Nigeria's military said on Wednesday it had killed 150 insurgents, including a commander named Abba Goroma, in an operation against Islamist group Boko Haram in which 16 of its own forces were also killed.
Violence in northeast Nigeria has
intensified over the past two months, as the Islamists fight back
against a military operation that president Goodluck Jonathan ordered in
May to try to crush their four-year rebellion.
