Tag: MAIDUGURI
Suspected suicide bomber arrested in Cameroon not abducted Chibok schoolgirl –...
A suspected suicide bomber arrested in northern Cameroon last week before she could blow herself up is not one of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by...
How two female suicide bombers killed 22 in Maiduguri mosque
Two female suicide bombers killed 22 people on Wednesday during morning prayers at a mosque on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the heart of a...
Internally displaced children bring former UK foreign secretary to his knees...
A group of internally displaced children singing "ABC" brought former UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, to his knees Monday in the heart of Nigeria's...
Female suicide bomber kills eight IDPs in Maiduguri
Eight Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were killed Sunday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives among women and children arriving Maiduguri to escape...
Bomb blasts in Maiduguri, Yola mosques kill 55
By Ajani Okanlawon
At least 55 people were killed on Friday in bomb attacks on mosques in Borno and Adamawa states.
Twin bomb blasts killed 28...
Many feared dead as suicide bomber attacks Maiduguri mosque
Twin bomb blasts have killed at least 18 people during pre-dawn prayers at a crowded mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Friday,...
U.S., FCT Administration, APC deplore horrific Abuja blasts
The United States Government has condemned Friday’s bomb blasts in Abuja, the Nigerian capital.
A statement by the spokesman of the American Embassy in Abuja,...
Buhari condemns escalating terror attacks as death toll from Abuja blasts...
An angry President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned in the strongest terms the latest terror attacks in parts of the country.
His statement came as...
Number of children displaced by Boko Haram hits 1.4m
The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4 million, the United Nations children agency...
Army claims arrest of producers of fake national ID card for...
The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that it arrested two business centre operators in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital who allegedly produced fake national...