Nigeria's government confirmed its cooperation with the U.S. on a Christmas Day airstrike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nige...

The United States conducted airstrikes against Islamic State-linked militants in northwestern Nigeria, a rare direct military action. This ...

Last month, Trump said he had ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria following the claims of Chris...

Former US President Donald Trump has threatened swift military intervention in Nigeria. He also announced an immediate halt to all US aid a...

Trump-Nigeria: President Trump has threatened military action against Nigeria, citing alleged anti-Christian violence and vowing to stop al...

President Trump has designated Nigeria a country of particular concern regarding religious freedom. This move opens the door for potential ...

The insurgents, allied to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, have in recent months increasingly used suicide and bomb attacks.

The group has also repeatedly used young children as human bombs, including a case of a 14-year-old carrying a baby on her back who detonat...

Boko Haram overran the town several months ago as part of its campaign to seize territory in the region and create an Islamic state.

UN expressed concern over the return of hundreds of refugees to Nigeria from Niger, saying authorities in the two countries should stop the...

Media reports have emerged of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram making inroads into the drug trade in India.

Describing Modi as "once a controversial regional leader", Time said he became PM after leading his BJP to a "landslide electoral victory.

The US at this point of time is not actively considering sending Special Forces to Nigeria , the White House said today in a statement.

More than 200 schoolgirls began their 2nd month as Boko Haram hostages as intl powers ramped up efforts to track down the Nigerian Islamist...

Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from the remote northeastern town of Chibok in Borno state on April 14 and 223 are still being held.

The parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) will examine whether more could have been done to prevent the killing of Drumme...

At least 52 people, including women and children, have been killed in clashes between two rival ethnic communities in southeastern Ebonyi s...