Maiduguri – Deadly Assault on Military Position in Northeast Nigeria At least two Nigerian soldiers have been killed and a commanding officer wounded after suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters launched a pre-dawn attack on an army base in northeastern Nigeria, security sources and the military have confirmed. The assault took place in […]
The United States has carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria, U.S. officials confirmed, marking a rare but coordinated military action between Washington and Abuja. U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said the strikes were conducted in coordination with Nigerian authorities in Sokoto State and resulted in the deaths of multiple Islamic State fighters. […]
A Christian group in Nigeria has confirmed that 50 of the 303 schoolchildren abducted earlier this week from a Catholic school in Niger State have successfully escaped from their captors. The children taken by armed gunmen in what has become one of the largest school abductions in Nigeria’s recent history have now been reunited with […]
A Nigerian Catholic priest who recently returned from the United States has been abducted by suspected Boko Haram militants in the northeastern state of Borno, the Catholic Church confirmed on Sunday. Rev. Alphonsus Afina, who served in Alaska from 2017 to 2024, was kidnapped on June 1 near the border town of Gwoza, close to […]