borno yobe border market

The Digest: The Yobe state government has clarified that the air strike on Jilli market targeted a Boko Haram stronghold in Borno state, not civilians. Dahiru Abdulsalam, special adviser on security to the governor, said the operation was conducted by the air component of Operation Hadin Kai...

The Digest: No fewer than 56 people, mostly traders, are feared dead after an airstrike on Jilli Market, a weekly market along the Borno-Yobe border, on Saturday. The strike, suspected to be part of a military operation targeting Boko Haram insurgents, missed its intended target. An eyewitness...