Nigeria

A bomb blast hit a cattle market in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno late on Saturday, with as many as…

Nigeria's military on Saturday repelled a Boko Haram attack on the key northeast city of Maiduguri that saw rocket-propelled grenades…

Boko Haram fighters hacked to death 10 people in a remote village in northeast Nigeria, a local government official told…

Giles Peppiatt, from Bonhams in London, had good reason to make the trip to Nigeria's financial capital, Lagos, for the…

Boko Haram fighters killed older boys and men in front of their families before taking women and children into the…

Hundreds of traumatized Nigerian women and children rescued from Boko Haram Islamists have been released into the care of authorities…

Nineteen people were killed in Thursday night’s attack on a Cameroonian village by Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants, a security source…

Boko Haram Islamic militants have kidnapped at least 2,000 girls and women since the start of last year, turning them…

Results from Nigeria's elections, potentially the closest contest since the end of military rule in 1999, were due to start…

Islamist Boko Haram insurgents launched two deadly attacks on voters in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, police and a security source…