LAGOS, Nigeria – A court-martial has dismissed from the army and jailed a Nigerian general who lost a battle to Boko Haram Islamic extremists who killed hundreds of civilians. The military Saturday ...

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 Vigilantes Civilian JTF with cutlasses and clubs mount a check point on the street of Maiduguri, Nigeria. The battered old car, cutlasses and nail-studded ...

Soldiers and Boko Haram insurgents engaged in a gun battle along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway in Borno State in the early hours of yesterday. There were however two different accounts of the ...

In combat or captivity, insurgents are dreaded in equal measure. NWANOSIKE ONU reports that the relocation of Boko Haram prisoners to the Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra State is still being resisted in ...

Nigeria's military campaign against Boko Haram Islamists is increasingly bogged down as it confronts suicide attacks, looting and indiscriminate slaughter while the UN warns the affected region faces ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian army of unlawfully detaining and abusing women and girls who escaped Boko Haram ...

No fewer than 35 fighters belonging to the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) group have been killed in a fierce battle with their rival group, Boko Haram. Reports say the two rival ...

Boko Haram's attacks appear to have shifted focus in recent weeks away from creating mayhem to taking ground and holding it DAMATURU/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Boko Haram militants have ...

BORNO: Nigerian troops have killed 29 suspected Islamist militants in two days of fighting in the northeast, where President Goodluck Jonathan's forces are trying to stamp out Boko Haram's ...