Boko Haram launched a wave of attacks on military bases in Nigeria's Borno State. Governor Babagana Zulum responded with a call for a...

At least 40 farmers were killed over the weekend in an attack by suspected Islamist militants, the governor of Nigeria 's northeastern B...

At least 50 Boko Haram fighters were killed on Tuesday and seven members of Nigeria's infrastructure security force were missing followi...

Nigeria's military has killed dozens of leaders of armed militia groups and hundreds of fighters across the country following a renewed ...

Dozens of women and young girls have been unlawfully detained and abused in Nigerian military detention facilities after escaping captivity ...

Nigerian fisherman Modu Umar has hardly slept for two weeks, torn between staying in his Baga community or fleeing after Islamist militants ...

Girls and young women who escaped Boko Haram captivity in north-east Nigeria faced further suffering, including sometimes in unlawful milita...

Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram militants when she was a...

Not a day goes by without Lawan Zanna remembering his daughter Aisha in prayers. She was among the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped 10 years ago wh...

Young women and girls living in Nigerian camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) say they have to deal with sexual harassment every day...

The Nigerian government has identified and sanctioned 19 terrorism financiers including six Bureau De Change (BDC) firms, a document obtaine...

Former Boko Haram militants in Nigeria have warned they might return to fighting if they don't get more support from the authorities. ...

Suspected Islamist insurgents kidnapped 50 people, mostly women, in northeastern Nigeria this week, local officials and a resident said on W...

What 19-year-old Binta Usman remembers most vividly about her early days at the Lafiya Sarari girls’ school in Maiduguri, the capital of Nig...

The explosion also injured seven others, with three in critical condition evacuated to Maiduguri, the state capital for medical care. Rela...

Nigeria will receive some of its stolen assets believed to be worth £6.9m ($8.9m). This is following the verdict of an American court, which...

Heavily armed assailants suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents randomly shot at people on Monday. Authorities launched investigations into...

Clashes between rival militant groups in Nigeria have left 60 dead. Sources told AFP that fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province...

At least 15 rice farmers were killed and several others feared abducted in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state after suspected Boko Haram...

A top official in north-eastern Nigeria says Islamic militant groups, such as Boko Haram, are trying to recruit new members from the inter...