Nigerian troops have killed Boko Haram commander Ameer Malam Jidda and some of the terrorist leader's associates. The ...

When the Muhammadu Buhari administration took over, it declared that Boko Haram had been “technically defeated.” Repentant fighters were reabsorbed into society, and attacks decreased significantly.

Boko Haram reported that it captured the Rev. Alphonsus Afina on June 1, according to the Diocese of Fairbanks.

The priest was traveling from the city of Mubi, where he is based, to Maidiguri, the capital of Borno, for a workshop when ...

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd), narrowly escaped death on Friday after his convoy came under a ...

Rev. Alphonsus Afina, a Nigerian priest previously serving in the U.S., was abducted by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria's Borno state. Taken during an ambush on June 1, alongside other travelers, his ...

Tukur Buratai, former Chief of Army Staff, narrowly escaped death after suspected Boko Haram fighters ambushed his convoy ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — A resurgence of Boko Haram attacks is shaking Nigeria’s northeast, as Islamic extremists have repeatedly overrun military outposts, mined roads with bombs and raided civilian ...

The Rev. Alphonsus Afina, a Nigerian priest who served in Fairbanks and villages across the Seward Peninsula, was abducted by ...

Members of Alaska’s Catholic community are praying for the safety of a pastor who served more than six years in Fairbanks ...

Aid to the Church in Need said the Nigerian-born priest is the 15th religious to be kidnapped in Nigeria this year.

The former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai narrowly escaped death last week Friday as suspected Boko Haram ...