The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum and parents of a teenage girl in Borno State, Aisha Muhammad, recently kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram terrorists, have appealed to the military to expedite ...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Sani, has explained why former President Goodluck Jonathan was unpopular in ...

No fewer than 25 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad ...

Hundreds of residents of Kirawa, a community in Borno State, displaced by Boko Haram insurgents, have cried out over their ...

The Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience has signed a  Memorandum of Understanding with Operation Safe Corridor ...

The US State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale worth an estimated $346 million to improve the Federal ...

Residents of Kirawa in Gwoza local government area of Borno State have reportedly fled to Cameroon following an attack by ...

The US has approved a potential $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to enhance its security and combat threats like Boko ...

Boko Haram has also been forced to operate from remote, rural regions, as the Nigerian military and a regional counter-insurgency force have reclaimed almost all of the territory it once held.

Prior to Boko Haram’s capture in July 2014 of Damboa, the first Nigerian town to fall to the extremist sect, its near decade-long insurgency had been characterized by traditional guerilla warfare.

For months, fear of Boko Haram has gripped Nigeria’s northeast. The goals of the Islamic militant group, which captured international attention through a relentless campaign of brutality, have ...