Tag: Maiduguri
Twin bomb blast rip through Maiduguri mosque
Two bomb blasts have ripped through a mosque in Maiduguri killing many, eyewitnesses say. The blast is believed to be…
Maiduguri hospital records 43,000 cases of mental disorder
The Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital in Maiduguri recorded no fewer than 43,000 cases of mental disorder in the past 16 years.…
Suicide bomber targeting Nigerian army barracks killed
Soldiers of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Borno State, today gunned down a female suicide bomber…
Fresh blasts in Maiduguri kills at least 18
Four women suicide bombers blew themselves up early Friday when challenged by soldiers as they tried to enter Maiduguri, Nigeria,…
Explosions kill seven in Maiduguri – Red Cross
Reuters – Blasts detonated by three suicide bombers in the northeastern Nigeria city of Maiduguri killed at least seven people…
Multiple explosions rip through Maiduguri
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) – Multiple explosions were heard Sunday on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria that…
Series of explosions rock Maiduguri, 14 dead, 39 injured
AFP – A series of explosions rocked the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, with casualties feared, witnesses…
Three explosions rock Maiduguri killing at least eight persons
Three blasts struck the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a military spokesman said on Sunday, a day after a new…
Children displaced by Boko Haram hits 1.4 m —UNICEF
(Reuters) – The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4…
Army destroys fish, meat, belonging to Boko-Haram
The Nigerian Army on Friday destroyed 2,000 cartons of dried fish and smoked meat recovered from suspected Boko Haram insurgents.…
Insurgency: NEMA evacuates 5,000 people from Dikwa LGA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said it had evacuated 5,000 starved persons from liberated hinterland communities in…
6 killed in Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
Maiduguri (Reuters) – At least six people have been killed during a raid by Boko Haram militants outside Nigeria’s northeastern…
Many killed as suicide bomber attack Maiduguri market
There was no exact death toll from the explosion early Friday at Gamboru wholesale vegetable market, where rescuers are still…
Suicide bomber kills civillian JTF in Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in a bus killed one member of Nigeria’s civilian joint task force (JTF) at…
Bomb Blast near DSS office in Maiduguri kills one
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a three-wheeled vehicle detonated near the office of state security in Nigeria’s northeastern…
Suicide bombings: Police urge Maiduguri residents to be vigilant
The Police in Borno on Sunday cautioned residents of Maiduguri to be vigilant, following increased suicide bombing in the capital…
Female suicide bombers kill 3 in Maiduguri hospital attack
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers killed at least three people and injured 16 in the capital of the northeastern…
Bomb blast rips through bus station in Maiduguri
A blast rocked a bus station in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Monday, a civilian vigilante assisting the…
Borno govt reviews curfew in Maiduguri
The Borno State government said on Wednesday that it had reviewed upward the 7:00 pm to 6:00 am curfew in…
Boko Haram: Maiduguri Military Command Centre to be ready in 21 days
The installation of high tech equipment, infrastructural development and movement of personnel have commenced towards the movement of Military Control…
Borno pledges support to Military High Command in Maiduguri
The Borno Government said it was willing to provide logistic support toward the relocation of the Military High Command to…
Female suicide bomber in Maiduguri kills two near checkpoint
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber has killed two people and injured three others at a checkpoint in the…
Bomb kills two, injures 33 in Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb hidden in a pile of scrap metal beside a busy road has killed two people…
Nigerians react to suicide bomber who shouted ‘Sai Buhari’
On Tuesday, Aderemi Opadokun, the Commissioner of Police in Borno State, told newsmen in Maiduguri that a suicide bomber killed…
Boko Haram: Bomb concealed under butcher’s table kills 50
A bomb blast hit a busy meat market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing as many as…
Defence chiefs meet Buhari, set to relocate to Maiduguri
Defence chiefs briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the security situation in the country on Tuesday. The Chief of Naval Staff,…
5 die in Maiduguri abattoir bomb attack – Police
The Police in Borno said five persons died when a suicide bomber attacked an abattoir in Maiduguri on Tuesday. Mr…
Another bomb blast rips through Maiduguri market, kills one
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb went off in the Gamboru market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday, a…
Boko Haram dares Buhari, bombs Maiduguri mosque
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city on Saturday afternoon killing…
Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria May 30 (Reuters) – Nigerian troops pushed back an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the outskirts of…