Its militants reportedly killed at least 70 people in an attack on the town of Fotokol in Cameroon on Thursday.
The Boko Haram insurgency has left thousands dead and displaced more than a million over the past six years.
The militants control a large stretch of land in north-eastern Nigeria.
Islamists pushed back
Yacouba Soumana Gaoh, the governor of the Diffa region around Bosso, told the BBC that the Islamists had been successfully pushed back after clashing with Nigerien troops.
Mr Goah said the number of casualties was unknown but he believed no civilians were harmed during the fighting.
A BBC reporter said that the Boko Haram militants had attacked Bosso early in the morning with heavy weapons, causing residents to flee and or hide indoors.
One resident told Agence France-Presse news agency: "We can hear the sound of weapons all around the town, often very near our windows.
"There is the noise of heavy weapons and of light arms, making our houses shake."
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