SaharaReporters gathered that personnel deployed to the Ikiriki station were forced to vacate the facility and merge operations with the Uwani Police Division after sustained assaults by suspected ...

At least 30 villagers have been killed while several others were abducted by gunmen who raided a village in northern Nigeria’s Niger state, police said Sunday, the latest in a cycle of deadly violence ...

Nigeria have learned their last-16 opponents at the Africa Cup of Nations. The Super Eagles were already guaranteed progression through to the AFCON knockout stages as Group C winners ahead of Tuesday ...

Nigeria has fought Islamist insurgents for more than a decade, but the appearance of foreign fighters linked to IS signals an escalation. The US strikes around Christmas hold symbolism following ...

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Nigeria captain Wilfred Ndidi says the Super Eagles will draw motivation from their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 defeat to Tunisia when the file out for Friday's group stage encounter.

Parts of the US right have for years been amplifying claims that Christians face violence in Nigeria, a notion the US president has helped to encourage After spending weeks accusing Nigeria’s ...

The Christmas Day attack in Nigeria ordered by President Trump targeted two alleged Islamic State camps with more than a dozen missiles fired from a U.S. Navy warship, killing multiple militants, ...

The United States launched airstrikes in Nigeria against Islamic State militants on Christmas Day after President Donald Trump threatened in November to go into the country "guns-a-blazing" over what ...

The Christmas day attacks in the country’s northwestern Sokoto state are the first direct strike against militants in Nigeria by the U.S. By Nicholas Slayton Published Dec 26, 2025 1:06 PM EST ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday marked a major escalation in an offensive that the West African's ...

1:59 Nigeria says US strike not related to ‘particular region’ after targeted attack on Islamic militants Sanusi Madabo, a 40-year-old farmer in the Nigerian village of Jabo, was preparing for bed ...