Ibrahim Mohammed, 32, had spent years deep in the vast forests of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state as a jihadist fighter ...

Hundreds of people held captive by Boko Haram have regained their freedom following a military operation in northeastern Nigeria, the army announced on Sunday. According to military authorities, 360 ...

Boko Haram is waging a seven-year-old uprising against the Nigerian state that has claimed more than 20,000 lives "Do not be overwhelmed by people like Donald Trump and the global coalition fighting ...

Last month America and Nigeria revealed that they had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, who was in charge of the ISWAP/Islamic State West Africa Province’s GDP/General Directorate of Provinces. ISWAP is one ...

For over a decade, Nigeria has been locked in a gruelling war of attrition. From the blood-soaked plains of the ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - A regional militia allied with Nigerian government forces freed on Friday almost 900 children it had used in the war against Islamist Boko Haram insurgents, the United Nations ...

Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state, has been a major focus of attacks by Boko Haram, the radical Islamist group that, in effect, has declared war on the Nigerian economy. On August 6, a suicide ...

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor says Nigeria has not been able to win the war against Boko Haram insurgency due to pretense by some Nigerians and ...

More than a decade ago, nothing about the landscape around Lake Chad revealed the violence it would later host. Today, beneath the mirrored beauty lay the perfect sanctuary for insurgents who thrive ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - A regional militia allied with Nigerian government forces freed on Friday almost 900 children it had used in the war against Islamist Boko Haram insurgents, the United Nations ...