Church officials say a Nigerian Catholic priest who recently served the United States has been abducted by extremists along with other travelers in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state.

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 5 years of experience covering the intersection of Africa’s conflict, human ...

The Nigerian Army’s Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK, and the Borno State Police Command have pledged renewed cooperation in the fight against terrorism, ...

Rev. Alphonsus Afina, a Nigerian priest who served in Alaska, was kidnapped by Boko Haram near Gwoza amid rising violence in ...

He noted that major roads linking Borno to neighbouring countries—Chad, Cameroon and Niger—have been reopened, facilitating ...

Fairbanks Bishop Steven Maekawa said in a statement this week that Father Alphonsus Afina was captured by Boko Haram in the ...

Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have abducted a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Daniel Afina and nine others after killing one person ...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) has revealed that no fewer than 1,385 children were recruited by Boko Haram terrorists between 2017 to ...

Islamists have kidnapped 15 religious ministers this year already, and tragically two of them have been killed.