A 70-year- old man was killed while two persons sustained injuries at an internally displaced persons camps (IDPs) in Borno state.At a press conference in the state on Tuesday, Yabawa Kolo, chairperson of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), confirmed the incident, saying it happened during breaking of fast at the camp.Kolo said the displaced person died while trying to access [...]
Aisha Wakil, better known as ‘Mama Boko Haram’, says members of the Boko Haram insurgent group will surrender to the federal government.Wakil said this on Saturday during a fundraising for Complete Care Aid Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), she founded.The NGO caters for victims of insurgency in the north-east.Referring to the insurgents as her sons, Wakil said they would come [...]
A suicide bomber has attacked a residential area in the Jidarri Polo axis of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.Baa-na Shetimma, a resident, disclosed this to TheCable on Friday night.He said the attack, which happened around 9pm has sparked tension in the town"There are dead bodies in front of my house as I speak to you," he told TheCable on the telephone.Shetimma [...]
The Borno state police command has explained how two of its men sustained injuries in a Boko Haram attack in Maiduguri on Thursday.TheCable had reported that a suicide bomber hit an armoured personnel carrier of the police, injuring two officers.In a statement on Friday, Edet Okon, spokesman of the command, said the insurgents fired sporadically and detonated the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on [...]
Two policemen sustained injuries after a male suicide bomber struck in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, on Thursday night.The attack happened hours after the insurgents engaged security operatives in a gun battle.Boko Haram had attempted to infiltrate the ancient city but they were repelled by a combined team of soldiers, air force and policemen.The two officers who were injured in the [...]
There is currently a serious gun battle between suspected members of the Boko Haram sect and the military in Maiduguri, Borno state capital.Zainab Kamali, a resident told TheCable, that the insurgents struck in Jidari Polo area of the metropolitan city around 5pm on Thursday."We were forced to abandon our homes for the bush... there's serious confusion," she told TheCable via telephone.Another [...]
The police in Borno say they have foiled a suicide bomb attack coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents in Bama town, Bama local government area of the state.Edet Okon, the police public relations officer for Borno state, said this on Tuesday in a statement in Maiduguri.He said the three suicide bombers were neutralised by policemen on guard in the area.Okon said: [...]
At least five persons have been killed in a Boko Haram attack in Bama, a town in Borno state.Many worshipers also sustained injuries in the attack which happened around 5:30am.Ali Abacha, an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), confirmed the incident to TheCable, saying it was a suicide attack.Abacha said two female bombers sneaked into the [...]
At least three persons have been killed in a fresh outbreak of cholera in Kukawa local government area of Borno state, Haruna Mshelia, commissioner for health, has said.Mshelia made the disclosure when Tedros Ghebrayesus, director-general, World Health Organisation (WHO), visited the WHO’s emergency and response centre on Friday in Maiduguri.He said about 700 cases of cholera were recorded in Baga, Doron [...]
Not less than 15 persons are feared dead and 55 others injured in an attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Bale Galtimari village in Jere local government area of Borno.NAN reports that echoes from sporadic gunshots and multiple explosions, which lasted for hours on Sunday night, were heard from the outskirts of the city. Bale community is about 20 kilometres [...]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says three suicide bombers were killed at Muna area of Maiduguri, Borno state, on Friday.Four powerful explosions rocked the ancient city between 9pm and 9:30 pm, sending terrifying echoes to many parts of the town.Bashir Garga, NEMA’s northeast zonal coordinator, who confirmed the incident, said the blast occurred outside the town.Garga disclosed that the [...]
The Nigerian army has reopened the Maiduguri-Bama-Banki international highway in Borno state. Rogers Nicholas, the theatre commander, operation Lafiya Dole, announced this on Saturday at the inauguration of the highway in Maiduguri.Nicholas said the road was certified safe for public use following the successes recorded in the ongoing clearance operation in the war against insurgency.He said: “Today marks another remarkable event [...]
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has announced the resumption of humanitarian operations in Rann town, Borno.The UN relief wing said the resumption of aid operations in the community followed several security assessments by the UN and non-governmental organisations.The UN had on March 2 suspended aid operations and withdrew its workers from Rann after suspected [...]
The Borno state police command says Boko Haram is planning to attack Maiduguri, capital of the state, with vehicles primed with improvised explosive device (IED).Ahmed Bello, an assistant commissioner of police, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.Bello said the attack was beng coordinated by dislodged Boko Haram from Sambisa forest.He said security forces have adequately deployed resources to counter and [...]
Identical twins have been arrested for alleged examination malpractice in Maiduguri, Borno state.They were arrested after one of them tried to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at the University of Maiduguri.Speaking with NAN, Babagana Gutti, chief examiner officer in the state, said the brothers tricked invigilators and security personnel to gain entrance to the centre.Gutti explained that [...]
The United Nations says the suspension of humanitarian operations in Rann, Borno state, is still in force.On March 2, the UN announced the suspension following an attack by Boko Haram insurgents in the area.At least eight persons were killed in the incident, including three aid workers while a nurse was abducted.The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (UN-OCHA) [...]
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