Nigeria and some U.S. lawmakers have not always seen eye to eye on terrorism and the violence affecting Christian communities in Africa’s largest nation. This week, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu arrived ...

Musa Sani and Murtala Ibrahim, community guards in Baidi, Nigeria, on Jan. 26. Days before, militants from Lakurawa group, affiliated with the Islamic State Sahel Province, attacked the village and ...

A “small” American military unit has arrived in Nigeria to help with its counterterrorism efforts, the Nigerian government has confirmed to Newsweek. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser, ...

Deployment part of US-Nigeria Joint Working Group cooperation Nigeria faces multiple security crises, including Islamist insurgency US lawmakers push for report on religious persecution in Nigeria ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Nigeria launches Operation Savannah Shield after militants kill 162 villagers in Kwara region, one of the ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correctly identify the summit in Washington this week. It is the International Religious Freedom Summit. Nigerian first lady Oluremi Tinubu, an ordained ...

ABUJA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has deployed an army battalion to Kaiama district in the central Kwara state after suspected jihadist fighters killed 170 people in an ...

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States is sending troops to Nigeria to help train the West African nation's military in fighting extremism, Nigerian authorities said Wednesday, as a multifaceted ...

The troops will help train Nigerians to fight militants, but will not be involved in combat. U.S. forces have been assisting local soldiers with identifying potential terrorist targets. By Eric ...

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