Tag: Maiduguri
FG to build renewable energy plant in Borno
The Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, has said the Federal Government would partner with the Borno government…
Suicide attack kills 15 civilians in Maiduguri
Fifteen civilians have been killed and 17 others injured after a suicide attack in Maiduguri, Borno state by suspected Boko…
4 Boko Haram suicide bombers killed in failed attack
Four would-be suicide bombers planning to blow up a petrol station in Maiduguri, Borno state have been killed by soldiers…
5 cops, 3 civilians killed in troubled Maiduguri
Suspected Boko Haram militants on Tuesday hurled explosives in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing five police officers, while…
Update: Boko Haram militants attack Maiduguri barracks
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists armed with explosives attacked a residential neighbourhood and a military barracks in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern city…
Reports: Heavy gunfire, explosions in Maiduguri
Reuters has reported heavy gunfire in Maiduguri, capital of the embattled north east state of Borno. The news agency said…
35 die in double bomb blasts in Maiduguri
Two explosions on Saturday rocked the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a stronghold of the radical Islamist Boko Haram group,…
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…
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…
Six returnee pilgrims with Boko Haram ties arrested
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of six pilgrims, who returned from…
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…
14 Boko Haram insurgents killed, curfew bites hard
Nigerian army’s offensive against Boko Haram militants the north of the country has left 14 insurgents and three soldiers dead,…
Boko Haram: 10 killed, 65 arrested in Maiduguri
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters said on Saturday in Abuja that 10 suspected terrorists were killed as troops clashed with insurgent groups…
24-hour curfew slammed on Maiduguri
Nigeria’s military on Saturday imposed a round-the-clock curfew in parts of Maiduguri, the home base of Boko Haram Islamists, as…