BAUCHI, Nigeria( Reuters)-Twenty people, including children, were burnt to death after a public

BAUCHI, Nigeria( Reuters)-Nigerian officials cut communication lines in multiple parts of Katsina

BAUCHI, Nigeria( Reuters)-At least 20 people were killed in Nigeria's Sokoto state when gunmen

BAUCHI, Nigeria( Reuters)-Ten more students who were kidnapped by gunmen from a school in Nigeria

BAUCHI/ KADUNA, Nigeria( Reuters)-About 150 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding

Mass kidnappings, a tactic of Islamist insurgents in the northeast in previous years, have more recently been carried out in the northwest by armed gangs seeking ransom. The latest incident took place at a secondary school in the town of Kaya, several local residents told Reuters.... Kaya is located in a rural area of Zamfara which has been one of the worst-hit states.A member of staff at the school, reached by telephone, confirmed an attack had taken place and said the number of abducted child

" It is clear this was a well-conceived and prearranged assault on a known target, location and religious persuasion of the travellers, not an opportunist ambush," Buhari said." A direct, brazen and wickedly motivated attack on members of a community exercising their rights to travel freely and to follow the faith of their choosing." Plateau state governor Simon Lalong said security agencies had arrested 20 suspects and imposed a 6 a.m.-6 p.m. curfew in the area due to fear of reprisals.... " T

ABUJA( Reuters)-The Nigerian air force said on Thursday it may have killed and injured civilians while pursuing suspected Islamist insurgents in the northeast state of Yobe, in an incident that residents said left at least six people dead. Nigeria's northeast is the hotbed of two Islamist insurgencies: Boko Haram and Islamic State's West African( ISWAP) branch, which split from the former group in 2016.An air force spokesman said a fighter jet responded to intelligence on suspicious movements of

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for Dec.... Check out what's clicking on Foxnews. comMore than 1, 000 Christians have been murdered by Islamic militants this year in Nigeria, according to a report circulated by Christian news outlets earlier this month.... " They attack rural villages, force villagers off their lands and settle in their place — a strategy that is epitomized by the phrase:' Your land or your blood,'" the report said....