Airstrikes in central Nigeria at the weekend killed 13 civilians, local sources told AFP on Monday, in an attack the military said killed 70 “bandit” gang members. The strikes took place in Niger state’s Shiroro local government area, home to known hideouts for a Boko Haram jihadist faction as well»»»

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 13 - Islamist militants riding motorbikes stormed an army base near Nigeria's northeastern border with Chad, killing the commander and six other soldiers late on Sunday, two military sources said. The assault was by members of Boko Haram and its splinter group Islamic Stat»»»

Hundreds of residents who fled their homes earlier this month after jihadists raided a military base have returned to their town in northeastern Nigeria, despite an increase in jihadist attacks. On May 12, fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (I ... »»»

KANO, Nigeria, May 24, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Hundreds of residents who fled their homes earlier this month after jihadists raided a military base have returned to their town in northeastern Nigeria, despite an increase in jihadist attacks. On May 12, fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province »»»

At least 20,000 people have fled Marte town following increasing attacks by Islamist militants in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, its governor has said, four years after residents returned to the town that was once controlled by insurgents. Borno state has witnessed an upsurge in attacks by sus»»»

Many others sustained various degrees of injury while the vehicle conveying the passengers and surrounding buildings were badly damaged and burnt. A yet-to-be confirmed number of persons including a mother and her child have been killed after a vehicle ran into an improvised explosive device (IED) »»»