Tag: Damaturu
35 Boko Haram militants killed, says JTF
Nigeria’s military said Monday it has killed 35 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a crackdown on the insurgent group in…
Curfew slammed on Damaturu, Potiskum
Soldiers of the task force in Nigeria’s Yobe state have conducted door-to-door searches in Damaturu, capital of Yobe and Potiskum,…
Damaturu residents flee besieged town
Hundreds of residents of Damaturu in Yobe state fled Tuesday after arrests by troops and rumours of new attacks by…
Damaturu explodes again
Damaturu,capital of Yobe state and the Nigerian city plagued by repeated Boko Haram assaults, bombings and gunfire exploded Friday, to…
Bloody Week In The North-east
Apart from the violence that engulfed parts of Kaduna State last weekend, three other northern Nigerian states were hit in…
How Gunmen raided Damaturu Prison
Bombers, gunmen spared Nigerian churches and their worshippers today. But they seemed to have another target in mind as they…
34 Die in Damaturu’s violence
Gun battles between security forces and suspected Islamists in Nigeria’s Damaturu town have killed at least 34 people, including three…
Nigerian town hit by a cocktail of bombs, gunshots
Fresh explosions and gunfire have rocked Nigeria’s northeastern city of Damaturu, a day after suicide attacks claimed by Islamists and…
15 die in gruesome road accident in Nigeria
Fifteen persons on Thursday died while 6 others were injured when a commercial bus collided with a car on Maiduguri-Damaturu road, in Nigeria’s northeast…
Gunmen Kill SSS Operative
Gunmen late Sunday shot dead state security service officer in front of his house in the northeastern city of Damaturu,…
Boko Haram Suspects Ambush Police Patrol
Suspected members of the Boko-Haram sect in Damaturu ambushed a police patrol team, resulting in an exchange of gunfire. The…
Gunmen Kill Nigerian Cop In Yobe State
Gunmen have shot dead a Nigerian policeman at his home in Damaturu, Yobe state, the AFP has reported. It was…
Measles Kills 41 In Yobe
Forty one persons have died in Yobe in the last 18 months following the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM)…
Police Arrest 2 Corps Members Over Missing DDC Machine
The police in Yobe on Tuesday arrested two NYSC members serving as registration officers in the state over an alleged…