The army says Nigerian soldiers have killed 79 militants and suspected kidnappers over the past week in an operation targeting a decades-long insurgency by Islamic militants in the northeast and attacks by various armed groups in the northwest.

At least 22 soldiers have been killed and several wounded in Nigeria’s northeast after insurgents deployed improvised explosive devices and suicide bombers to ward off attacks by the military, the arm

Nigerian soldiers have killed 79 militants and arrested 252 individuals, while liberating 67 hostages in a nationwide operation. This mission targeted longstanding insurgencies in the northeast and northwest,

Suspected Islamist fighters killed at least 20 Nigerian soldiers, including a commanding officer, after attacking an army base in a remote town in northeastern Borno state, security sources and residents said Sunday.

A jihadist suicide attack kills 27 Nigerian soldiers, including the commander, in the Timbuktu Triangle, as ISWAP militants target troops in the northeast.