Not less than persons were killed and about 48 others injured after suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers on Saturday attacked Abachari village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. The suicide bombers, said to be six by the army, reportedly targeted people returning home after a Sallah fair in Damboa. The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) spoke on the […]
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Anthony Bourdain, a chef, storyteller, and writer, has committed suicide. Bourdain, 61, was a presenter and host of ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’ on CNN since 2013. According to the network, he committed suicide. The network reports that Bourdain’s close friend Eric Ripert, a French chef, found him unresponsive in his hotel room Friday morning. “It […]
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Four people have been killed and seven others injured as suicide bomber hit the restive town of Konduga in Borno, in the latest Boko Haram attack, the police confirmed on Monday. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Damian Chukwu, told reporters in Maiduguri that the jihadists detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at […]
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The Nigerian Army said some courageous civilians on Sunday foiled a suicide bomb attack by a suspected female Boko Haram member on a mosque in Gashua, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri. “What would […]
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A male suicide bomber on Tuesday killed five members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, while six others were injured in Madarari area in Konduga council of Borno. Mr Ibrahim Abdulkadir, Zonal Information Officer, of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Borno, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The incident occurred around […]
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A 13-year-old son of a policeman is suspected to have hanged himself in Gombe, the police said on Tuesday. DSP Mary Malum, the Police Public Relations Officer in Gombe State, said the boy, identified as Muhammadu Al-amin, was found hanging in his room. Malum said that about 4 p.m. on Monday, the father, Insp. Abdu […]
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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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Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, the eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, committed suicide on Thursday aged 68 after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported. Castro Diaz-Balart, also known as “Fidelito” because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been hospitalized for depression and then continued treatment […]
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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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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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