Three suicide bombings rocked the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Wednesday, killing one civilian militia member and injuring several others, security personnel told AFP. The bombings came two days after multiple suicide attacks near the strategic city that killed four members of the civilian joint taskforce (JTF) and injured two others. “There have been … Read more
Four people were killed in two separate suicide attacks in northeast Nigeria on Monday, local militia members said, in the latest violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists. Babakura Kolo, who assists the military with security against the jihadist insurgents, said the first incident occurred in Mammanti village, 15 kilometres (10 miles) east of Maiduguri. “Three … Read more
Nine Nigerian soldiers were killed and 14 others are missing feared abducted after an attack this week by suspected Boko Haram jihadists in the violence-torn northeast, security sources said Thursday. Authorities had on Tuesday said five soldiers were killed and five others injured in the raid on a military post near the village of Sabon … Read more
Ali Mustapha made a shocking confession when he was arrested by the troops of the Nigeria Army at the centre of Boko Haram insurgent. The 17-year old who was intercepted while on an espionage mission in Maiduguri, Borno state, revealed that he was abducted from his home and forced to kill innocent victims in Chikungudu Forest, Kalabalge, … Read more
An “alarming” number of children, most of them girls, have been used by Boko Haram as suicide bombers in the first months of 2017, UNICEF said Wednesday. The Islamists have increasingly been using children to attack crowded markets, mosques and camps for internally displaced people in northeast Nigeria and the broader Lake Chad region. Experts … Read more
Ali Mustapha made a shocking confession when he was arrested by the troops of the Nigeria Army at the centre of Boko Haram insurgent. The 17-year old who was intercepted while on an espionage mission in Maiduguri, Borno state, revealed that he was abducted from his home and forced to kill innocent victims in Chikungudu Forest, Kalabalge, … Read more
Boko Haram jihadists have torched a military base in northeast Nigeria, a day after the group killed seven people in a separate raid, residents said. Jihadists believed to be loyal to a Boko Haram faction that is recognised by the Islamic State group on Thursday attacked the base in Wajirko village, 150 kilometres (90 miles) … Read more
Boko Haram Islamists raided a village in northeast Nigeria, in the latest rampage to steal food and medical supplies, as fears grew of more attacks, locals and security personnel said on Sunday. Scores of fighters loyal to the faction headed by Abu Musab Al-Barnawi stormed Sabon Garin Kimba, some 140 kilometres (88 miles) southwest of … Read more
Most the people living in Muna camp have fled their homes due to the spate of attacks by Boko Haram At least eight people have been killed in multiple suicide blasts along a highway in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, officials said. Two of those killed on Wednesday were civilians in a camp for displaced people … Read more
Suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Nigeria’s restive northeastern city of Maiduguri early Wednesday, officials said. “There were four explosions inside the camp,” the coordinator of the Muna camp Tijjani Lumani told AFP. “The bombers struck at different locations around 4:30 am. “The explosions triggered fires … Read more
a woman and her two children died while eight others sustained injuries The Borno Police Command on Sunday confirmed the death of four persons after an attempt by some suspected suicide bombers to infiltrate Maiduguri in Borno. Mr Victor Isuku, the spokesman of the command said in a statement in Maiduguri that three bombers had … Read more
Four people were killed on Saturday evening when suicide bombers blew themselves up in a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri city in northeastern Nigeria, police said. Borno state police spokesman Victor Isuku said the incident occurred when three bombers — a man and two women — tried to enter Umarari village just outside Maiduguri. … Read more
Boko Haram’s elusive leader has made his first appearance in months, claiming responsibility for a spate of suicide bombings and rejecting claims scores of his fighters have been killed. Abubakar Shekau spoke for nearly 20 minutes of a 27-minute video obtained by AFP on Friday, in a trademark pose in front of a sub-machine gun, … Read more
Boko Haram Islamists have raided a town in restive northeast Nigeria, looting food supplies and burning homes after overwhelming troops, residents told AFP on Thursday. The attack late on Wednesday happened in Magumeri, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. It came after a lull in raids on major towns … Read more
Tens of thousands of people who fled Boko Haram in north-east Nigeria are now facing a severe lack of water, on top of already widespread food shortages and security threats, the AFP news agency reports, quoting aid workers. For the past week supplies have been low at the Muna camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) … Read more
Tens of thousands of people who fled Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria are facing a severe lack of water, compounding widespread food shortages and security fears, aid workers said on Monday. For the past week supplies have been low at the Muna camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in the city of Maiduguri after one … Read more
Civilian vigilantes foiled a suicide attack on the outskirts of Nigeria’s flashpoint city of Maiduguri, killing two teenaged female bombers, police said on Sunday. Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency has frequently used young women and girls to stage suicide bombings. “Two female suicide bombers, about 18 years of age… were sighted by the civilian JTF (vigilantes) … Read more
Thousands of people in northeastern Nigeria remain beyond the reach of aid, Doctors Without Borders said. Many of them have been trapped between Boko Haram Islamist insurgents and counter-insurgency operations that have left many without food or work. The general director of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Switzerland, Bruno Jochum, said those who reached health centres … Read more
Thousands of Nigerian women forced from their homes by Boko Haram jihadists held a protest on Sunday to demand better conditions as UN Security Council envoys visited their camp, an AFP journalist saw. The demonstrators accused local authorities and aid agencies of exacerbating one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, which the UN says has … Read more
Pictures on social media showed a cloud of smoke from the area A blast has occurred at filling station, opposite Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN quarters in the town of Damboa in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in the country’s northeast. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the attack but said it was … Read more