Nigeria is moving ahead with the acquisition of 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters from the United States as Abuja and Washington deepen defe...

The Nigerian government has been involved in a secret ceasefire with Boko Haram for the past three months, according to an investigation by ...

The Nigerian military says one soldier sustained an injury during a failed Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attack on a military b...

That role is now expanding, with American-made technology increasingly being used to protect Nigeria's oil infrastructure and maritime a...

  Terra Industries has raised an additional $18 million, taking the Nigerian defence-technology startup’s seed funding to $52 million as it ...

Nigeria is expanding its domestic defense industry with plans to manufacture armored vehicles, counter-drone systems, and other military eq...

Troops of Operation SAVANNAH SHIELD have foiled an advance by terrorists from Zamfara into Niger State, recovering an AK-47 rifle and 398 ro...

More than 50 Muslim and Christian leaders have signed an interfaith ​peace accord in Abuja, launching a new body to promote religious harmon...

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

President Bola Tinubu has approved a major expansion of Nigeria's army as the country steps up efforts to tackle persistent security ...

More than 300 people who had been kidnapped across Nigeria have been freed in an intelligence and security operation, the government has ann...

The atmosphere inside the international arrivals terminal at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina was one of celebration...

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

The United States has pulled back many of its troops in Nigeria following the May operation that killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-...

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to allow states to have their own police forces, paving the way for a major reform that wo...

  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 ...

Nigeria has killed more than 13,000 "terrorists" in the past year, President Bola Tinubu said Friday, adding that the death toll f...

The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and Nigerian military have killed more than 200 terrorists in joint operations targeting Boko Haram and the ...