Two late December incidents in Nigeria involved separate forms of violence. A suicide bombing at a mosque in Maiduguri killed several civilians, while U.S. forces carried out coordinated airstrikes against ISIS linked camps in Sokoto State.

President Donald Trump said he ordered military strikes against "ISIS terrorist scum" in Nigeria on Christmas Day.

Intelligence indicated the two Islamic State-linked camps in the Bauni forest of Sokoto State were being used by foreign ISIS elements working with local affiliates to plan large-scale attacks inside Nigeria.

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

President Trump said "numerous perfect strikes" had hit Islamic State militants in the West African nation of Nigeria.

Nigeria’s state oil company is betting on a long-delayed gas pipeline to ignite an industrial revolution in the country’s north, its chief executive said after briefing President Bola Tinubu on Sunday.

Nigeria beat Tunisia 3-2 in a dramatic Group C clash against Tunisia at AFCON 2025. Having squandered a string of early chances, Victor Osimhen opened his account at the tournament by heading Ademola Lookman 's cross into the bottom corner.