Two bomb attacks in Nigeria this week killed at least 40 people, highlighting a surge in jihadist violence in the region.

The Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, has claimed responsibility for Monday’s deadly bombing of a pickup van in ...

Violence reportedly flaring up in region long plagued by ISIL affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram.

Police say improvised explosive devices detonated on a road in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 26 people in several ...

At least 26 people, including women and children, were killed on Monday evening when vehicles detonated improvised explosive ...

There was no bomb explosion in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Tuesday morning, contrary to online claims that also said dozens ...

IN SHORT: A report circulating on Facebook claims that a bomb blast targeting Nigeria's vice president, Kashim Shettima, killed 26 people in the capital Abuja. The claim is false.

Gunmen have killed at least 20 people in an attack in a gold mining village in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, ...

The attack happened in Borno state which has been a hotbed of the Boko Haram jihadist uprising in Nigeria. More than 40,000 ...

Christians in Nigeria face ongoing Islamist violence this Easter. One expert is urging the U.S. to label Nigeria a "country ...

Nigeria has appointed a new commander for its fight against insurgency in the northeast after renewed attacks in the last ...

The Islamic State West Africa Province has claimed responsibility for an attack on Nigeria's northeastern Borno state that killed at least 26 people, the group said in a statement on Telegram on ...