Kidnappings, assassinations and other attacks have surged over the past year along Cameroon’s national highway linking the capital Yaoundé i...

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...

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit says terrorist groups are using deceased people’s bank accounts, social media and fake charity c...

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

Nigerian security forces this week rescued more than 300 people abducted in separate attacks in Kwara and Niger states. President Bola Ti...

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

A week after the Sadiku-led Boko Haram faction killed and abducted more than 170 women and children from Woro in Kaiama, Kwara State, the t...

Authorities in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State say nearly 10,000 former Boko Haram fighters have now been reintegrated into societ...

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 ...

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

The Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP) has claimed what appears to be its first reported attacks in North-west Nigeria, in which 18 soldier...

New report released by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has revealed that about 30,000 armed Fulani ...

Is the US getting into another endless conflict? After promising to pull troops out of Africa, Donald Trump is now ordering military stri...

Nigerian military has warned of possibility of attacks by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on civilian t...

Communities in Nigeria's northeast, particularly in Borno state, are grappling with a difficult question: Can those who once took up ar...

Boko Haram jihadists have killed 33 fishermen and loggers in two attacks in Nigeria’s restive Borno state in the country’s northeast, two so...