About one hundred terrorists have reportedly been killed as Boko Haram fighters engaged in a fierce battle with ISWAP. According to an exclusive report by counter-insurgency expert and security ...

Nigeria’s military campaign against Boko Haram Islamists is increasingly bogged down as it confronts suicide attacks, looting and indiscriminate slaughter while the UN warns the affected region faces ...

Nigeria faces a prolonged battle to quash the bloody Boko Haram insurgency despite a “hardline” campaign that has witnessed rights abuses by both the state and the militants, according to a South ...

Nigerian Army has confirmed that it lost a lieutenant colonel and an undisclosed number of soldiers in battle against Boko Haram terrorists around Kashimri general area of Bama Local Government Area, ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Three militaries, using ground troops and warplanes, fought Boko Haram on at least two fronts Wednesday with hundreds of the Islamic fighters reported dead as the conflict took on ...

Here’s a look at Boko Haram, a militant Islamic group working out of Nigeria, whose purpose is to institute Sharia, or Islamic law. Facts In the local Hausa dialect, Boko Haram means “Western ...