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Articles of the author MAIDUGURI
Recognize 'enormous challenges' facing northern Nigeria to forge new hope, Guterres urges
The "enormous challenges" faced by the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, which include a continuing terrorist insurgency, need to be recognized by the international community to create what the UN Secretary-General has called a "state of hope (...)

05 - 05 - 2022
KSrelief Launches Ramadan Food Baskets for the Displaced People in Three States in Nigeria
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has launched Ramadan food baskets for the displaced persons in Borno, Yobe and Zamfara States, northeastern Nigeria, benefiting 100,000 people. The inauguration was attended by Ibrahim (...)

23 - 04 - 2021
Triple suicide attack kills at least 30 in northeast Nigeria
At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigeria, state emergency services officials said. Three suicide bombers detonated explosives at Konduga village, 25km from Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno state, on (...)

17 - 06 - 2019
Militants kill 25 Nigerian soldiers, some civilians in ambush
Insurgents killed at least 25 soldiers and a number of civilians in an ambush in northeast Nigeria on Saturday morning, two security sources said, the second deadly attack on the army this week. Militants opened fire as the soldiers were escorting a (...)

25 - 05 - 2019
Nigeria bolsters security on eve of presidential election
Nigeria bolstered security in much of the country on Friday on the eve of a presidential election in Africa's largest democracy where past ballots have been marred by violence, voter intimidation and vote rigging. The two leading candidates in (...)

15 - 02 - 2019
KSRelief Continues Distribution of 2nd Food Aid Phase to Displaced Nigeriansو in Maiduguri
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center has continued distribution of 2100 tons food, in the second phase of aid to displaced Nigerians in the city of Maiduguri, in the Northern state of Borno. The aid comes in line with the directives of (...)

04 - 02 - 2019
Insecurity throws Nigeria's election preparations into disarray
Muhammad Suleiman thought it was safe to go home after the army drove insurgents from his town in northeastern Nigeria three years ago. In December, the militants struck again. Suleiman fled into the bush, leaving his voter card behind with most of (...)

04 - 02 - 2019
At Least 9 Dead in Attacks in Northeast Nigeria
Authorities in northeastern Nigeria say at least nine people have been killed by suicide bombers in a series of attacks in the area. Borno state police commissioner Damian Chukwu said Monday that most of the attackers were teenage girls who were (...)

26 - 06 - 2017
Nigerian troops battle Boko Haram in Lake Chad area, kill 13
Nigerian troops fought Boko Haram in the Lake Chad area on Saturday, killing 13 of the extremists and arresting 10 others, including 6 women believed to have helped smuggle supplies to the insurgents, said an army spokesman. Soldiers of the of 8 (...)

21 - 05 - 2017
11 Dead as Nigerian Troops Repel Boko Haram Suicide Bombers
Witnesses and soldiers say 11 people have been killed as Nigerian troops battled Boko Haram suicide bombers and fighters to repel an attack on the outskirts of northeastern Maiduguri city. They say nine suicide bombers and two civilians died early (...)

17 - 02 - 2017
Nigeria's crowded camps fuel disease fears from open defecation
Every time she needs to go to the toilet, Shadima Irima recalls the moment Boko Haram militants stormed her home in northeast Nigeria and killed her cousin before her eyes. Watching dozens of people lining up outside of a couple of latrines in a (...)

15 - 02 - 2017
Suicide bomber attacks market in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
A suicide bomber attacked a cattle market on Monday in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, the city worst hit in the seven-year insurgency waged by militant group Boko Haram, Reuters reported. The police said the female bomber, who struck the Kasuwan (...)

26 - 12 - 2016
9 killed in car bomb blast at checkpoint in northern Nigeria
A car bomb targeting a military checkpoint on a road leading to Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri exploded Tuesday, killing all nine people in the vehicle, police and witnesses said. According to AP, those killed were the driver and (...)

01 - 11 - 2016
Bomb Blasts Kill 9 in Northeastern Nigerian City
Twin explosions from female suicide bombers killed nine people and injured 24 in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Saturday morning, officials and witnesses said. The first explosion came when two of the bombers tried to enter a camp (...)

29 - 10 - 2016
8 killed in female suicide bomb attack in northeast Nigeria
Eight people were killed on Wednesday when a suspected female suicide bomber detonated her explosives in a taxi close to a camp housing displaced people in northeast Nigeria, officials said. Police said the body of the suspected woman bomber was (...)

13 - 10 - 2016
7 killed as bombing targets taxi in northeastern Nigeria
A local official says at least seven people have been killed in an explosion targeting a taxi in northeastern Nigeria's largest city, AP reported. Bello Dambatta, an emergency response official, says six people were killed at the scene of (...)

12 - 10 - 2016
Seven killed as bombing targets taxi in northeastern Nigeria
A local official says at least seven people have been killed in an explosion targeting a taxi in northeastern Nigeria's largest city, AP reported. Bello Dambatta, an emergency response official, says six people were killed at the scene of (...)

12 - 10 - 2016
As refugee children die, Nigeria probes theft of food aid
Children who escaped Boko Haram's insurgency now are dying of starvation in refugee camps in northeastern Nigeria's largest city as the government investigates the theft of food aid by officials. Refugees have staged near-daily protests over the (...)

31 - 08 - 2016
Suicide bombing in Nigeria kills at least 4 people
A suicide bombing at a government compound in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed at least five people and wounded 19 on Thursday, residents and hospital workers said. A Reuters reporter saw rescue workers loading five bodies on a (...)

12 - 05 - 2016
Blast kills 21 in Nigeria
At least 21 people have been killed and 32 were injured in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Wednesday, a military source and a civilian joint task force member said, according to Reuters. No group has (...)

16 - 03 - 2016
Herders suffer as Nigeria army shuts cattle trade to fight Boko Haram
A Nigerian government push to strangle the Boko Haram insurgency has shut down the cattle trade that sustained the city of Maiduguri, leaving many residents with no livelihood, including many of the two million people displaced by the war. In recent (...)

16 - 03 - 2016
Suicide Attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon Kill 12 Plus 5 Bombers
Girl suicide bombers killed 12 people over the weekend in Nigeria and Cameroon, officials said Monday of the attackers who were stopped for routine searches. All five bombers also died, but they could have killed many more people. Police who blamed (...)

23 - 11 - 2015
Nigeria issues poster of 100 wanted Boko Haram militants
Nigeria's army is posting photographs of 100 wanted terrorist Boko Haram militants including the shadowy leader whom they claim to have killed on at least three occasions, AP reported. The poster pasted onto walls this week. Army spokesman Col. Sani (...)

31 - 10 - 2015
4 Women Suicide Bombers Die in Northeast Nigeria, Kill 1
Four women suicide bombers blew themselves up in northeastern Nigeria Saturday, killing one other person and wounding 10, when civilian guards prevented them from entering the city of Maiduguri, said an official. The women blew themselves up when (...)

24 - 10 - 2015
At least 36 killed in suicide attacks in Nigeria's northeast-medics
At least 36 people have been killed in multiple suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state at a mosque and a residential building, Reuters quoted police and medical sources as saying on Friday. A twin suicide bombing at a mosque on the (...)

16 - 10 - 2015
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