Nigeria

Nigeria confirms Ebola case in patient who arrived from Uganda

Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate told the public broadcaster that the female patient had traveled from Uganda in East Africa.

Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving t
A Nigerian soldier sits in the back of a military escort vehicle along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway on July 31, 2026. (illustrative)

Attack on convoy in Nigeria's Borno kills 15, soldiers say

Ogiame Atuwatse III, 21st Olu of the Warri Kingdom of Nigeria, and Bishop Robert Stearns of Eagles' Wings pictured in Jerusalem on October 4, 2026.

'There is so much more that unites than divides' Nigerian king tells 'Post' - interview

ILLUSTRATIVE:  A general view of a Nigerian Air Force helicopter parked on the tarmac of the Maiduguri Air Force Baseb as the sun sets on August 2, 2026.

Nigerian military aircraft crashes, killing 32


US pressure is forcing action on anti-Christian violence, Nigerian Christian leader tells 'Post'

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: A Nigerian Christian leader told 'The Jerusalem Post’ that the Trump administration is forcing authorities to intervene in Islamist killings.

An example of the Nigeria Evangelical Fellowship food relief and medical outreach for Christian Internally Displaced Persons in Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.

Al Qaeda, Islamic State ramp up violence in West Africa’s tri-border region, report shows

The findings underscore the accelerating spread of jihadist groups in West Africa, where governments and foreign militaries have struggled for more than a decade to contain their advance.

Soldiers of the Somalia National Army (SNA) raise their weapons when they gathered near their camp for a talk from visiting senior officers at Awdheegle, one of several towns recently liberated from the Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Somalia's lower-Shabelle region on November, 2025.

At least 50 dead, women and children abducted in armed raid on Nigerian village

Armed men attacked Tungan Dutse village in Nigeria, killing at least 50 people and abducting women and children. The attack highlights ongoing insecurity in northern Nigeria.

People who fled attacks by bandits in a village, are pictured in a shelter for displaced people in Gusau, Zamfara, Nigeria, February 8, 2023.

Suspected Lakurawa militants kill 34 in coordinated attacks on Nigerian villages

The gunmen swept through villages in the remote border district, opening fire in what survivors described as highly organized, indiscriminate attacks.

People look on as Nigerian Military arrives at Woro community, after an overnight attack by gunmen that killed dozens of residents, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, February 4, 2026.

Nigerian troops repelled simultaneous assaults by Islamist terrorists on military bases in Borno

Borno, the epicenter of Nigeria's 17-year Islamist insurgency, has seen Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters intensify attacks on both troops and civilians.

Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenat-General Waidi Shaibu inspects troops, during the tour of Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, November 6, 2025.

At least 32 killed in northwest Nigeria villages over armed assailants attack

The attacks on villages in the Borgu Local Government Area, near the border with the Benin Republic, are part of a surge in attacks blamed on "bandits," who have carried out deadly assaults.

People look on as Nigerian Military arrives at Woro community, after an overnight attack by gunmen that killed dozens of residents, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, February 4, 2026.

When prayer is weaponized: Preserving faith’s sincerity in a politicized world - opinion

True prayer lights the heart and softens the soul; it cannot be weaponized without losing meaning.

An illustrative photograph of a man wearing tefillin

Rescue of 166 kidnapped Christian worshippers completed in Nigeria one month later

CAN, which represents congregations across Nigeria, said gunmen stormed the churches on January 18 and seized 177 worshippers.

People pray beside the bodies of victims of a terror attack before their burial at Woro community, after an overnight attack by gunmen that killed dozens of residents, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, February 4, 2026.

At least 170 killed in armed attack on central Nigerian village

Armed gunmen rounded up residents, bound their hands behind their backs, and executed them, local lawmaker Saidu Baba Ahmed stated.

 A man stands in front of a damaged and burnt house following a deadly gunmen attack in Yelwata, Benue State, Nigeria, June 16, 2025.

US confirms troops on ground in Nigeria amid ISIS counterterror push

The US has sent a small team of troops to Nigeria following December airstrikes on ISIS targets, marking the first confirmation of US forces on the ground.

Newspapers with articles reporting US President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hang at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2025.