Tag: Baga
1000 IDPs return to Baga [Photos]
Over 1000 residents of Baga, hitherto displaced to Maiduguri and Monguno by Boko Haram terrorists, have returned home.
IGP Adamu orders adequate medicare for cops injured in security convoy ambush
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has directed the Police Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) to provide adequate medicare…
18 dead in Baga ambush by Boko Haram: Defence Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters said 18 people died in Friday's attack on a convoy of security men heading to Baga from…
ACF condemns Boko Haram attack in Baga, urges Army to wake up
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has condemned Friday’s ambush of security personnel by Boko Haram terrorists near Baga, describing it…
Just IN: ISWAP gunmen attack Nigerian soldiers in Baga, Benishiek
Islamic State militants have launched attacks on Nigerian troop positions in Baga and Benishiek, in Borno state. However it is…
Photos: Nigerian troops retake Baga, other towns from Boko Haram
Nigerian troops from the newly-formed Nigerian Army Special Forces Command, supported by the Air Force and Navy, have cleared Boko…
How the Air Force flushed out Boko Haram from Baga
Nigerian Air Force has given a detailed account of how the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE and…
Baga reports: Military to address the press today
The Nigerian Army will today address the press in Maiduguri today on the confusing reports from Baga, a fishing town…
Rights group begs for jailed Beko’s son
Eromosele Ebhomele A human rights group, the Beko Rights Klub, on Wednesday appealed for the immediate and unconditional release as…
Baga is a ghost town one year after Boko Haram massacre
One year after a massive attack ranked among the worst in Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency, the residents of Baga in…
Jonathan visits recaptured Mubi, Baga
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan today visited Mubi, Adamawa State and Baga, Borno State, Nigerian towns recently recovered from the Boko…
Nigerian troops recapture Baga
Nigeria’s military on Saturday claimed to have recaptured the town of Baga from Boko Haram, more than a month after…
Baga And Paris: A Tale Of Two Terror Attacks
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Without a doubt, terrorism has become a major global concern. There is hardly any part of the…
‘Hundreds’ of women, children held after Boko Haram assault
Boko Haram fighters detained hundreds of women and children at a school in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga after…
Boko Haram ‘killed woman in labour’ – Amnesty
Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared could be the deadliest attack…
150 killed in Baga attack, says DHQ
The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said about 150 people died in Baga, Borno, during the recent…
UNICEF condemn killings in Baga
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Monday, condemned the killing of children, women and the elderly in Baga town…
Nigerian troops trying to recapture Baga, others – FG
The Federal Government said on Thursday that troops were working hard to free Baga and other towns captured by the…
Boko Haram seizes military base in Baga
Suspected Boko Haram militants have seized a military base outside the Nigerian town of Baga near Lake Chad after engaging…
24 killed by Boko Haram in separate attacks
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 24 people in two separate attacks in northern Nigeria, eyewitnesses said on Saturday, just as…
Survivors Of Baga Massacre Still In Hiding
Many survivors of brutal clashes last week in a remote Nigerian town are still in hiding and rescue workers are…
Relief camps set up for victims of Baga carnage
Nigeria rescue workers have now set up temporary camps in the remote northeastern town of Baga and distributed aid to…
Baga Massacre: Governor orders rebuilding of homes
Government of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Borno on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Works to begin reconstruction of houses…