President Donald Trump said the United States launched a “powerful and deadly” strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the targeting of Christians.

Participating in the strikes raises the risk that the government will be perceived as endorsing the Trump's language on wider sectarian strife, a sensitive issue throughout Nigeria’s history.

The U.S. launched strikes against Islamic State militants in Nigeria on Thursday, a Christmas Day attack amid tensions between the West African nation and the U.S. “Tonight, at my direction as

An Islamic cleric, in a trending video, has delivered a message on whether Muslims can eat food given to them by Christians during the Christmas celebration.

Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, The Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba, has proclaimed a divinely ordained 'new dawn' and a 'great turnaround'

Church officials confirmed that the remaining 130 students were released on Dec. 21, ending a monthlong ordeal that began when more than 300 pupils were abducted from the diocesan school in Niger State. The school is owned by the Diocese of Kontagora and run by the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles.

President Tinubu and Nigerian governors have issued Christmas messages urging peace, unity, and religious tolerance as Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ

A rare piece of good news from Nigeria, just days before Christmas, is that all remaining students and teachers abducted by militants from St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger state last month have been released.