Drastic cuts to humanitarian aid in north-eastern Nigeria could prove a boon to one of the world's most deadly militant ...

Let’s analyse the Boko Haram insurgency using Galula’s counterinsurgency manual. The Boko Haram war has festered because it ...

Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.

North East Joint Task Force's troops killed 17 Boko Haram terrorists during clearance operations in Borno and Adamawa states, says army spokesman - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Despite receiving some of the highest security budgets in Africa, Nigeria remains one of the most unsafe places on the continent.

Analysis - New evidence shows how JAS' Shiroro cell adopts a flexible approach that tolerates local bandits and their vices.

Gunmen abducted at least 45 women and children in an overnight raid on five villages in northwest Nigeria, witnesses said, in the second mass kidnapping in the area within days.

Troops conducting counter-insurgency operations in Borno State have repelled a coordinated attack by suspected Boko Haram and ...

When the Nigerian Air Force celebrated its 60th anniversary in May 2024, its spokesperson declared it was set to become the third largest air force in Africa within the next two years. This is based ...

Fulani herdsmen on Monday morning killed a Christian woman in a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, the latest of 17 ...