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ISIS second in command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki eliminated: TrumpUnited States President Donald Trump announced the elimination of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the global second-in-command of ISIS. American and N...
At least 38 killed in armed attack in north-west NigeriaThe attack occurred in the night of Thursday into Friday in the remote village, which had "few access routes" said Yazid Abubakar, spokespe...
Gunmen kill at least 32 in coordinated dawn attacks across communities in NigeriaGunmen launched simultaneous attacks on three communities in Nigeria's Niger state, killing at least 32 people. The dawn raids targeted Tun...
At least 51 kidnapped, 3 killed in Nigeria attacksViolence grips Nigeria's Kaduna State. Over three days, 51 people were kidnapped and three killed in four villages. Attacks occurred in the...
Gunmen kill nearly 200 in Nigeria's Kwara and Katsina attacksNigeria attacks: It was the deadliest assault recorded this year in the district bordering Niger state, an area increasingly targeted by gu...
Over 30 killed, several kidnapped in central NigeriaArmed gangs attacked Kasuwan Daji village in Niger State. Over 30 people were killed and several others were kidnapped. The attackers also ...
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 ...
'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...
What to know as Nigeria rejects US military threat over alleged Christian killingsNigeria has dismissed a US military ultimatum concerning alleged abuses against Christians. Presidential spokesperson Daniel Bwala criticiz...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Gunmen storm Nigerian school, kidnap studentsMilitant Islamist group Boko Haram and a branch of Islamic State are active in northern Nigeria, but kidnappings by other armed groups - mo...
From bank officials to scammers, an avalanche of fraud buried a small-business relief program in the USIn YouTube posts and Telegram channels, professional scammers shared step-by-step tutorials describing how to defeat the SBA’s defenses.
Millions face hunger as African cities impose coronavirus lockdownsHunger and anger are building in Lagos and other major African cities with little or no social safety net to protect the poor from the econ...
ISIS will never prevail: Joe Biden, US Vice PresidentJoe Biden said the militant group will never prevail and the world stands united in its resolve to destroy the evil terror outfit.
Pirates continue to strike in South East Asian waters: International Maritime BureauFive small tankers were hijacked in the waters of South East Asia in the second quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of vessels to 13.