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In May 2014, the United Nations Security Council listed Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation. Three years earlier, the Gaji ...

Fears of another large-scale attack on Christians are growing in Benue state, Nigeria, where Fulani herdsmen slaughtered up ...

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General, Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd), has commended troops of the Nigerian Army for ...

A suicide attack in Nigeria's Borno state on June 21, which killed 12 people, has raised fears about the resurgence of the ...

A suicide bomber in Nigeria's northeast state of Borno has killed at least 10 people and injured several others in an ...

On the night of June 21, a woman detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in a crowd of people at a fish market in ...

Though other factors are surely at play, church leaders in Nigeria insist the attacks are part of a systematic campaign to ...

The Nigerian military has recorded remarkable successes since revving up its counter-insurgency operation in the North-east, ...

At least 17 soldiers were killed in northern Nigeria as gunmen stormed three army bases, showcasing the rising challenge for ...

Nigeria’s GDP bears a hidden toll far larger than headline fiscal figures suggest: the tragic weight of lives lost through ...

Durable solutions to end deadly attacks in Benue State will remain elusive if the crisis continues to be misdiagnosed.