NGWOMA, Nigeria — This village in the Niger Delta has started to feel more like an island. People here say they used to regularly leave Ngwoma, along its dusty roads lined with papaya and banana trees — to go to the doctor or visit the market in bigger ...

Sanusi Madabo, a 40-year-old farmer in the Nigerian village of Jabo, was preparing for bed on Thursday night when he heard a loud noise that sounded like a plane crashing. He rushed outside his mud house with his wife to see the sky glowing a bright red.

Residents of Jabo, a farming village in northwestern Nigeria, were gripped by fear late Thursday after powerful airstrikes lit up the night sky, an attack later confirmed by authorities as a joint U.S.

BY JOSEPH UMARU PHILIP For many Nigerians, particularly those living in rural areas, the government is perceived