By Ahmed Kingimi and Hamza Ibrahim MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Security services have now rescued all 166 worshippers who were kidnapped by gunmen during attacks on two churches in northern Nigeria last month,

Post reporters ventured to northwest Nigeria, where fighters affiliated with the Islamic State are on the offensive despite December airstrikes ordered by President Trump.

The U.S. has sent a small team of military officers to Nigeria, according to General Dagvin R.M. Anderson of U.S. Africa Command.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correctly identify the summit in Washington this week. It is the International Religious Freedom Summit. Nigerian first lady Oluremi Tinubu, an ordained assistant pastor in a Pentecostal church,

A mix of allies and sometimes colliding ideas and goals shared the stage at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington this week. Key Trump administration officials pledged to defund international organizations and entities that are no longer effective while arguing for keeping the United Nations charter,

Salma’s offers some of the best Lebanese food in Lagos, right by the waterside. The Delborough is a large luxury hotel in the Victoria Island neighborhood with a fine-dining restaurant that regularly hosts landmark celebrations.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser, Daniel Dwala, told Newsweek that the “small unit of military personnel” went to Nigeria as part of its counterterrorism collaboration with the U.S., "anchored on training and intelligence sharing.” He did not provide any other details.

Shops and homes were torched in an attack on two villages in the western state of Kwara, a lawmaker says.