Nigeria

At least 50 dead, women and children abducted in armed raid on Nigerian village

Armed men attacked Tungan Dutse village in Nigeria, killing at least 50 people and abducting women and children. The attack highlights ongoing insecurity in northern Nigeria.

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People who fled attacks by bandits in a village, are pictured in a shelter for displaced people in Gusau, Zamfara, Nigeria, February 8, 2023.
People look on as Nigerian Military arrives at Woro community, after an overnight attack by gunmen that killed dozens of residents, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, February 4, 2026.

Suspected Lakurawa militants kill 34 in coordinated attacks on Nigerian villages

The gunmen swept through villages in the remote border district, opening fire in what survivors described as highly organized, indiscriminate attacks.

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Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenat-General Waidi Shaibu inspects troops, during the tour of Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, November 6, 2025.

Nigerian troops repelled simultaneous assaults by Islamist terrorists on military bases in Borno

Borno, the epicenter of Nigeria's 17-year Islamist insurgency, has seen Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters intensify attacks on both troops and civilians.

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People look on as Nigerian Military arrives at Woro community, after an overnight attack by gunmen that killed dozens of residents, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, February 4, 2026.

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.

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OPEC's Secretary-General Barkindo dies, Nigerian oil official says

Barkindo, who was 63 years old, was due to step down at the end of this month after six years as OPEC's secretary-general.

JULY 6, 2022ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Late OPEC secretary-general Mohammad Barkindo speaks while addressing delegates at the opening of the Nigeria Oil & Gas 2022 meeting in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigeria church attack killed 22, injured 50 - official

It is not uncommon for conflicting casualty figures to emerge in the aftermath of disasters in Nigeria.

JUNE 7, 2022ByREUTERS
A view of St. Francis Catholic Church where worshippers were attacked by gunmen during Sunday mass service, is pictured in Owo, Ondo, Nigeria June 6, 2022.

Pain and horror follow massacre in Nigerian Catholic church

Owo is located in Ondo State in southwest Nigeria, a part of the country that does not usually experience violent conflict over religion

JUNE 6, 2022ByREUTERS
A view of St. Francis Catholic Church where worshippers were attacked by gunmen during Sunday mass service, is pictured in Owo, Ondo, Nigeria June 6, 2022.

At least 50 dead after gunmen attack worshippers at church in Nigeria

Local media said gunmen had fired at worshippers and detonated explosives at the church. Those killed included women and children.

JUNE 5, 2022ByREUTERS
A BOY walk past the Apostolic church in Bodo, Nigeria

Nigerian Christians demand justice for student killed over alleged blasphemy

Two suspects were arrested in connection with the murder of Deborah Samuel, accused of posting blasphemous statements about the Prophet Mohammad.

MAY 15, 2022ByREUTERS
Christian worshippers sit during a mass at the St Gabriel Catholic church, as government struggles to control the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Abuja, Nigeria March 22, 2020.

The voices of Jewish-African leaders have never been lost

“If you are in Israel or Ghana, you have one God, one Torah. If the people in Israel are keeping Shabbat, us Hebrews in Ghana will also keep Shabbat and pray to Hashem.”

APRIL 24, 2022By DAPHNE KLAJMAN
Serge Etele, leader of the Beit Yeshourun Community from Cameroon, holds a Torah Scroll.

Six Nigerian, Niger troops killed by Islamic State, security forces say

Two officers and four other ranks from both countries were killed and 16 wounded.

DECEMBER 30, 2021ByREUTERS
Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters deploy in an intensive security operation earlier this month to regain control over Luhaiban village in Kirkuk after Islamic State had seized the Iraqi village.

Pirates take six hostages from container ship in Gulf of Guinea

The container ship was sailing under a Liberian flag, the spokesperson said, but the name or operator of the vessel were not immediately clear.

DECEMBER 14, 2021ByREUTERS
A container ship sails at the Suez Canal, in Ismailia, Egypt March 31, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS

US Christian groups push first Muslim as Religious Freedom Ambassador

Controversy over removing Nigeria from list of states engaging in religious persecution has highlighted stalled nomination

NOVEMBER 26, 2021ByMIKE WAGENHEIM / THE MEDIA LINE
US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken listens as Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks during a US-Egypt strategic dialogue at the State Department earlier this month.

Iran media sheds light on ‘Islamic movement’ in Nigeria

Nigeria has been plagued by Islamic extremists linked to Boko Haram for the last decade.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau holds a weapon in an unknown location in Nigeria in this still image taken from an undated video obtained on January 15, 2018.