Hundreds of women and children who were kidnapped by jihadist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria were freed over the ...

Nov. 18 (UPI) --Two girls were rescued Tuesday after at least 25 schoolchildren and a teacher were kidnapped from a school in northwestern Nigeria, local officials said. Nigerian authorities said the ...

Nigeria's military has denied a rights group's claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend.

The Nigerian army says Islamic militants have attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria, killing five soldiers ...

A military spokesman confirmed the bombing in Zamfara state, but said there was no verifiable evidence of civilian casualties. By Ruth Maclean and Saikou Jammeh Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Nigeria ...

ABUJA – Nigeria 's military Tuesday denied a rights group's claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend, as attention turned again to a long-running fight against armed ...