Nigeria has experienced at least nine coups and attempted coups between 1966 and 1995. The last major scare came in 1997, ...

Northern Nigeria has endured years of insecurity as jihadist groups and armed criminals terrorise communities, forcing ...

A nation's democratic dream crumbled when the June 12, 1993 elections--hailed as Nigeria's freest and fairest--were stalled and ultimately annulled by the military. That historic fracture, long etched ...

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis, took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their radical version of ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least six soldiers and 34 Islamic extremists died in a clash in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, the military said Wednesday. The rebels, riding on motorcycles and gun ...

Nigeria’s president has replaced top security officials as his government grapples with unabated violence in the conflict-hit ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Not a day goes by ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 76 hostages, including children, have been freed after Nigeria’s military targeted militants with airstrikes in the country’s northwest, local authorities said. The ...

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has appointed new service chiefs in a sweeping overhaul of the country's military leadership, ...