Nigeria's military says it has used precision airstrikes to kill at least 35 Islamic militants in the country's northeast.

The army in Niger says it has killed a senior leader of Boko Haram in a targeted airstrike. State television reported ...

The Niger army revealed it had killed Ibrahim Bakoura, a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, ...

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 ...

Strikes are latest by the Nigerian military as it battles resurgence of attacks by armed groups in country’s northeast.

Boko Haram is infamous for killings, kidnappings, and destruction. Its ideology stems from Salafi-Wahabi beliefs, influenced by scholars like Abu Muhammad Al Maqdisi. Yusuf, educated through the ...

Nigerian air forces have struck hard at armed groups in the northeast, inflicting heavy losses and trying to stabilize the ...

Nigeria's airforce said it had killed more than 35 jihadists in raids Saturday on militant fighters that had gathered near ...

As at this morning, dear reader of the Orbit, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) remains a political prisoner, and a prisoner of conscience in Nigeria. Kanu continues ...

Boko Haram is a militant Islamic group that has existed for more than a decade in Nigeria, but it has become increasingly violent since an internal leadership change in 2009.

Nigeria’s information minister, however, downplayed the December 27 attacks and further reaffirmed that Boko Haram was on the precipice of being “wiped out.” ...

The group, known as “Boko Haram,” has been blamed for two months of widespread bloodshed in Nigeria, with churches and police stations among the targets.