Extremists in Nigeria s Borno State, believed to be from Boko Haram, have beheaded four abducted individuals, including at ...

Many girls that Amnesty International spoke with reported that the “freedom” they have experienced after escaping Boko Haram ...

Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso has expressed shock over the ...

Nigeria’s army chief who led soldiers through a critical period in the fight against Islamic extremists in the West African ...

Nigeria's army chief Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has died after a "period of illness" aged 56, President Bola Tinubu has announced. He died on Tuesday night in Lagos. The exact details of his illness were ...

We strongly condemn these acts of extreme violence, which have once again plunged families and the entire Chadian people into ...

After a recent dam disaster, Nigerian officials blamed God, climate change and poor people. But experts had warned the dam was at risk well before it collapsed. The officials did nothing.

One woman was among the four Christians abducted from two predominantly Christian villages, Mai-Iddo and Arikon, in Kachia ...

Lagbaja’s death comes at a crucial time as Nigeria continues to fight one of Africa’s longest wars on militancy in its northeastern region, where Boko Haram extremists launched an insurgency nearly 15 ...

Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party ... Government to face the challenges of banditry, kidnapping, Boko Haram, lack of stable electricity and excruciating economic ...

Al Jazeera spoke to one civilian fighter in Borno State, Boko Haram's long-time stronghold in the far north-east.

When Boko Haram launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria in 2010, Abdulhameed Salisu packed his bag and fled from his hometown of Damasak in the country's battered Borno state. The 45-year ...