KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Five members of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram and two soldiers were killed in gun battles in Kano on Saturday, the army said, the first violence in months linked to ...

Troops of the 3rd Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Kano have arrested at least, 10 suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists.  According to Punch, a source said the t operation was carried out ...

BBC News is reporting that Nigerian police have arrested 14 suspected members of Boko Haram, Islamist militants tied to a recent shoot-out in Kano, in which seven people were killed. Some sources say ...

Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State has appealed to insurgents to embrace dialogue and present their grievances to stop the killings of innocent people in the country. The governor made the ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Boko Haram, a militant Islamic group working out of Nigeria, whose purpose is to institute Sharia, or Islamic law. In the local Hausa dialect, Boko Haram means “Western ...

“Following threat messages against some members of the diplomatic corps in Abuja and Lagos, this service responded and subsequently apprehended one Aikhoje Moses, on 19 August 2016, at Azagha by-pass ...

Recent factionalisation of terrorist group, Boko Haram, has created fresh worries in Nigeria, reports Assistant Editor, Dare Odufowokan. There are fresh fears in the restive northern parts of the ...