When the United States ordered airstrikes on Christmas Day against Islamist militants in northern Nigeria, officials in ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correctly identify the summit in Washington this week. It is the International ...

Shops and homes were torched in an attack on two villages in the western state of Kwara, a lawmaker says.

Residents say armed men kidnapped dozens of women and children after killing of about 200 people in Kwara State.

The Nigerian government has announced a military operation to tackle Islamic militants following the killing of scores of people, likely all Muslims. Meanwhile, about 180 Christians who were ...

Nigeria's First Lady is seeking a stronger U.S. partnership against terrorism as lawmakers debate ongoing violence affecting Christian communities nationwide.

A family including baby twins has been forced to live in a wooden canoe after their home in a historic Lagos neighborhood was ...

Armed extremists in northeastern Nigeria have killed dozens in recent raids on a construction site and a military ...

The cardinal was baptized at the age of 9 by Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, a Nigerian priest known for his holiness, pastoral zeal and asceticism, in 1941 and says the priest left an indelible ...