At least 25 people were killed in an overnight attack on a ​village in Nigeria's central Plateau state, local officials and ‌residents s...

A gunbattle between rebels and Nigerian security forces has left 10 police officers dead in a remote part of the country’s conflict-battere...

More than a decade of insurgency has forced thousands of families in Nigeria’s Borno State from their homes, livelihoods and communities....

“I am profoundly happy,” Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said after security forces rescued 39 pupils and six teachers who had spent 56 days...

At least 20 people have been killed in northwest Nigeria after armed gang members attacked villages in Zamfara State, according to the AFP n...

Communities in northern Nigeria are facing a growing nutrition crisis, as health workers report an increase in child malnutrition linked ...

The 46 children and teachers that were abducted on May 15th in southwestern state of Oyo were rescued and reunited with their families on...

Aliyu Saheed feared he might not see his three young sons again. For nearly two months after al-Qaida-linked fighters carried out a mass abd...

Two months after they were abducted in southwestern Nigeria, dozens of students and teachers have been rescued, the presidency says. In a s...

The UN agency warned on Thursday that the country’s food security situation is deteriorating faster than previously anticipated, saying it u...

At least 37 students remain missing after gunmen raided their school in northeast Nigeria , according to local officials. The attack occurre...

Gunmen stormed a secondary school in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Monday morning and abducted students while they were sitting nati...

  Nigeria's military says it has rescued the widow of a retired general who himself had died at the weekend while being held by kidnappe...

The Nigerian parliament has passed a constitutional amendment bill aimed at decentralizing the country’s security architecture through th...

Nigeria continues to grapple with a range of security challenges, including terrorism, kidnapping and banditry, despite ongoing military ...

  A retired Nigerian army general who had been kidnapped by gunmen in the country's north-west has died while being held captive, the mi...

The global war against terrorism is entering a new phase, and Africa has become its central battlefield following recent happenings in the f...

Armed bandits in north-west Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorit...

The Nigerian army says it has secured the release of 360 people abducted by the Boko Haram armed group earlier this year in the country’s no...

  A court in Nigeria has sentenced four men to death for attacking a church in the south-western Ondo state in 2022 in a case which sent sho...