Islamic extremists have killed nine people and injured four in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state, authorities report ...

A teenage girl sat hunched on a chair in a small, sterile consulting room at Umaru Shehu Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Her hands trembled as A Christian doctor pushes back against ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — 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 ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A suspected female suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and injured several others at a fish market on Friday night in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, police said on ...

Boko Haram is a jihadist militant group founded in Maiduguri, Nigeria, in 2002. The group aims to create an Islamic state in the country, enacting Sharia law and eliminating Western influence.

ABUJA, Nigeria — A suicide bomber in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno killed at least 10 people and injured several others in an explosion in a restaurant, police said Saturday. The blast ...