The Nigerian government has announced a military operation to tackle Islamic militants following the killing of scores of ...

Local officials said at least 162 people died in the Tuesday attack and said the victims in the Muslim-majority villages of Woro and Nuku in Kwara state were targeted for refusing extremist ideology.

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on X that "75 local Muslims were massacred" in Tuesday's raid, while a state lawmaker ...

In the Nigerian villages of Woro and Nuku, attackers arrived on motorbikes, going door to door, shooting and setting homes ablaze.

Authorities in Nigeria's Kwara state say an attack that killed dozens of people was driven by ideology, not criminal banditry ...

A yearslong effort to convince Washington of religious persecution is shifting foreign policy toward the West African nation, ...

A popular Islamic group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Friday, February 6, reacted to the presence of US troops in Nigeria. MURIC raised concerns.

First, the jihadists sent a letter saying they were coming to the village to preach, said Nigerian chief Umar Bio Salihu.When ...

A coalition of Muslim women organisations has renewed calls for an end to discrimination against hijab-wearing women across Nigeria.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser, Daniel Dwala, told Newsweek that the “small unit of military personnel” ...

Islamic leaders in Yorubaland has announced that Ramadan fasting began on February 18, 2026, after astronomical calculations ...