The destructive Boko Haram insurgency group is currently plagued by financial difficulties, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, has said. Feltman stated this while briefing the Security Council on the UN Secretary-General’s Fourth Report on the threat the group poses to international peace and security efforts to “check and roll it back” on […]
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An 18-year-old Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was intercepted by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday in Maiduguri, said she was given N200 for the mission. She said she was abducted two years ago by the sect members in Madagali, Adamawa, and taken to Sambisa forest. “They gave us […]
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The Nigeria Army has killed six terrorists, but lost three soldiers in an encounter between troops and Boko Haram insurgents in Damboa Local Area of Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, said in a statement in Abuja, that apart from the three soldiers who died, five others were wounded. Usman said that […]
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Attempts by Suicide Bombers to attack a mosque and a security post in Borno State were foiled by vigilant security men and volunteers. It was gathered that the incidents occurred at Usmanti and Kaleri area of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State. The first attack occurred late midnight of Tuesday, January 24, 2017 when […]
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Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, says his men have killed 15 Boko Haram fighters, who were part of insurgents responsible for the mistaken deployment of rockets on an internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camp in Rann, Borno state. Speaking when he paid a visit to troops of 3 Battalion, Buratai said two days after the […]
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Self-acclaimed leader of the Boko Haram Sect, Abubakar Shekau, has taken responsibility for the bomb blasts that occurred at the University of Maiduguri, Borno state, in the early hours of Monday. It was reported on Monday that suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked a mosque and another location within the university. The blasts killed four people […]
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The Borno state police command has released a statement on the twin blasts that occurred on the campus of the University of Maiduguri in the early hours of today, stating that four persons including a professor were killed and 15 others injured. The killed Professor was identified as Aliyu Usman Mani, the Director of Veterinary […]
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Many people are feared dead after twin bomb explosions rocked the University of Maiduguri at about 5:00AM on Monday (Today). One of the suicide bombers detonated the bomb at a Mosque near Gate 1, when people were observing their early morning prayer, while the second one occurred around Gate 5 of the University. Rescue and […]
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has confirmed that at least nine people were killed when three female suicide bombers struck in Madagali, Adamawa State, on Friday. According to NEMA one of the three female suicide bombers died with a baby strapped on her back. The Coordinator of NEMA for Adamawa and Taraba Operation Office, […]
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A large number of persons are feared dead following separate multiple explosions that rocked Madagali town in the northern part of Adamawa State. According to Eye-witnesses, three female suicide bombers were responsible for the explosions that occurred on Friday morning at a crowded motor park on the outskirt of the town. “This morning the suicide […]
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