DAMATURU/MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) - Boko Haram militants have driven more than 26,000 people from the northeastern town of Bama amid fierce fighting, witnesses and security sources said on ...

The blast tore through a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State as worshippers gathered for evening prayers, witnesses say.

Nigeria's military campaign against Boko Haram Islamists is increasingly bogged down as it confronts suicide attacks, looting and indiscriminate slaughter while the UN warns the affected region faces ...

African coalition forces say the first phase of the offensive against Boko Haram is over following last week’s successful recapture of a strategic border village in northern Nigeria – the latest to be ...

The planned rescue of the over 200 school girls abducted in Chibok in April by Boko Haram is on hold for now. The battle by troops to reclaim Bama and Gwoza both in Borno State from the terrorists is ...

Nigerian troops have engaged Boko Haram terrorists in a fierce battle in Bama, Borno state Following the Boko Haram conquest of Gwoza in Borno, a group of terrorists are said to have invaded the Bama ...

Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian army of unlawfully detaining and abusing women and girls who escaped Boko Haram captivity in northeast Nigeria, raising new concerns about the country’s ...

Security operatives killed yesterday a suspected Boko Haram member in an early morning raid in Kinkinau area of Kaduna metropolis. The Nation gathered that the suspect was an insurgent leader, who ...

Militants in Nigeria’s northeastern region donned army uniforms on Sunday morning and set up fake checkpoints along a main highway, where they stopped motorists, forced them out of their vehicles, and ...

LAGOS, Nigeria – A court-martial has dismissed from the army and jailed a Nigerian general who lost a battle to Boko Haram Islamic extremists who killed hundreds of civilians. The military Saturday ...

BORNO: Nigerian troops have killed 29 suspected Islamist militants in two days of fighting in the northeast, where President Goodluck Jonathan's forces are trying to stamp out Boko Haram's ...