T o fly from the south to the north of Nigeria takes only a couple of hours. Yet in one way, it is like going back in time.

Zulum asserted that wrong and twisted teaching of Islamic studies contributed to the emergence of Boko Haram insurgency in ...

The flooding after a dam collapsed in northeastern Nigeria.Credit ... violence from insurgents with the extremist group Boko Haram. The map locates the city of Maiduguri, in Borno state ...

Chad's army says Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead.

Boko Haram launched an insurgency in Nigeria in 2009, leaving more than 40,000 people dead and displacing millions. It has since spread to neighboring countries ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - At least fifteen people were killed and several others wounded when new insurgent group Lakurawas attacked a rural community in Nigeria's north-west Kebbi state after stealing ...

The region has been attacked repeatedly by insurgencies including Islamic State in West Africa and Boko Haram, which erupted in northeast Nigeria in 2009 and spread to the west of Chad.

Deby said the attacks on Boko Haram will continue until the group is eradicated. Deby, who spoke on state TV, has been in areas of the Lake Chad Basin — shared by Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger and ...

The Nigerian Army said its troops of Sector 2 Operation HADIN KAI, working alongside Civilian Joint Task Force and Hybrid Forces, have dealt a significant blow to Boko Haram’s logistics ...

Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party ... Government to face the challenges of banditry, kidnapping, Boko Haram, lack of stable electricity and excruciating economic ...

Boko Haram, which launched an insurgency more than a decade ago against Western education, seeks to establish Islamic law in Nigeria’s northeast. The insurgency has spread to West African ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead in the country’s west, Chad’s army said.