The Nigerian military says it has killed 404 Boko Haram fighters but lost 15 soldiers in the war against the insurgents in the last four months.
The commander of the troops in the north-east, Attahiru Ibrahim, told journalists at a press briefing on Thursday that the terrorists carried out 97 suicide and vehicle borne attacks between March and June this year.
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