Residents watch as two men walk amidst rubble after Boko Haram militants raided the town of Benisheik, west of Borno State capital Maiduguri September 19, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer MAIDUGURI, Nigeria ...

One of the residents of the areas terrorists hit in Maiduguri, Borno State capital on Saturday morning, has narrated how himself and family escaped death by a hair’s breath, as a rocket landed in his ...

Deadly attacks by the militant group Boko Haram have put a stranglehold on one of Nigeria's key cities, limiting supplies and sending prices skyrocketing amid mounting fears of a massacre. Four of the ...

Catholic leaders in northeastern Nigeria appealed for prayers and humanitarian support as devastating floods engulfed Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, known as the epicenter of the Islamist ...

Maiduguri, Nigeria’s Borno State capital, has always played a key part in the Lake Chad Basin’s economy. For years the city was also a Boko Haram hot spot, but this has subsided. Relative peace ...

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said that the Jauri Inland Dry Port located in Maiduguri, Borno State, would be ready by December. Zulum disclosed this on Wednesday, when he paid a ...

Boko Haram failed attempts to seize the key Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Sunday, the militants’ second attack there in a week. Islamist extremists tried to enter Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state ...

A series of suicide bombers have blown themselves up at an unofficial camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, where the Boko Haram insurgency continues to rage.

Editor’s Note: Ahmed Hersi heads the ICRC’s office in Maiduguri, north east Nigeria. Born and raised in Somalia, Ahmed now holds Canadian citizenship. He joined the ICRC in 1999 and has run ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Five suicide bomb attacks Saturday hit the city of Maiduguri killing at least 54 people and wounding 143 in the heartland of Nigeria's northeastern Islamic uprising, police ...