A resurgence of Boko Haram attacks has been shaking Nigeria’s northeast in recent months, as Islamic extremists have repeatedly overrun military outposts, mined roads with bombs and raided civilian ...

Nigeria’s N12.6trn defence spend since 2009 has failed to stop Boko Haram, with killings surging and grassroots groups ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on global stakeholders to deepen cooperation with Nigeria in rebuilding sustainable ...

Notorious around the world for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok more than a decade ago, Boko ...

The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has warned bandits terrorizing communities in the northern part of the country to surrender and immediately stop killing innocent citizens.

New evidence shows how the JAS group’s Shiroro cell adopts a flexible approach that tolerates local bandits and their vices.

Nigeria losing ground ‘almost on a daily basis’ At its peak in 2013 and 2014, Boko Haram gained global notoriety after kidnapping 276 Chibok schoolgirls and controlled an area the size of Belgium.

Boko Haram is a militant Islamic group that has existed for more than a decade in Nigeria, but it has become increasingly violent since an internal leadership change in 2009.

Boko Haram has always been a focus, and in August 2018, we published an analysis of all our Boko Haram data to date. But the NST also collects data pertaining to police and military violence, and ...

Since the public execution of Boko Haram's founder in 2009 by Nigerian security forces, a hard-line militant, Abubakar Shekau, has led this makeshift army of Islamist fighters through years of ...

Nigeria’s information minister, however, downplayed the December 27 attacks and further reaffirmed that Boko Haram was on the precipice of being “wiped out.” ...