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Marauding gunmen storm Damasak just 12 hours after the first attack
On the first day of Ramadan and just 12 hours after Damasak was raided, insurgents stormed the town again yesterday, resulting in fasting residents having to flee for their lives. […]
A bloody weekend of death, destruction and abductions
It was a bloody weekend in Borno State as insurgents attacked a military convoy, killing 15 soldiers and four Joint Task Force members. Several soldiers were wounded in the attack […]
Boys suspected of starting fire
A group of boys − arrested by security men at Madinatu for setting fires in internally displaced persons’ camps – might have been responsible for starting the fire at the […]
Strike leaves residents stranded
The strike by Keke-Napep drivers – which started on Wednesday − has left residents dead on their feet. The tricycle drivers are protesting against “harassment” by public officials. They said […]
Maiduguri to get new 2-billion naira bus terminus
A new 2-billion naira bus terminus – with 539 lock-up shops and market stalls – will be built on Bama Road in Maiduguri, Borno State’s capital, the governor, Babagana Umara […]
Boarding schools ordered to close to prevent more kidnappings
The Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni, has ordered the closure of all boarding schools across the state because of the very real fear that more female pupils might be […]
No petrol, no work, no food
Queues of cars, tricycles and other vehicles wind around the block as frustrated residents of Borno State capital Maiduguri wait – sometimes for hours – to get petrol. And, because […]
At least 17 dead and more than 60 injured in Maiduguri rocket attack
At least 17 people were killed and more than 60 injured in an attack in the northeast city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, on Tuesday. Armed men, suspected […]
Bodies of five internally displaced persons found in Damboa woodland
At least five internally displaced persons, who had gone to the forest outside Damboa to collect firewood, were killed by Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) insurgents, The chairman of […]
Power outage generates a fortune for one section of the population
The four-month power outage in northern Nigeria has cost many their livelihoods and brought misery to breadwinners trying to make ends meet so they can put food on their tables […]
