The president ordered the strikes on militants he accused of “slaughtering” Christians in Nigeria.

LAGOS, Dec 27 (Reuters) - U.S.-backed air strikes in Nigeria hit two Islamic State-linked ‌camps in the Bauni forest of Sokoto State, targeting foreign fighters ‌infiltrating from the Sahel, the Niger...

Bashar Isah Jabo, a lawmaker representing Tambuwal in the state parliament, described the village to CNN as “a peaceful community” that has “no known history of ISIS, Lakurawa, or any other terrorist ...