By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Feb 11 - Nigeria's military said on Wednesday that about 200 U.S. troops due to arrive in the coming ...

The deployment follows months of escalating pressure from President Trump on the African nation, including a surprise missile ...

The 200 troops will supplement a small team of American military officers already embedded with Nigerian forces.

Another possibility is Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin ( JNIM ), a group linked to al-Qaeda that has been active in the ...

There have been hints at more cooperation between the U.S. and Nigeria since, but this is the first confirmation that America ...

Fox News senior foreign policy correspondent Gillian Turner reports on the Pentagon deploying U.S. troops to Nigeria to help protect citizens from Islamist militants.

Nigeria is in the grip of a complex security crisis, with an insurgency by Islamic militants alongside a surge in kidnappings ...

Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists have killed at least 162 people in western Nigeria. Local officials say the attack happened Tuesday in Muslim-majority villages in Kwara state and that the ...

Post reporters ventured to northwest Nigeria, where fighters affiliated with the Islamic State are on the offensive despite ...

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

ABUJA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank has approved weekly foreign currency sales of up to $150,000 to each ...