Not less than five persons have been killed in a Boko Haram attack in Bama, a town in Borno state. Many worshipers also sustained injuries in the attack which happened around 5:30am. Ali Abacha, an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), confirmed the incident to TheCable, saying it was a suicide […]
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The Bama Initiative for Human Development, an NGO, on Sunday in Maiduguri staged a peaceful protest demanding the return of internally displaced persons, IDPs, to their respective communities in Bama. Muhammad Hassan, chairman of the NGO said that the IDPs would want to return and continue their normal activities in view of the prevailing peace 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 ReadingAs revealed by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, troops returning from Bama on humanitarian escort duty, were ambushed enroute Maiduguri by suspected remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in Meleri village, a few kilometres from Kawuri. The gallant troops however, successfully cleared the ambush and exploited up to Afunori. Unfortunately, 2 […]
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