The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down -0.09%, extending this week’s sell-off to about -0.7%. The dollar continues to trade on a weak note despite Tuesday's stronger-than-expected US GDP report of +4.3% and the reduced odds for Fed easing. The markets initially reduced the odds for a -25 bp...

A U.S. airstrike that targeted an alleged Islamic State camp in Nigeria has caused panic in the village of Jabo

The US says it is targeting ISIS groups which have been attacking Christians

Yusuf Tuggar says strikes against group accused by Donald Trump of attacking Christian communities will be an ‘ongoing process’

American president warned of threat to Christians in West African country

The United States has carried out "powerful and deadly" strikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, President Donald Trump and the US military said, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.

The US has launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against Isis in Nigeria, Donald Trump has said.

The "powerful and deadly" strikes were carried out against so-called Islamic State group militants "targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians," the US president wrote on social media on Thursday night.

The United States airstrikes targeting militants affiliated with the Islamic State in northwestern Nigeria are a major escalation of an offensive that Nigeria’s overstretched military has struggled with for years