boko haram attacks

Sunday’s victims of Boko Haram attack in Auno, Konduga LGA of Maiduguri were like sitting ducks, waiting to be fried, when Boko Haram gunmen emerged to deal another devastating blow to Nigeria’s soft targets. The victims were commuters returning to Maiduguri, but they were shut out from...

Islamist militants have killed hundreds of soldiers in attacks in northeastern Nigeria in recent weeks, security and military sources say, forcing a turnaround in the course of an insurgency which the government has frequently claimed to have vanquished. The fatigued, ill-equipped government...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has insisted that the attacks and killings in the state could be regarded as a jihad, following verifiable comments by the various herdsmen groups in the country which openly declared a jihad in the state. Gov Samuel Ioraer Ortom … Read more via...

At least five persons have been killed and 13 others wounded including a university professor when multiple bombers attacked Maiduguri last night, residents and Civilian JTF said. The suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers stormed Muna Zauyar in Jere Local Government Area of the state capital at...

Nigerian troops on Monday repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents at a security check point few kilometres away from Maiduguri. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 5: 30 PM, at Moloi area, on outskirts of Maiduguri. The insurgents were said to have torched some...

Four suicide bombers have been reportedly killed in a failed attempt to wreak havoc in the Bornu State capital, Maiuguri yesterday night according to Sahara Reporters The bombers, who are suspected Boko Haram members, were all female They stormed Ummarari general area on the outskirts of...

Boko Haram insurgents have killed three people and set fire to scores of homes in a raid targeting vulnerable rural communities in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, Daily Post reports Modu Ganamani, Information Officer for the Guzamala Local Government Area in Northern Borno state, said the...