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...

Nigerian forces working with the United ⁠States claim to have ⁠killed 175 ISIL (ISIS) fighters in a series of joint strikes in ⁠the country’...

Nigeria’s de-radicalization program for former Boko Haram fighters has sparked divided opinion. Authorities say it offers structured reha...

U.S. and Nigerian forces killed Islamic State’s alleged No. 2, a man linked to terrorist attacks against religious minorities and the mass k...

The killing of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command of ISIL (ISIS), by United States and Nigerian forces marks a notable achievement f...

The ⁠United States military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) says it has carried out additional air strikes ‌against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in north...

Jihadists are plotting attacks on Abuja airport and a prison on the outskirts of Nigeria ‘s capital, according to an internal memo prepared ...

Nigeria’s defence minister has attended the funeral of several senior military officers killed in a surge of Boko Haram attacks in the nort...