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Army Says Calm Now Restored In Maiduguri Airport The Nigerian Army has described some of its … Read more via nigeria – Google News – https://ift.tt/2OsW88i Get More Nigeria Metro News

Photos have shown the moment some excited residents of Maiduguri defied the flood to have some fun in site of their apparent problems. Local reports show that an early morning downpour in ... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2mXsWKP Get More Nigeria Metro News

A Nigerian Army captain on deployment in the North-east has committed suicide, PREMIUM TIMES can report. The officer flipped his rifle towards own stomach and opened fired at the 7 Division Medical Centre in Maiduguri in the evening of June 18, according to … Read more via Premium Times...

A male suicide bomber strapped with an Improvised Explosive Device has killed one Civilian JTF and injured four others at a security formation at Baga road area in Maiduguri. The Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations in the state, Mr Wakil Maye, who confirmed the incident to the News …...

A male suicide bomber heading towards Monday Market, on sighting the massive Police deployment at Oando petrol station in Post Office area of Maiduguri metropolis, hurriedly detonated the improvised explosive device strapped to his body killing himself. The incident occurred on Saturday. Borno...

Nwachukwu said that the operation was conducted by troops of 153 Task Battalion with support of the Cameroonian Defence Forces deployed in ... Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s entertainment & lifestyle platform online – https://ift.tt/2JpfL27 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Police in Borno State on Monday arrested a female suicide bomber near an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Bakassi, Maiduguri. The Police in a statement on Tuesday identified the female suicide bomber as Zara Idriss. The statement, which was signed by the Police Public Relations...

The University of Maiduguri has denied media reports that 70 of its lecturers have submitted their resignation letters over the incessant attacks on the institution by Boko Haram insurgents. This is according to a statement signed by UNIMAID's Director, Radio and Public Relations, Prof...

The Department of State Security Service on Friday, said it has uncovered plans by terrorists to launch coordinated attacks in Kano, Kaduna, Maiduguri, others, during the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. Spokesperson for the service, Tony Opuiyo, made the disclosure in Abuja on Friday. Read full...

Villagers who survived the boko haram attack in Ali Dawari village of Jere, Maiduguri, Borno state capital have accused the Nigerian army of robbing them. THE CABLE reports that four village heads – Bulama Umar, Muhammad Malam, Goni Alidawari and Bulama Mustapha – have confirmed the...

Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday evening laid siege on Maiduguri city in Borno state. There is pandemonium and citizens are moving out in droves. Read more: Pandemonium as Boko Haram Attack Maiduguri

Buhari Fannami and Ba-Kura Abdullahi were on Tuesday arraigned on two separate one count charge before Justice M. T Salihu in Maiduguri, for allegedly giving false information to the EFCC under the whistle blowing policy. Fannamit had misled the EFCC with the information about illegally...

Two Suicide bombers attacked the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) around 1am on Saturday. A source who spoke to THE CABLE said “A male and female suicide bomber struck at the mechanical works department of the university.'' A soldier and security guard were reportedly killed in the...

According to Sahara Reporters, a suicide bomber today hit the Muna garage in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. More details later....

Teenage Amina Yusuf who was paraded by the military on Wednesday in Maiduguri said she decided not to detonate her explosive because she did not subscribe to Boko Haram ideology. The 17-year-old said she was abducted five years ago alongside her parents in Madagali in Adamawa state after a...

Repentant Boko Haram terrorists who recently dropped arms and surrendered to the Nigerian army have urged their runaway colleagues to turn themselves in. One of them, Joseph David, spoke when the Army presented to journalists in Maiduguri, ten of the sect members who surrendered to the troops...

Vigilant officers of the Nigerian police on Friday prevented an attack by three suicide bombers in Maiduguri, Borno state. There were two female and one male suicide bombers strapped with IEDs. They tried to attack a checkpoint close to the Federal High Court Complex in Maiduguri. One of the...

About six persons have been killed in an early morning bomb attack in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Saturday, witnesses confirmed to Premium Times. Twin blasts, which echoed across the city, occurred at two different spots, about 1km apart. The first blast went off at about 7a.m. at a coffee...

A car-bomb explosion was reported in Maiduguri in northeastern Borno state, Nigeria's emergency agency, NEMA confirmed on Wednesday, an area that has been repeatedly attacked by Islamist militant group Boko Haram during its seven-year-old insurgency. Recommended: Bomb Blast Rocks Maiduguri...