Militants from the Islamic State's West Africa Province( ISWAP) have reportedly struck a Nigerian army base and set fires in the surrounding town.... Footage shared on social media shows thick black smoke risingin the Askira area of Borno Stateafter thejihadis launched their assault.... Northern Nigeria has faced a series of raids and attacks from Islamist terror groups aligned with ISIS in recent years. The town of Askira is home to around 140, 000 people with reports of residents trapped in

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria( Reuters)-Armed men killed at least 18 people and set ablaze cars and shops in Nigeria's Zamfara state, where the government has imposed a telecoms blackout as part of a security operation against groups of kidnappers, two residents said on Wednesday. Northwest Nigeria has been engulfed in crisis since late 2020, when groups of armed men began a spate of mass abductions from schools and other violent attacks on villages and on people travelling by road. Two residents said the

Nigerian women attend an inter-faith prayer rally organized by the Freedom and Justice Party in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday Feb.... ICC emphasizes that they use the term militants, as there are many Fulanis that are both peaceful and law-abiding. Nigeria is comprised almost equally of Christians and Muslims, with Islam the preeminent faith in the nation's North and Christianity dominating the South.... " Nigeria's Christians in the North and Middle Belt live under constant threat of attack....