Peace & Security
Drivers and passengers demand improved security after deadly landmine blast
Commercial drivers, motorists and passengers urge the government to open highway, saying more traffic on the road might deter insurgents from planting deadly landmines. A recent landmine attack on the […]
Bus driver and eight passengers die in IED blast
Deadly blast just days after Borno State governor holds a special expanded security meeting to discuss the escalation of attacks – he says the state is ‘losing ground’ to insurgents. […]
Two children killed in raging blaze
People left with only the clothes on their back as they drop everything and flee from fires that blazed through the densely packed settlements of Wanori, Kalari and Nugururi. Two […]
Soldiers die in attack on military camp in Borno State
A captain and a corporal have died in a third attack by insurgents in two weeks on military formations in Borno State – residents say ‘scores of terrorists’ were also […]
‘Looming security crisis’ as Niger exits military coalition
‘The urgency for a cohesive and collaborative response has never been more pressing … failure to fill the void left by Niger’s exit could plunge the region into deeper insecurity’. […]
Residents live in fear, waiting for the next attack
Two Attacks in Less Than a Month Leave Kaleri Residents in Fear: Insurgents Kill a 12-Year-Old Boy and a Security Operative Kaleri, a community adjacent to the University of Maiduguri, […]
Two soldiers die, three others injured in IED blast in Borno State
Senator urges federal government to wake up from its slumber, address the root causes of the insurgency and deploy technological warfare ‘including drones to end this madness’. Two soldiers have […]
Young man severely wounded in IED blast
Apprentice is still in hospital after mistakenly detonating an improvised explosive device he found while collecting firewood in a forest in the Gujba district of Yobe State. A young man’s […]
Four die, four wounded in IED blast in Borno State
Four instantly killed and four others wounded in a massive improvised explosive device blast on the Kimba-Biu road in Borno State. Four people have died and four others were wounded […]
