Boko Haram killed at least 18 people and wounded scores in coordinated attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which they also tried to infiltrate across a defensive trench, officials said Monday. The brazen operation — which unfolded around the very city where Boko Haram was born […]
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Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno, on Tuesday called for expansion of Anchor Borrower scheme, to enhance participation in the programme. Shettima made the call in Maiduguri at the unveiling of rice pyramid organised by the state government and one of the Anchor client, Wal-Wanne and Sons Limited. He said that the call was imperative to […]
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The Borno state command of the Nigeria Police Force, has given hint that Boko Haram is planning to attack Maiduguri, capital of the state, with vehicles primed with improvised explosive device (IED). Ahmed Bello, an assistant commissioner of police, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Bello said the attack was beng coordinated by dislodged Boko […]
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Some persons suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked Alikaramchi village, close to Giwa barracks in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, on Wednesday night. The incident happened hours after President Muhammadu Buhari left Maiduguri for Yobe state. Buhari had visited Yobe state government house and Government Girls Science and Technical School, Dapchi, where he met […]
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One suicide bomber who rode on a bicycle with explosive devices strapped around his body detonated himself at a crowded suburb of Maiduguri, Borno State, killing three persons on Monday night. At least 17 other people were also injured by the massive explosion. The police said the three dead victims were operatives of the Civilian-JTF […]
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It is believed that 15 people have died and many injured from three attacks by suicide bombers who hit a market in Konduga, Borno state, on Friday. Bulama Kaka, a resident who witnessed the incident, newsmen the incident occurred around 7pm. Kaka said some meters away from where he was while the two other bombs […]
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Not less than twelve people have reportedly been killed while 48 sustained injuries in multiple suicide attacks in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. Abdulkadir Ibrahim, information officer of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the north-east, confirmed the incident, saying it occurred around 3pm on Wednesday. Ibrahim said an emergency response team comprising NEMA, SEMA […]
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Five people have been reported killed in a teenage suicide bomber who attacked a Mosque where his father worships in Gamboru in Gamboru –Ngala local government of Boro state. The incident occurred on Wednesday at 5: 00 am when the a teenage male bomber who had disowned his father detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) […]
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The police in Maiduguri have arrested a suspected top Boko Haram commander, Ibrahim Diye, on Friday following a tip off from one of the residents. A senior member of an ‘intelligence Police unit’ along Airport road, who pleaded anonymity, said, “I cannot disclose the location where the suspected top commander was arrested, as it may […]
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Thirteen people have been killed and 53 others injured in a twin suicide bomb attack at Biu market in the south of Borno State. According to a statement by Victor Isuku, the spokesman for the Borno State Police Command, two female suicide attackers strapped with explosives launched the attack on the main market in the […]
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