A yet-to-be-confirmed number of Nigerian soldiers have been killed in an attack by militants from the Islamic State-backed ...

Boko Haram's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video on Thursday to dispute a claim that the jihadist group had been routed from its Sambisa Forest stronghold. "We are safe. We have not ...

The Nigerian army says it is looking into reports that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has died after blowing himself up to avoid being captured by a rival group. The Nigerian army says it is ...

Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram is dead, Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) said in an audio recording obtained by Reuters on Sunday. Shekau died ...

The extremist faction, historically linked to Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, the group commonly known as Boko ...

The army said it's now focusing some of its attention on Abu Musab al-Barnawi. This was disclosed by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Sani Usman, who said that the army is now ...

A Boko Haram faction has long been inspired by the Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Now that IS leader Baghdadi is dead, will this faction still remain as potent and violent? al-Baghdadi detonated his ...

A close aide to the head of jihadist group Boko Haram on Friday denied Nigerien army claims that he he had been killed in a targeted airstrike in the Lake Chad basin. The militant group has been ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic extremists have a new leader who is threatening to bomb churches and kill Christians while ending attacks on mosques and markets used by ordinary ...