President Donald Trump said the United States launched a “powerful and deadly” strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country’s ...

Two late December incidents in Nigeria involved separate forms of violence. A suicide bombing at a mosque in Maiduguri killed ...

Evangelical Christians, including the Southern Baptist Convention, and other U.S. faith groups have sought intervention ...

A retired Nigerian military officer, Captain Abdullahi Bakoji, has cautioned that reported efforts by the United States to weaken insurgents could pose ...

A military combat drone has crashed in the Kontagora forest area of Niger State, raising fresh concerns over aerial ...

CNN’s Zain Asher speaks with Daniel Bwala, the Nigerian Presidential Adviser, about the coordinated military strike in Nigeria over Christmas.

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President Donald Trump has escalated his threats of military intervention in Nigeria, confirming that the United States is considering sending troops or launching air strikes in the West African ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he’s ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his allegations that the ...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has appealed to residents of Sokoto State to return explosive materials allegedly taken from ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The U.S. cannot unilaterally carry out any military operation in Nigeria over its claims of Christian persecution in the West African country, a Nigerian presidential spokesman ...

The Armed Forces of Nigeria has reacted to the powerful airstrikes launched against the foreign ISIS-linked terrorists’ camp in Sokoto StateThe United States War Department launched airstrikes against ...