Armed men have kidnapped 28 people travelling to an annual Islamic event in Nigeria's central Plateau state, local police ...

Armed men have abducted at least 28 people travelling to an annual Islamic gathering in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, ...

While religion plays a direct role, socio-economic issues are a significant factor contributing to the bloodshed in Nigeria, ...

Claims that Muslims are exempted from paying tax under Nigeria’s newly gazetted tax reform laws have been fact-checked by the ...

Islamic extremists in Nigeria are reportedly plotting an attack for Christmas — which could result in hundreds of deaths and ...

AFTER SAFIYA HUSEINI was sentenced to death by stoning last October 9 by an Islamic sharia court in northern Nigeria, her case drew international attention. The New York Times Magazine profiled her, ...

MAIDUGURI/CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State released a video purporting to show its militants beheading 10 Christian men in Nigeria, saying it was part of a campaign to avenge the deaths of its leader ...

LAGOS, Nigeria – Islamic militants killed hundreds of people in an attack on a border town in Nigeria’s remote northeast, escalating the country’s violent insurrection in which more than 270 ...

Kano, Nigeria — Horrific revelations of torture and abuse at a compound billing itself as a Koranic reform school in northern Nigeria have shone a spotlight on Islamic institutes unregulated by the ...

As military rule ended in Nigeria a decade ago, an Islamic legal system was swept into place on a wave of popular support in the country's desperately poor and mostly Muslim northern states. It has ...