ABUJA— Troops of 3 Division of the Nigerian Army and officials of the Department of State Services, DSS, have arrested the mastermind of the coordinated bombings in Jos, Plateau State and Zaria, Kaduna State on Sunday and Tuesday, respectively. President Muhammadu Buhari has, meantime, declared th...

A female suicide bomber has blown herself up at a market in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 12 people. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for Sunday's blast in Azare, a town in Nigeria's Bauchi State, but similar bombings have been carried out in the region by the Islamist militan...

Boko Haram attacked Niger Republic town Diffa yesterday, killing five people in a suicide bombing, after the army repelled an attack by the sect. It was the second attack by Boko Haram in three days on Niger’s southern border region, where some 2,500 Chadian troops have gathered ahead of a planned ...