Boko Haram

Hundreds of Nigerians previously kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents have been freed in Borno State following a major security breakthrough over the weekend. The release of the captives,…

Abuja, Nigeria — A Catholic priest who was abducted in Nigeria’s southeast a month ago has been killed by his captors, according to church officials, in a case…

MAIDUGURI - Mobile telephone networks were shut down in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, residents said on Monday after authorities ordered a telecoms blackout to help armed…

WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers have put on hold a proposal to sell almost $1 billion of weapons to Nigeria over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the…

ABUJA - Nigeria received its first six A-29 Super Tucano planes, the air force said on Thursday, four years after the United States agreed to sell the West…

The Human Rights Watch report for 2020 showed that weak domestic and regional institutions have undermined human rights in several Southern African Development Community member countries.

Boko Haram militants have shot dead at least four people in a town in Niger near the border with Nigeria, according to a local official.

ABUJA - The United Nations voiced alarm on Wednesday at the uprooting of more than 30,000 Nigerians forced to flee the protracted war against Islamist insurgents in the…

Hundreds of Nigerian soldiers have been killed in recent months by Islamist militants who the president vowed to defeat when voted into power in 2015 – and the…

Boko Haram jihadists abducted around 50 loggers in northeastern Nigerian close to the border with Cameroon, civilian militia and residents told AFP Thursday.