Tag: Maiduguri
Monguno released after N50million ransom paid
Octogenarian and former Nigerian oil minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was kidnapped last Friday by gunmen in the northeastern city…
Family of abducted ex-oil minister begs for his release
The Family of Dr Shettima Ali Monguno, the elder statesman kidnapped in Maiduguri on Friday, has appealed to his abductors…
Abductors of Nigeria’s ex-oil minister demand ransom
Nigeria’s former oil minister was kidnapped Friday by gunmen who stormed his vehicle outside a mosque in the restive city…
Boko Haram commander killed by Nigerian troops
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Saturday confirmed the killing of a suspected Boko Haram…
Bukar Mandara, ex-presidential aspirant dies
Alhaji Bukar Mandara, a former presidential aspirant the National Mass Movement of Nigeria (NMMN), died on Sunday in Maiduguri. Mandara…
Multiple bomb explosions as APC govs meet in Maiduguri
Nine Nigerian Governors of the All Progressive Congress met in Maiduguri, Borno state, today, same day the city recorded three…
Boko Haram commander killed
Nigerian troops claimed they killed a suspected commander of the Boko Haram and three of his lieutenants during an operation…
Boko Haram bombs Maiduguri again, kills 2
A bomb explosion targeting soldiers killed at least two people on Friday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri while…
Oil exploration to start in Borno, says VP Sambo
Nigeria’s Vice President Namadi Sambo said Saturday that prospects for the improvement of the welfare of Nigerians living in Borno…
Boko Haram assassins slaughter 8 persons
Boko Haram attackers have killed eight people in a village in north eastern Nigerian state of Borno , with at…
18 massacred inside Nigerian market
Gunmen believed to be from Islamist extremist group Boko Haram have opened fire at a market in Damboa, Borno state…
14 killed as Nigerian soldiers battle militants
Nigerian troops clashed with militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Tuesday, in an…
Analysis: More Nigerians killed by Boko Haram in 2012
The radical Islamist fighters gather around piles of weapons and ammunition they’ve stolen and shout praises to God as they…
Boko Haram bombs 2 Nigerian cities
Two Nigerian cities rocked with bomb explosions Monday, believed to be the handiwork of militants of the Boko Haram sect.…
Nigeria: Boko Haram militants burn churches, border posts
It was not going to be another violence free Sunday in Nigeria as suspected members of the Islamist extremist group…