Nigerian security forces killed at least 30 bandits in coordinated counter-operations in the Faskari district of Katsina state in the country's northwest, the state's internal security commissioner ...

Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital have commended the member representing Jere federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon Ahmed Satomi for selling 100,000 litres of ...

Two suspects have been arrested by the Borno State Police Command in connection with the recovery of three stolen vehicles across different parts of the state.The command’s Public Relations Officer, ...

The Borno State Police Command has arrested two suspected over the theft and recovery of three Mercedes Benz C180 in Bolori area of Maiduguri, the state ...

A Nigerian priest who previously served in Alaska remains missing after being captured by Boko Haram operatives in his homeland, OSV News has learned.

Editor’s Note: Ahmed Hersi heads the ICRC’s office in Maiduguri, north east Nigeria. Born and raised in Somalia, Ahmed now holds Canadian citizenship. He joined the ICRC in 1999 and has run ...

No-one in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri knows who to be afraid of most, a group of Islamist militants known as Boko Haram or the police, writes journalist Andrew Walker.

Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed. By Ruth Maclean and Ismail Alfa Reporting from Dakar, Senegal, and Maiduguri ...