Nigeria
Al Qaeda, Islamic State ramp up violence in West Africa’s tri-border region, report shows
The findings underscore the accelerating spread of jihadist groups in West Africa, where governments and foreign militaries have struggled for more than a decade to contain their advance.
At least 50 dead, women and children abducted in armed raid on Nigerian village
Suspected Lakurawa militants kill 34 in coordinated attacks on Nigerian villages
Nigerian troops repelled simultaneous assaults by Islamist terrorists on military bases in Borno
At least 32 killed in northwest Nigeria villages over armed assailants attack
The attacks on villages in the Borgu Local Government Area, near the border with the Benin Republic, are part of a surge in attacks blamed on "bandits," who have carried out deadly assaults.
When prayer is weaponized: Preserving faith’s sincerity in a politicized world - opinion
True prayer lights the heart and softens the soul; it cannot be weaponized without losing meaning.
Rescue of 166 kidnapped Christian worshippers completed in Nigeria one month later
CAN, which represents congregations across Nigeria, said gunmen stormed the churches on January 18 and seized 177 worshippers.
At least 170 killed in armed attack on central Nigerian village
Armed gunmen rounded up residents, bound their hands behind their backs, and executed them, local lawmaker Saidu Baba Ahmed stated.
US confirms troops on ground in Nigeria amid ISIS counterterror push
The US has sent a small team of troops to Nigeria following December airstrikes on ISIS targets, marking the first confirmation of US forces on the ground.
Eight Nigerian soldiers killed, up to 50 wounded, in Boko Haram attack
A military source said the military formation was part of an offensive to flush out insurgents from the Timbuktu Triangle, a longstanding militant stronghold in northeastern Nigeria.
Four Tomahawk missiles fired at Nigeria by US on Christmas failed to explode
The US strikes were conducted on Christmas night, December 25, 2025. US President Donald Trump declared the attack a "Christmas present" for ISIS, claiming that they were persecuting Christians.
Texas Tech women's basketball team scores tallest woman in college basketball history for team
The Texas Tech athletic department didn't make the news official, but it did post a photo on its website of Stephanie Okechukwu, a 7-footer from Nigeria, palming a basketball in each hand.
US airstrikes against ISIS in Nigeria raise questions over strategy - analysis
US airstrikes hit ISIS camps in Nigeria on Christmas Day in what officials said was a joint operation, raising questions over whether further action will follow.
US strike on ISIS in Nigeria delayed by a day as a 'Christmas present,' Trump reveals
"I said, ‘Nope, let’s give a Christmas present.’ … They didn’t think that was coming, but we hit them hard. Every camp got decimated," Trump said.
