The Federal Government on Friday formally commenced the 2026 Nigerian Armed Forces Celebrations and Remembrance Week, with ...

One of the Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram explosives in Borno State has been identified as Lance Corporal Alhaji Mal Idris Alkali Musa, a Special Forces infantry soldier who got married just ...

Two late December incidents in Nigeria involved separate forms of violence. A suicide bombing at a mosque in Maiduguri killed ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian security forces have killed at least 30 gunmen after armed attacks in the country’s troubled northwest, authorities said Thursday. The joint police and military ...

The U.S. military said Nigeria requested air strike on Islamic State fighters. Trump has threatened military action over militant violence against Christians in Nigeria. Nigeria's foreign ministry ...

In the last two years, the Nigerian military has intensified efforts to combat terrorism and banditry, focusing on eliminating top leaders and commanders. Through Operation Hadin Kai in the Northeast ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said the United States launched a "powerful and deadly" strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing ...

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian forces killed two Islamist gunmen in a shootout and arrested five others after their checkpoint in the north's main city of Kano was attacked on Thursday, they said.