Tag: Maiduguri
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…
Soldiers Kill 3 Boko Haram Members Arrest 31
Soldiers of the Joint Military Task Force have killed three Boko Haram Islamists and recovered arms and ammunition in a…
Alleged murderer of General Shuwa killed
Nigeria’s military on Thursday claimed to have killed a Boko Haram commander behind the recent high-profile assassination of a retired…
Boko Haram: ‘We did not kill General Shuwa”
Nigeria’s dreaded insurgency group, Boko Haram, has denied involvement in the killing Major General Muhammed Shuwa, a Nigerian civil war…
Reports: Exodus of men from Maiduguri
Many people, especially men are deserting Nigeria’s troubled city, Maiduguri, after the murder yesterday of a retired senior military officer…
Shuwa, ex-army general assassinated
Less than 24 hours after Nigerian soldiers reportedly massacred about 40 youngsters in Maiduguri, four gunmen have struck in the…
Boko Haram wants peace talks in Saudi Arabia
The Associated Press has reported a telephone conversation with a Boko Haram member in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s Borno State,…
Bomb Scare On Arik Flight
There has been a bomb scare on an Arik Air flight from Maiduguri to Abuja but the Ministry of Aviation…
China protests killing of national in Nigeria
China said Monday it had lodged a diplomatic protest over the fatal shooting of a Chinese worker in Nigeria and…
Top Boko Haram member arrested in Senator’s house
A high-profile member of the Boko Haram sect has been arrested in the home of a senator in Maiduguri, Borno…
Another Chinese killed in Maiduguri
Gunmen shot dead a Chinese construction worker in Maiduguri on Friday, an official said, the second killing of a Chinese…
24 Boko Haram militants shot dead in Maiduguri
Despite using grenades, rocket propellers and improvised bombs to battle Nigerian soldiers in multiple attacks in Maiduguri, 24 Boko haram…
Fresh blasts, gunfire rock Maiduguri
Maiduguri, the embattled Nigerian city was in lockdown on Tuesday following a spate of blasts and persistent gunfire in a…
Fresh Blasts, Gunfire In Maiduguri
An embattled Nigerian city was in lockdown on Tuesday following a spate of blasts and persistent gunfire in a neighbourhood…
Maiduguri: another day of violence, another 4 dead
Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri was on Sunday rocked by a roadside blast and two separate gun attacks that killed at…
Boko Haram begged to embrace dialogue now
The leading traditional leader in the Boko Haram beleaguered Borno state in Northern Nigeria, Abubakar Ibn Garbai, the Shehu of…
Army in revenge killings after patrol vehicle bombed
Nigerian soldiers indiscriminately fired on residents of Maiduguri, Borno state Monday, killing several people, after a bomb blast targetted an…