Post reporters ventured to northwest Nigeria, where fighters affiliated with the Islamic State are on the offensive despite December airstrikes ordered by President Trump.

Nigeria's First Lady is seeking a stronger U.S. partnership against terrorism as lawmakers debate ongoing violence affecting Christian communities nationwide.

Witnesses appearing before the United States Congress Foreign Affairs Committee have cautioned that Nigeria is at risk of descending into widespread

From the rise of the shadowy ‘Lakurawa’ to a multimillion-dollar kidnapping industry, here is a breakdown of the overlapping insurgencies turning the country into a battlefield.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. military had attacked Islamic State targets in Nigeria, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region. In a Christmas Day post on Truth Social, the president said he directed the military to launch a ...

ABUJA, Nigeria -- The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria's on Thursday marked a major escalation in an offensive that Nigeria's overstretched military has struggled with for years. U.S. President Donald ...