Boko Haram released 21 of the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls the terror group kidnapped in April 2014. The girls were finally reunited with their families in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, on Sunday after more than two years in captivity.
About 1, 500 women displaced by Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria have reportedly given birth in makeshift camps for internally displaced persons (IDP).
The Buhari-led government of Nigeria blames former president Jonathan’s corrupt substandard arms deal for failure to apprehend Boko Haram terrorists.
Nigeria’s radical Islamist group Boko Haram set fire to a village over the weekend resulting to 86 deaths including children.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that over this past year, malaria killed fewer than half a million people.
The United States is entering a new theater in the War on Terror, sending troops and drones to the West African nation of Cameroon, which along with its neighbors is battling to defeat the terrorist group Boko Haram.
Africa has remained polio free for a year now. If no cases are detected during next two years, the continent will be declared polio-free.
Boko Haram is continuing its brutal campaign in West Africa, carrying out attacks in Cameroon and Nigeria that killed dozens and served as a reminder that the group is still a threat to a number of countries in the region despite the fact it has been dislodged from its Nigerian stronghold.
A regional military coalition has begun an offensive to try and take control of the last bits of territory controlled by the militant group Boko Haram.
The recent election in Nigeria that resulted in a peaceful transfer of power was almost hijacked by supporters of the last president.
Mercenaries are leading the fight against Boko Haram, the Nigerian terrorist group that recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.
A Nigerian woman files a complaints in court and files for a divorce for her husband for alleged big penis. The husband did not deny such allegations and agreed to have the divorce as long as his bride will give him back his dowry.
Bomb blasts rocked northeastern Nigeria as the country creeps closer to elections surrounded by uncertainty.
Nigeria claims to have regained control of territory held by Boko Haram as the group launched an assault in Cameroon, and the Chadian military began drills to ready itself for participation in a regional force created to fight the radical Islamist group.
The government of Niger has decided to deploy its soldiers to battle Boko Haram, which has been carrying out atrocities throughout west Africa from its bases in Nigeria.
