University of Maiduguri Archives

Soldiers neutralise suicide bomber as explosion goes off in UNIMAID

February 19, 2018Eben Tanimola

Soldiers on duty around the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) have gunned down a suicide bomber, averting what would have been a tragic suicide attack. The suicide bomber, strapped with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) made his entrance through the University Printing Press but was sighted and taken out by the soldiers leading to the explosion of […]

Boko Haram releases UNIMAID Lecturers, Police officers’ wives

February 10, 2018Ayo Olowo1 Comment

The Department of State Services (DSS) has briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the release, through negotiations, of three University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) lecturers abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Magumeri, Borno. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on […]

70 UNIMAID lecturers resign over fear of Boko Haram

August 7, 2017Eben Tanimola

Dani Mamman, chairman Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Maiduguri chapter, in an interview with BBC, disclosed that at least 70 lecturers have resigned from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) since the Boko Haram insurgency started in 2009. He also said the university had employed lecturers to replace those who left. Apart from the lecturers […]

Shekau takes responsibility for UNIMAID bombing, says it was done because of their ungodly acts

January 17, 2017Ayo Olowo

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 […]

UNIMAID Professor, 4 others killed in early morning explosion

January 16, 2017January 16, 2017Ayo Olowo

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 […]

BREAKING: Twin explosions hit University of Maiduguri, many feared dead

January 16, 2017Ayo Olowo1 Comment

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 […]