New York: Those responsible for the recent execution and abduction of civilians in northeastern Nigeria must be held accountable, the UN Secretary-General has said, according to a stateme ...

New York Sepy 4 (JEN): Nigeria is a pressure cooker of internal conflicts and generalized violence that must be addressed urgently, an independent United Nations expert said on Tuesday, f ...

Lagos (Xinhua/UNI) Three policemen and one driver were killed on Tuesday night after unknown gunmen attacked a deputy governor's convoy in Nigeria's central state of Nasarawa, a p ...

New York, Aug 18 (JEN): To mark the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism this coming Wednesday, UN News travelled to Chad and the Far North region o ...

New York, Aug 2 (JEN): Ten years after the start of a violent insurgency in north-east Nigeria plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis that is “still far from over”, th ...

Abuja: Suspected Boko Haram terrorists opened fire on a funeral in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Borno and left 65 people killed, media reports said on Monday.

Abuja (Xinhua/UNI) At least 18 people were killed and more wounded in the latest attack by an armed group in Nigeria's troubled northwestern state of Zamfara, a national lawmaker and ...

Abuja (Xinhua/UNI) The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said Monday its special forces team killed at least five gunmen while repelling attacks in two villages in the country's northwestern s ...

After fleeing terrorist attacks, as well as clashes between Government forces and militia, more than 2,000 newly displaced Nigerians have arrived in an already over-stretched camp known a ...