Kano, Nigeria—At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when jihadists ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in northeast Nigeria’s Borno...
Pope Francis made a rare Sunday outing from Vatican grounds to celebrate a mass on "divine mercy" with prisoners, refugees and health workers.
The service...
Protesters blocked a highway outside the northwest Nigerian city of Kaduna on Monday to demand the release of kidnapped students.
Several dozen protesters barricaded the...
Security forces have foiled an attempt to kidnap hundreds of schoolboys in northwestern Nigeria, a state official said on Sunday, days after dozens of...
Nigeria will this week receive its first delivery of Covid-19 vaccines with nearly four million doses set to arrive in Africa's most populous nation...
A jihadist attack in northeast Nigeria has forced many people to flee after Islamic state-affiliated insurgents overran a key army base, military sources and...
Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang have kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys from their hostels along with some of teachers in central Nigeria,...
Nigerian police said on Tuesday they had freed three Chinese workers kidnapped last week from a gold-mining site in southwestern Osun state.
The Chinese were...
Seven children and an adult were kidnapped from an orphanage by unknown criminals outside Nigeria's capital Abuja, police said Monday.
Aged between nine and 14,...
