Nigeria Violence

FILE -In this file photo taken Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, a Nigerian soldier stand guards during Eid al-Fitr prayers in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Nigerian and Chadian jets are bombing Boko Haram out of a slew of northeastern Nigerian towns and villages, witnesses and officials said Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, of the first major offensive against the Islamic extremists whose insurgency was spreading across borders. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)