The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the ...

The US has approved a potential $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to enhance its security and combat threats like Boko ...

Hundreds of residents of Kirawa, a community in Borno State, displaced by Boko Haram insurgents, have cried out over their ...

At least two Nigerian soldiers have been killed in a fresh Boko Haram assault on a military base in the Rann area of Kala ...

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has called for increased air power to further weaken Boko Haram and ISWAP ...

Residents of Kirawa in Gwoza local government area of Borno State have reportedly fled to Cameroon following an attack by ...

These areas are very difficult to be manned effectively by ground troops alone. We need a heavy air power in order to ...

A deadly attack on farmers in Zango Village, Dokshi Ward, Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe State, has left two people ...

Boko Haram has also been forced to operate from remote, rural regions, as the Nigerian military and a regional counter-insurgency force have reclaimed almost all of the territory it once held.

Prior to Boko Haram’s capture in July 2014 of Damboa, the first Nigerian town to fall to the extremist sect, its near decade-long insurgency had been characterized by traditional guerilla warfare.

For months, fear of Boko Haram has gripped Nigeria’s northeast. The goals of the Islamic militant group, which captured international attention through a relentless campaign of brutality, have ...