LAGOS, Nigeria -- A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, ...

President Trump said "numerous perfect strikes" had hit Islamic State militants in the West African nation of Nigeria.

Nigeria's government has said armed groups target both Muslims and Christians, and U.S. claims that Christians face ...

Maiduguri remains a key flashpoint in the long-running Boko Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria. At least five people were killed when a bomb exploded inside a crowded mosque in north-eastern ...

At least 5 worshippers were killed and 35 others injured when a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside a ...

The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in ...

A man inspects the scene of a deadly bomb explosion inside a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo ...

President Donald Trump said he ordered military strikes against "ISIS terrorist scum" in Nigeria on Christmas Day.

Nigeria signalled that more joint military strikes could follow after US forces carried out a Christmas Day attack on ...

The bombing is the latest in a series of attacks in Nigeria's troubled northern region, where the country is battling multiple armed groups, including Boko Haram and its splinter group, Islamic State ...

Five people have been killed in Nigeria's northeastern Maiduguri after a bomb exploded during prayer at a mosque on Wednesday ...