015	Borno vigilance group kills 17 Boko Haram fighters	17
August 15, 2015	Suicide bomber kills at least 5 in Nigeria’s Borno	6
August 17, 2015	Boko Haram raids Borno village, kills seven, loots grains, carts away livestocks	7
August 18, 2015	160 fleeing Yobe residents drown, killed by Boko Haram	160
August 21, 2015	Explosives kill two soldiers in Borno	2
August 23, 2015	Boko Haram members ambush convoy of Nigeria’s chief of army staff	11
August 25, 2015	Suicide bombers kill soldier at Maiduguri checkpoint	2
August 25, 2015	At least eight dead, over 20 injured as suicide bombers strike in Yobe	8
August 25, 2015	24 Killed in Boko Haram Attack	24
August 27, 2015	4 Killed in Boko Haram Attack	4
August 28, 2015	Boko Haram Attacks Borno Village On Horseback, Kills 68	68
August 29, 2015	Boko Haram militants kill “dozens” in NE Nigeria	24
August 30, 2015	10 villagers killed in Yobe	10
August 31, 2015	At least 26 killed, 28 injured as suicide bomber attacks mosque in Maiduguri	26
August 31, 2015	Boko Haram kills 4	4
September 2, 2015	Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill 5 villagers in northern Nigeria	5
September 3, 2015	Again, Boko Haram kills 53, injures scores in Borno	53
September 4, 2015	Boko Haram kills 30 in Borno	30
September 11, 2015	Five killed in suicide attack on Adamawa community	5
September 11, 2015	10 killed in Yola IDP camp bomb blast	10
September 20, 2015	27 killed in Monguno bombing	27
September 20, 2015	117 killed in Maiduguri bombing	117
September 24, 2015	Many feared killed as Boko Haram attacks Monguno, Baga again	20
September 27, 2015	Boko Haram kills 20 in midnight attack	20
October 1, 2015	Boko Haram suspected after 11 Killed in Adamawa	11
October 1, 2015	Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 15 in Maiduguri multiple blasts	15
October 2, 2015	Boko Haram kill 20 in Gwoza	20
October 6, 2015	20 killed in Gubio mosque bomb explosions	20
October 7, 2015	18 dead in Yobe multiple blasts	18
October 10, 2015	Boko Haram kills 80-year-old, boy in Borno	3
October 12, 2015	14 killed in Boko Haram raid in Nigeria: resident, vigilante	14
October 13, 2015	Blasts in northeast Nigeria’s Maiduguri kill at least seven	7
October 15, 2015	At least 35 dead as Boko Haram bombs worshippers in Maiduguri mosque	35
October 16, 2015	4 female suicide bombers kill 26 in Eaerly morning attacks in Maiduguri	30
October 17, 2015	Boko Haram storms Adamawa village, kills 12	12
October 21, 2015	20 killed in fresh Boko Haram attacks	20
October 23, 2015	28 killed in Maiduguri mosque suicide attack	28
October 23, 2015	At least 50 dead in Yola Mosque bomb attack	50
October 24, 2015	Four suicide bombers, one other person die in Borno blast	5
October 25, 2015	Four suicide bombers die in car explosion	4
October 28, 2015	Boko Haram launches fresh attack on Yobe town	20
November 17, 2015	Yola blast killed 34, injured 80	34
November 18, 2015	19 killed in Kano twin suicide bomb blasts	19
November 20, 2015	Boko Haram attacks Fika village, Kills 7	7
November 27, 2015	21 die in Nigeria Shiite Muslim march Boko Haram suicide attack	21
December 12, 2015	30 dead in Boko Haram attack on three Nigeria villages	30
December 15, 2015	Boko Haram ambush convoy, killing officer and soldier	2
December 25, 2015	Boko Haram kills 14 in Borno on Christmas day	14

TOTAL	ALL BOKO HARAM DEATHS IN 2015	4,780

EDITOR’S NOTE: This report was compiled with the aid of news reports by TheCable, other reputable media houses, official sources and Nigeria security tracker (NST) as mapped out by the Council on Foreign Relations. This report will be updated on December 31, 2015