Boko Haram has seized control of a town in northeastern Nigeria, the latest to fall into Islamist hands in the crisis-hit region and an indication of the group's increasing territorial ambitions. The ...

Terrorists belonging to Boko Haram, a faction of Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad (JAS), have released a disturbing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MAIDUGURI (Reuters) -Boko Haram militants killed more than 60 people, including seven soldiers, in a nighttime assault on a ...

Terrorist groups have attacked Nigerian states in 2026, causing deaths, raids, and mass displacement despite military efforts ...

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, April 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria has convicted nearly 400 Islamist militants following mass trials held this week in the capital Abuja, the country's Attorney General said late on ...

Community leaders in Michika, Adamawa, appealed to Nigerian Army to deploy more troops and armoured tanks to the town to enhance security. The appeal followed an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on ...

Boko Haram fighters have reportedly hoisted the Islamist group's flag in a remote district in Niger State, Nigeria's Middle Belt region, and seized the wives of fleeing residents, the state's governor ...

Spent bullets crunch underfoot, a raided bank lies in ruins and burned out cars and motorbikes dot the streets. Michika may now be free from Boko Haram but the town in the remote north of Nigeria's ...

When Boko Haram militants stormed into her hometown, heavily pregnant Nigerian mother Mariam Adoum dropped everything and ran for her life. Four days after she reached this desert town across the ...

Eyewitnesses have told the Associated Press that Islamic extremist group Boko Haram attacked the northeastern Nigerian town of Damboa before dawn on Friday, "piling up corpses" and setting half the ...