Senior IS Leader Killed in Joint Operation, US and Nigeria Say

ISIS second-in-command killed by U.S. and Nigerian forces, presidents say

Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command ‌of ISIS globally, has been killed in an operation conducted by U.S. and Nigerian forces in the northeast of the African country, U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterpart in Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said.

US and Nigeria presidents say senior IS leader killed in joint operation

The Nigerian president called the strike a 'significant example of effective collaboration in the fight against terrorism'.

Nigeria police detain 3 suspects in a rare school attack in the south of the country

Police in Nigeria say they have detained three gunmen who allegedly stormed into two primary schools in a rare attack in the southwest of the country

Trump Says a Top ISIS Leader Was Killed in a U.S.-Nigerian Mission

The leader, whom the State Department designated a terrorist in 2023, had been hiding in Africa, President Trump said.

Senior IS leader killed in joint operation, US and Nigeria say

President Donald Trump said the operation eliminated "the most active terrorist in the world", Abu-Bilal al-Minuki.

Trump says ‘most active terrorist in the world’ killed by US and Nigerian forces

Al-Minuki, a Nigerian national, was designated as a ’specially designated global terrorist’ by ⁠former Biden administration