Also known as: Iswap
Militant group active in Nigeria's Lake Chad region; killed 175 fighters in May 2026 US-Nigeria airstrikes including its global second-in-command.
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… Earlier this month, almost 400 people were sentenced during mass trials for their links with militant Islamist groups Boko Haram and its rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap). …
IS claims responsibility for Nigeria attack that killed 29 peopleGunmen killed at least nine farmers and kidnapped "several" others in a raid on farmlands outside Kakangi village in Kaduna state, northwestern Nigeria. The attack follows a pattern of escalating raids by jihadists and criminal gangs on farming communities in northern and central Nigeria.
6 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Gunmen killed at least nine farmers and kidnapped "several" others in a raid on farmlands outside Kakangi village in Kaduna state, northwestern Nigeria. The attack follows a pattern of escalating raids by jihadists and criminal gangs on farming communities in northern and central Nigeria.
6 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Gunmen killed at least nine farmers and kidnapped several others in a raid on farmlands outside Kakangi village in Kaduna state, northwestern Nigeria. The attack reflects escalating violence by jihadists and criminal gangs imposing levies on farming communities in northern and central Nigeria.
6 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The United States has withdrawn most troops that were deployed to Nigeria for a special operation against Islamic State fighters in the Lake Chad region, where US and Nigerian forces killed nearly 200 IS fighters in May, including the group's global second-in-command. The US continues to maintain a broader training and technical assistance presence in Nigeria through intelligence sharing and partnership with the Nigerian military.
4 July 2026 · The Standard →
Anti-jihadist militia fighters told AFP that suspected jihadists killed 11 farmers in two separate attacks in northeastern Nigeria this weekend. Communities in northern and central Nigeria face attacks from jihadist groups and criminal gangs known as "bandits," who kidnap for ransom, rustle cattle, and impose taxes on farmers seeking field access.
21 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Suspected jihadists from the Lakurawa group killed more than 20 people in a raid on the Fesken Rafi community in Kebbi state near the Niger border, according to a confidential security report prepared for the United Nations. The attack followed a period of reduced violence by the group and may signal a resurgence of operations.
14 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Joint US and Nigerian military airstrikes over the weekend killed 175 Islamic State jihadists in northeastern Nigeria, including the group's global second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki. The strikes also destroyed checkpoints, weapons caches, and logistical hubs used by the terrorist group.
20 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Gunmen abducted more than 50 children aged mostly between two and five years old from three schools in Mussa, Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria on Friday morning. Eyewitnesses said the suspects used the children as human shields while fleeing on motorbikes; no group has claimed responsibility, though the attacks bear possible hallmarks of Boko Haram.
17 May 2026 · Capital News →
The UN rights chief called for independent probes into Nigerian and Chadian military airstrikes that reportedly killed dozens of civilians. Nigerian airstrikes on a market in Zamfara state killed at least 100 civilians according to Amnesty International, though the Nigerian military disputed civilian casualty figures as unverified.
13 May 2026 · The Standard →
Boko Haram jihadists killed 18 loggers in Borno state, Nigeria on Wednesday, according to local sources and militia members. The group has increasingly targeted loggers, farmers, and other workers in the region, accusing them of spying for the military.
8 May 2026 · The Standard →
An overnight attack by suspected Boko Haram jihadists on the Barka Tolorom military base on Lake Chad's shores killed at least 24 people according to a regional administrator, with an army source reporting 25 dead and 46 wounded.
6 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack in Nigeria's Adamawa state that killed at least 29 people. Gunmen raided a football pitch in Guyaku village and opened fire at random, then burned houses, places of worship and motorcycles; the state governor said authorities are intensifying security operations.
28 April 2026 · Capital News →