Armed men kidnapped 13 women and a baby in an overnight raid in northeastern Nigeria, the latest in a string of mass abductions to rock the west African country. A bride and 10 of her bridesmaids were ...

Police said on Tuesday gunmen in the Nigerian state of Kwara have kidnapped 10 women and children in the latest armed gang seizure to rock Africa's most populous country. Authorities said the Monday ...

ABUJA — Armed gangs kidnapped 163 Christian worshippers after storming two churches in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state on Sunday, a member of the clergy told AFP. "The attackers came in numbers and ...

The U.S. has advised its citizens to reconsider traveling to Nigeria due to increased security concerns. The advisory allows ...

More than 200 suspected members of an armed criminal gang in central Nigeria have been killed in an ongoing operation, an official has told the BBC. The large-scale, multi-agency offensive started on ...

ABUJA — About 200 suspected members of a criminal band have been killed in an ongoing operation in central Nigeria, according to the BBC. The multi-agency offensive started on Saturday and had also ...

Nigeria is currently grappling with a spate of mass abductions. But the vast country - bigger than France and Germany combined - also faces many other security challenges. Recent attempts by US ...