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Nigeria averts unilateral US action by cooperating on airstrikeNigeria's government confirmed its cooperation with the U.S. on a Christmas Day airstrike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nige...27 Dec, 2025, 06.33 AM IST- Nigeria signals more strikes likely in 'joint' US operationsNigeria anticipates further strikes against jihadist groups. This follows a Christmas Day bombardment by US forces in the north, described ...26 Dec, 2025, 08.19 PM IST
- 'Shook the whole town': Nigerians surprised by US strikesNigerians across Sokoto state awoke to loud blasts Thursday night, worried their village was being attacked by one of the multiple armed gr...26 Dec, 2025, 06.38 PM IST
- Nigeria: Gunmen abduct over 300 schoolchildren, teachersNigeria faces mounting security fears after a second mass school abduction. Over 300 students and teachers were taken from St Mary's school...22 Nov, 2025, 02.36 PM IST
- Info gathering, supplies, attacks: women's roles in Jihadist groupsRussian mercenaries from the Wagner group launched a raid in Mali's Wela village targeting a woman suspected of aiding jihadists. Women in ...11 Mar, 2025, 01.18 PM IST
- Over 100 missing after Nigeria jihadist kidnapping: OfficialsMore than 100 people are missing after jihadists carried out a mass kidnapping in northeast Nigeria, targeting women and children from disp...07 Mar, 2024, 04.28 PM IST
- Nigeria bombs gunmen camp, kills 78: militaryHeavily-armed bandits have wracked northwest and central Nigeria for years, but the groups have recently stepped up attacks on schools, kid...06 Aug, 2021, 04.10 PM IST
- Nigeria receives six warplanes from United States to fight insurgency"The first batch of A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have arrived in Kano today," Nigeria Airforce spokesman Edward Gabkwet said in a statement l...23 Jul, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
- After attack on rival, Islamic State jihadists battle for control in northeast NigeriaIslamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is now targeting Boko Haram's soldiers after raiding Shekau's stronghold in Sambisa forest in Bo...04 Jun, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
- Nigerian troops suffer heavy losses in drawn-out battles with jihadistsFighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the convoy with rocket-propelled grenades on Sunday in the town of Ma...27 Apr, 2021, 03.08 PM IST
- Going home or staying safe in NE Nigeria, an impossible choiceDespite security measures, insurgents have launched repeated assaults on a dozen fortified towns where people had returned. "They're forcin...13 Apr, 2021, 01.53 PM IST
- Dozens of students abducted from forestry college in northwest NigeriaThe trend of abduction from boarding schools was started by the jihadist group Boko Haram, which seized 270 schoolgirls from a school at Ch...12 Mar, 2021, 05.07 PM IST
- All kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls released, says governorPresident Muhammadu Buhari expressed "overwhelming joy" at their release and called on the security forces to hunt down their abductors, af...03 Mar, 2021, 12.16 AM IST
- Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freedGunmen abducted the girls from the Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe town on Friday, in the latest in a series of mass ki...02 Mar, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
- Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abductionResident Musa Mustapha said the gunmen also attacked a nearby military camp and checkpoint, preventing soldiers from interfering while the ...27 Feb, 2021, 08.17 AM IST
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