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Borno State
Nigerian military reveals top Boko Haram figure died in Borno night operation
The Nigerian military says a senior Boko Haram field commander has been killed during a night operation in the country’s northeast, alongside 10 other fighters, as troops press deeper into insurgent strongholds in Borno state. According to the army, the operation took place late Saturday in the Kodunga area, where soldiers launched a coordinated assault…
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Over 60 killed as Boko Haram strikes resettled village in northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram gunmen struck a recently resettled village in Nigeria’s Borno State late Friday....
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UN sounds alarm over Nigeria’s deepening hunger crisis as funding for food aid runs dry across West and Central Africa
An alarming hunger emergency is sweeping through Nigeria, where nearly 31 million people now...
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Boko Haram kills 9 in northeast Nigeria as governor warns against aiding militants
Nine people have been killed and four others injured in a deadly assault on the Malam Fatori...
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Suicide bombing in Borno restaurant kills 10 amid ongoing insurgency in northeast Nigeria
A quiet evening in Konduga, a town roughly 30 kilometers from Maiduguri in Nigeria’s troubled Borno State, turned into chaos late Friday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside a local...
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Nigerian priest formerly based in Alaska abducted by Boko Haram in Borno state ambush
A Nigerian Catholic priest who once served in Alaska has been abducted by Boko Haram militants along with other civilians in northeastern Nigeria, the church confirmed. The Rev. Alphonsus Afina, who returned...
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Roadside bomb blast claims lives of 8 bus passengers in northeast Nigeria
A roadside bomb, believed to have been planted by Islamic extremists, detonated beneath a passenger bus in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, killing eight people and injuring over a dozen more, according...
