By Ezinwanne OnwukaMohammed Badaru, Minister of Defense. Credit: Facebook/Mohammed Badaru. (Abuja) In Nigeria’s Northeast, insurgents are reclaiming territory. In the Northwest, bandits ti ...

Rev. Alphonsus Afina, a Nigerian priest who served in Alaska, was kidnapped by Boko Haram near Gwoza amid rising violence in ...

Faithful on two continents are praying for the safe return of a Nigerian priest who once served in Alaska and has been kidnapped in his home country.

ShareThe North East Development Commission (NEDC) was established in 2017 to extirpate the problems of poverty, insecurity and the long and intractable devastation caused by insurgency through Boko ...

A Nigerian Catholic priest who recently served in the United States has been abducted by extremists along with other travelers in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, the ...

Across the continent, thousands of Fulani people are holding fast to their ancient customs—while reshaping their traditions ...

Al Jazeera meets the Nigerian farmers sneaking back to their homes despite the frequent attacks by Boko Haram and ISIL.

ShareANAYO EZUGWU x-rays achievements of the Ministry of Defence in the fight against insecurity in the last two years of ...

Nigerian bishop faces threats and village attacks after testifying to Congress about Christian persecution, with four fatal ...

Catholic bishops in Nigeria have lashed out against the continued killing of Christians in the country, saying in a June 6 ...

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has denied reports attributed to him that a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt- Gen. Tukur Buratai ...

Boko Haram reported that it captured the Rev. Alphonsus Afina on June 1, according to the Diocese of Fairbanks.