Three people have been confirmed dead and at least 17 others have been injured in Sunday’s bomb explosion in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says the attack was carried out by two suicide bombers. An official of the local vigilante called Civilian-JTF, involved in the rescue and evacuation of victims […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman of Madagali Local Government of Adamawa State, Mr. Yusuf Muhammed, said 56 persons died and 177 injured in the twin blasts that hit Madagali Market on Friday in Adamawa. Muhammed, who confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview, said 57 of the injured were critical and […]
Continue ReadingThe UN has launched a record $2.7 billion humanitarian appeal as 2017 assistance for the Sahel region hit by Boko Haram as poverty, conflict and climate change will leave 15 million people across belt in need of life-saving. Around 40 per cent of the money will be used to help some seven million people in […]
Continue ReadingAt least six soldiers have been wounded while about thirty terrorists were killed in a failed ambush by fighters of Boko Haram sect on Saturday, November 26. It was gathered that a group of Boko Haram militants – numbering up to 40 – opened fire on the soldiers of the 121 Task Force Battalion who escorted […]
Continue ReadingTroops on patrol have arrested two suspected terrorists in Borno on Sunday who supplied Boko Haram with drugs, logistics and fuel. In a statement on Sunday, the Army Spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, named the drugs’ supplier as Kadiri Umate, 35 and the fuel supplier as Fantoma Lasani. He said that Umate was nabbed at Firgi […]
Continue ReadingSuspected suicide bombers have detonated bombs along Maiduguri – Damboa road in the fringes of the metropolis. The second explosion occurred close to an Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) camp. A witness said “Bomb blast in Bakassi IDP Camp of Maiduguri and the second bomb blast at NNPC Depot Damboa Road.” As the security and response […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army on Wednesday, disclosed that a sizeable number of the 39 soldiers declared missing after last week Boko Haram insurgents’ attack in the border town of Gashigar in Borno, had returned. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, stated this while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri. “It is true that about […]
Continue ReadingThe Ogun state command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested Oluchi Tochukwu, a Lagos-based banker, and two suspected hired-assassins over attempt to assassinate Tochukwu Onyebuchi, identified as the ex-husband of the banker. Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital on Wednesday, Ahmed Iliyasu, the commissioner of police, said the […]
Continue ReadingThe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says its ceasefire in the Niger Delta region has led to an increase in the production of crude oil and gas for the country, but the government is yet to keep up with its own bargain of releasing the Okah brothers, Charles and Henry. In a […]
Continue ReadingVigilant troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE today morning intercepted and neutralized a male suicide bomber at Madagali, Adamawa State. The suicide bomber was spotted by a vigilant duty sentry attempting to infiltrate troops forward defensive line along Madagali-Limankara road. He was gunned down by the vigilant sentry as he failed to stop when halted. The […]
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