Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect broke loose in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, on Friday, hijacking bags of rice which the World Food Programme (WFP) planned to distribute to internally displaced persons (IDPs). WFP is the food assistance branch of the United Nations (UN) and the world’s largest humanitarian organisation addressing hunger. It has been distributing […]
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The United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno, the former stronghold of jihadists Boko Haram, after a humanitarian convoy was attacked. Unicef said in a statement that unknown assailants attacked the convoy on Thursday as it returned to Maiduguri from delivering aid in Bama, injuring a Unicef employee and […]
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Six people were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Damboa, northeast Nigeria, the army said, in the latest violence to hit the restive region. Nigerian Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said the attack happened at about 5:15 am (0415 GMT) in the town of Damboa, some 90 […]
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Eleven children under the age of six, including four babies, are among 149 people who have died this year following their detention in horrendous conditions in the notorious Giwa barracks detention centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Amnesty International reveals today. Evidence gathered through interviews with former detainees and eyewitnesses, supported by video and photos, shows many […]
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Boko Haram can no longer stand and fight the Nigerian Army under conventional means. They have been driven back and scattered. Their underlying objective of breaking the will and territorial integrity of the Nigerian state from the North is all but vanished like a morning dew. They are incensed that it is a Fulani President […]
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The Senator representing Borno Central, Baba Kaka Garbai has said that the story that the insurgents have been degraded is nothing but a lie as the terror group still hold on strong to about 50 percent of troubled Borno State. Garbai who spoke to journalists on Saturday evening during a condolence visit to Dalori village […]
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A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists. Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from Saturday night’s attack on […]
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Two deadly explosions on Thursday hit Maiduguri town as a suspected suicide bomber targeted a mosque in a suburb called Mulai leaving over 50 persons dead The sound of the explosions echoed over the Borno state capital at about 6:20pm. A senior official of the Civilian JTF, said the two blasts happened near a mosque […]
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Five girls were behind a series of deadly explosions in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Thursday evening, security sources said. Fourteen people, including the girls, died and 39 were injured in the attacks at a mosque and house of vigilante leader, the military said. More than 100 people died in similar attacks in […]
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Fresh reports have now indicated that a total of 81 people were killed in Borno State on Sunday, 54 in Maiduguri and 27 at a checkpoint in a market in Monguno, 135 kilometres away. The latter bombing has been largely unreported. It was caused by a suicide bomber, two hours after the multiple attacks on […]
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