Tag: Borno State
Boko Haram terrorists kill 2 villagers, burn churches
Suspected terrorists from Boko Haram have struck at Pela Birni village of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state, killing…
Army slams telephone blackout on Borno state again
Nigeria’s military authorities on Wednesday re-imposed a telephone blackout on many parts of Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, the base of…
Recall Youth Corps Members Posted To War-Torn States
Days ago, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, shocked Nigerians by posting of 820 graduates to war-torn Borno State to…
Healthcare services collapse in northern Borno state
Healthcare services have collapsed in the northern part of Nigeria’s Borno state as doctors, nurses and pharmacists flee for their…
Soldiers checkmate Boko Haram terrorists, kill 20
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said soldiers foiled attempts by Boko Haram terrorists to attack Ajiri and Mafa in Borno state…
85 people killed by Boko Haram in two days
It was a very bloody weekend as Boko Haram militants continued their campaign against Nigerians, killing 85 people in two…
Boko Haram militants completely destroy Borno village
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday returned to a village in northeast Nigeria where 106 people were killed last week,…
Boko Haram militants suffer heavy losses in Bama
Suspected Boko Haram militants armed with explosives attacked Bama, a troubled spot in Nigeria’s northeast on Wednesday, sparking a battle…
Niger Republic arrests 20 Boko Haram militants
Niger has arrested about 20 Boko Haram Islamist militants from neighboring Nigeria who are suspected of planning attacks in Niger’s…
106 killed by Boko Haram gunmen, says Senator Ndume
The actual death toll from the latest attacks by Boko Haram gunmen on Izaghe village in Borno state, north east…
Boko Haram gunmen massacre 60 villagers, in fresh raid
Dozens of people, mostly Christians, in Izaghe village in rural Borno state, northeast Nigeria, have been massacred by gunmen suspected…
Boko Haram: 43 killed in latest Nigerian massacre
No fewer than 43 people have been killed in the latest attack by Boko Haram gunmen against residents of two…
15 killed as Boko Haram gunmen attack 2 villages
Suspected Islamist gunmen shot dead 12 people in two separate attacks on villages near Nigeria’s border with Niger while three…
Breaking news: 17 dead in Nigeria market bomb attack
No fewer than 17 people were killed when a bomb ripped through a busy market in Maiduguri, capital of the…
Boko Haram strikes in Borno market, kills 5
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked a market 22 kilometres to Maiduguri, Borno state, killing five and injuring many more, witnesses…
Senator’s convoy bombed by fighter jet
Senator Ali Ndume’s convoy was bombed on Saturday by a fighter jet of Nigeria’s military , the senator said today.…
Hello Maiduguri…phone lines buzzing again
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday restored the mobile phone service in the embattled city of Maiduguri, a day after a major…
Official: 24 Boko Haram militants killed, 2 soldiers wounded
The Nigerian army said 24 Boko Haram militants were killed in the early Monday attack by the group against military…
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…
Boko Haram: Nigerian Army vows tighter security at Xmas
Military authorities in Nigeria on Saturday pledged to secure communities in the northeastern states, bordering Chad, Niger and Cameroon over…
Nigerian military bombs Boko Haram camps, many killed
Nigeria’s military has launched air strikes on Boko Haram camps in the country’s northeast killing “many” insurgents, a spokesman said…
Boko Haram militants sack village, kill 12
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed 12 people in Nigeria’s restive northeast, burning homes and stealing cars in an area…
9 Boko Haram militants killed, says Nigerian army
Nigerian troops said Friday they had killed nine suspected terrorists belonging to the Boko Haram in a gunfight in Borno…
Witnesses recount gory attack on wedding convoy
Witnesses and survivors have recounted how gunmen, believed to be Boko Haram members, attacked a wedding convoy in Nigeria’s northeastern…
Gunmen kill over 30 in attack on wedding convoy
Survivors and witnesses of an attack on a wedding convoy in Borno state, northern Nigeria have confirmed that gunmen killed…
Nigeria’s troops kill 37 Boko Haram militants
Nigeria’s military said Tuesday it killed 37 suspected Boko Haram fighters in a ground and air assault on an insurgent…
Boko Haram kills 29 in one day
Boko Haram gunmen have stormed two villages in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, killing 10 people, after a botched attempt by…
19 killed in unrelenting Boko Haram attacks
There seems to be no end in sight in the bloodletting by Boko Haram gunmen in the Nigerian north eastern…
Mortuary records reveal heavy Boko Haram human losses
Just a few days after Amnesty International published a report accusing Nigeria’s military of killing close to 1000 Boko Haram…
Nigerian troops foil Boko Haram multi-front attacks, kill 40
Amidst report of extra-judicial killings of Boko Haram suspects by Nigeria’s military, while suspects were under their custody, Nigeria’s military…