MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 21 - At least eight Nigerian soldiers were killed and 50 wounded on when Islamist Boko Haram insurgents attacked a military formation in Borno State, security sources said on Wednesday. The militants arrived by motorcycle and in armoured vehicles in the incident on Monday, t»»»

KANO, Nigeria, Nov 18, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - An IS-aligned jihadist group Monday claimed it had killed a Nigerian brigadier general leading the fight against militant groups in the volatile Lake Chad region. In a post on the IS-affiliated Amaq online channel, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWA»»»

The army headquarters confirmed the ongoing confrontation via its verified Facebook page on Saturday morning, stating: The Nigerian Army has confirmed that its troops are currently locked in a heavy gunfight with militants of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Buni Gari, Yobe State, »»»

Two weeks after a failed reconciliation attempt between Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), commonly known as Boko Haram, and its breakaway faction, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), both groups have resumed hostilities in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State. This»»»

At least 20 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a suspected attack by fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Friday. The assault targeted an army base in Malam-Fatori, a remote town in northeastern Borno state, which serves as a gateway to the border with Niger. According to s»»»

Suspected ISWAP fighters target army base in the remote Malam-Fatori town in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state. At least 20 Nigerian soldiers have been reportedly killed in a suspected attack by fighters from the ISIL affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP). The attackers targeted an army base i»»»

At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a jihadist suicide attack by Islamic State-affiliated militants in the northeast. The attack occurred in a wasteland straddling Borno and Yobe states when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a convoy of troops. Several soldiers were»»»

Gunmen have killed eight Nigerian security personnel, including three policemen and five militiamen, in an ambush in the central state of Kogi. In Saturday's attack, gunmen "suspected to be bandits ambushed and killed eight security personnel in Ajaokuta area," Onogwu Muhammed, spokesman for the Ko»»»

KANO: Jihadists in northeast Nigeria have since Friday killed 27 people in four separate attacks, security sources and residents said on Sunday. The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), which split from rival Boko Haram jihadists in 2016, has escalated attacks in recent weeks, despite ongoin»»»