borno state news

The Digest: Boko Haram terrorists have issued a 72-hour ultimatum regarding 416 abducted victims in Borno State, warning that if demands are not met, the victims, including women and children, will be moved to different locations where they may never be seen again. In a video obtained Monday...

The Digest: Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have discovered and safely detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mairari town along the Gajiram axis of Borno State. The device was detected at about 9 am on April 17 by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team deployed from a Forward...

The Digest: A Commanding Officer of the 242 Battalion in Monguno, Colonel I.A. Mohammed, and at least seven soldiers have been killed after their vehicle ran into an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. The colonel was responding to a distress call from...

The Digest: A Nigerian Army colonel, I.A. Muhammad, and several soldiers have been killed in a Boko Haram ambush in Monguno, Borno State. The insurgents launched a coordinated overnight attack on a Forward Operating Base under the 242 Battalion. The colonel was leading reinforcement to troops...

The Digest: A Brigade Commander of the Joint Task Force in Benisheikh, Borno State, Brig. Gen O. O. Braimah has reportedly been killed by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists during a midnight attack. The insurgents launched coordinated attacks on Benisheikh town and Pulka Community in Gwoza...

The Digest: Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have arrested five suspects linked to the "unauthorised discharge of firearms" that killed a 14-year-old girl in Maiduguri on Saturday. According to a statement, vigilantes and an escort team attached to a local government chairman engaged in sporadic...

The Digest: A 14-year-old girl was killed on Saturday, April 4, after being hit by a stray bullet allegedly fired by military personnel engaged in celebratory gunfire during a wedding ceremony in Maiduguri, Borno State. The teenager was inside her home in the University of Maiduguri Teaching...

The Digest: Suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists attacked the Nganzai Divisional Police Headquarters in Borno State at about 1 am on Saturday, killing four police personnel and a hunter. Police spokesperson ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso said the attackers deployed Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs)...

The Digest: Troops of the Joint Task Force, North East, Operation HADIN KAI, have neutralized 38 Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists during a counter-attack at Forward Operating Base Mandaragirau in Borno State. The terrorists attacked the base early Saturday but were overpowered by...

The Digest: Families in Maiduguri have begun searching for loved ones who were visiting the three locations hit by Monday's bomb blasts that killed 23 and injured 108. Police spokesperson ASP Nahum Daso confirmed they are receiving reports from relatives and have liaised with ward heads...

The Digest: A victim of Monday's Maiduguri bomb blasts, Abacha Mustapha, has recounted the terrifying moment explosions ripped through the city, leaving him seriously injured. Speaking from his hospital bed at Umaru Shehu Hospital, Mustapha described how he was preparing to leave the market...

The Digest: The Northern States Governors' Forum has condemned Monday evening's deadly bomb explosions in Maiduguri that killed 23 and injured 108, describing the attacks as "barbaric" and a direct assault on innocent lives. Chairman and Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya expressed deep sorrow...

The Digest: Twenty-three persons have been confirmed dead and 108 injured following multiple bomb blasts in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Monday evening. The explosions, carried out by suspected suicide bombers, hit the Monday Market, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital gate, and Post...

The Digest: Multiple explosions rocked Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, on Monday evening, with several people feared killed, according to security sources and residents. The first blast occurred at a post office in the city centre, followed immediately by another at the popular Monday...

The Digest: Boko Haram terrorists have overrun another military base in Borno State, killing the commanding officer and other officers in an attack on Kukawa Local Government Area in the early hours of Monday. Sources revealed insurgents stormed the town from multiple directions around 12:30...

The Digest: Suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have abducted more than 100 women and children in an attack on Ngoshe community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, Daily Trust reports. The assailants first attacked a military base belonging to the 82 Division Task Force Battalion...

The Digest: Boko Haram insurgents have killed Forward Operations Base commander Major IU Mairiga, three soldiers, and a hunter during a night attack on Mayanti in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Security sources revealed that Major Mairiga fought bravely, neutralizing several...

The Digest: No fewer than 117 repentant terrorists from Borno State have completed the Disarmament, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme under Operation Safe Corridor at Mallam Sidi Camp, Defence Headquarters has announced. At a high-level stakeholders' meeting in Abuja, Operation...

The Digest: At least eight Nigerian soldiers were killed and 23 others injured in a raid by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on a military base at Cross Kauwa village in Borno State, security sources told AFP. About 70 militants on motorcycles attacked the base on Monday...

The Digest: Suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents have ambushed Nigerian military personnel near Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State, capturing 13 soldiers and killing seven others, including a commanding officer recently promoted to lieutenant...