The United States has sent 100 military personnel to northern Nigeria to train and advise local forces, as deadly threats rise from armed gr...

Nigeria's foreign ministry has issued an urgent warning over what it describes as the increasing illegal recruitment of its citizens to ...

The U.S. has dispatched a small team of military officers to Nigeria, the general in charge of U.S. Africa Command told reporters in a brief...

A group of Nigerian military officers are set to face trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow the West African nation’s government. The Ni...

The US military is increasing materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria , Africom's deputy commander said, as part of a...

President Donald Trump has warned that the United States could carry out further military strikes in Nigeria if Christians continue to be ki...

Malam Fatori, Nigeria - It’s been more than 10 years since Isa Aji Mohammed lost four of his children in one night when Boko Haram fighters ...

Nigeria, which is battling multiple armed groups, said last month that the US strikes were part of an exchange of intelligence and strategic...

The Nigerian military has urged civilians in the country’s northwest not to keep or tamper with unexploded artillery found at sites targe...

Many Nigerians have welcomed the US-Nigeria strikes on militants as a boost to long-running counterterrorism efforts, even as concerns pe...

The United ‍States ‍has carried out an air strike against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northwest Nigeria, US ⁠President Donald Trump ​said. “Ton...

The United States has stepped up intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November, according to flight-trackin...

  Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilots and crew members nine days after their detention, following high-level diplom...

Nigeria is advancing a major military modernisation initiative with a landmark procurement of 24 Italian-built M‑346FA fighter jets from Ita...

A suicide bomber struck a military position in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, killing at least five soldiers, security ...

Nigeria and Benin have jointly pledged to counter any threats to democracy in West Africa after a weekend coup attempt in Benin was foile...

Nigerian Army soldiers opened fire and killed nine women protesting the army's handling of communal clashes in the northeastern Adamawa ...

Eleven Nigerian military personnel are being held in Burkina Faso after a Nigerian plane reportedly entered Burkinabé airspace without auth...

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has confirmed deploying fighter jets and ground troops to neighbouring Benin to help foil a coup attempt by ...

In a statement, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it had re-established communication with the ground troops that had been under threat by t...