A local state governor said "scores" of people had been killed in the attacks, which also saw homes and properties destroyed.

More than 10,000 people have been killed across central and northern Nigeria in the two years since President Bola Tinubu ...

Amnesty International reveals over 10,000 deaths from jihadist and gang violence in Nigeria's north and central regions over ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria ... In further violence, gunmen abducted at least 80 people, opens new tab in Zamfara state, a hot spot for kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs targeting remote villages ...

Nigeria is witnessing major violence by Boko Haram the past few weeks. The group and its splinters are responsible for deadly attacks claiming dozens of people. Mass killings in Borno and Yobe states ...

Over 100 people were killed and hundreds wounded in a series of "well-coordinated" gang attacks in central Nigeria this weekend ... 16 people have died in the violence. Plateau is infamous ...

Gunmen killed at least 20 people during an attack on a village in Nigeria’s north-central Benue state over the weekend, a local official said.

Jihadists in northeastern Nigeria are surging -- and using social media to spread the word of their campaigns and recruit fighters.

“We’re in this weird alternative version of the media space in Nigeria where ... the story of the gangs but not just from the point of view of fighting and violence but from the human angle ...

The number of people killed in violence committed by jihadist groups and criminal gangs ...

Northeastern Nigeria has been plagued by violence in recent weeks, as armed gangs and Islamist groups, including Boko Haram, have increased their attacks.The region has been ravaged by a 16-year ...