For years, Nigeria’s political leaders claimed victory against the insurgent group Boko Haram. The most recent to do so was Nigerian Information Minister Lai Mohammed, who in October reiterated the ...

More than 27,000 people have been killed in nine years of fighting and 1.8 million others are still homeless. Dozens more were suspected to have lost their lives in the attack on the base in Metele ...

(Abuja) – The Nigerian military has arbitrarily detained thousands of children in degrading and inhuman conditions for suspected involvement with the armed Islamist group Boko Haram, Human Rights ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Tuesday that the Nigerian military has been arbitrarily detaining thousands of children, some as young as five years old, for suspected involvement with the ...

A new video has emerged online wherein the female aid worker identified as Grace who was abducted by the Boko Haram sect last week was seen pleading with the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and ...

A civil society organisation, under the aegis of National Forum of Democrats has alleged that some politicians in Borno State are planning to create tension ahead of the 2019 general elections through ...

After years of effort to prevent and reverse radicalization, the jury’s still out on whether it works. Malam Aminu is a slight, bespectacled man with a neat goatee and a disconcerting droopy eyelid ...

Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has said that the military has embarked on spiritual warfare in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. Buratai said this on Tuesday at the 2019 chaplains annual ...

There are few impenetrable corners left in the world. Today, thanks to globalization, innovations in technology, and the rise of social media, the world feels small, and those living in distant places ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Villagers in northeastern Nigeria are fleeing their homes, leaving everything behind, after armed men on motorbikes roared into their area and gunned down funeral mourners on ...

At least 65 people are dead following a suspected attack by Boko Haram on a funeral gathering in northeastern Nigeria, according to local officials. The attack occurred Saturday during a burial in the ...