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.

Armed extremists have killed over 162 people in attacks on two villages in Kwara state, western Nigeria, a lawmaker said.

Nigeria’s president sends troops to western Kwara State in response to what he says was a ‘beastly attack’. Gunmen have ...

Weeks after residents of two Nigerian villages ignored a letter from militants announcing they would come to spread their ...

Hundreds of armed men attacked the village of Woro in the state of Kwara on Tuesday evening, Ayodeji Emmanuel Babaomo, the Red Cross secretary in Kwara state, told the Associated Press.

This article was first published in the State of Faith newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Monday night. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is grappling with a ...

KADUNA, Nigeria(AP) — Nigerian police recognized that simultaneous church attacks occurred in northwestern Kaduna state over the weekend, after initially dismissing reports. “Subsequent verification ...

Just days after the United States launched a Christmas Day attack on Islamist terrorist camps in northwestern Nigeria, a band of armed militants rampaged through the neighboring states of Niger and ...

It is profitable to reflect from time to time on the meanings of politics and governance. Nigerians are humans as opposed to lower animals without the capacity to engage in critical thinking. Indeed, ...