LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – At least seven loggers were killed and five others injured in Nigeria’s volatile northeast Borno State when their vehicle hit a landmine, a local official said. Bakura Abba, head of the local volunteer guard or the Civilian Joint Task Force, told he media that the incident occurred in a remote area […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigerian army has killed 101 militants in the last week in operations that targeted Boko Haram, ISIS’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) and criminal gangs, an official has announced. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, confirmed that the military conducted operations across various...
Kano, Nigeria — AFP A bombing at a teahouse in a village in northeast Nigeria killed 19 people and wounded two dozen more, in the second major attack in a few weeks, security sources said. The blast in Kawuri village in Borno State was one of the deadliest in recent years in northeast Nigeria, where […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least four police officers have been killed by ISIS in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in northeastern Nigeria in an attack on a police station, according to media reports. Members of the militant group attacked the station in the Nganzai region in the Borno state where in addition to the slain […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least eight people were killed in northeastern Nigeria on Thursday when a mine planted on a road allegedly by Boko Haram exploded in the Ngala region in Borno state, reports said. Two members of the government-backed Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) were among those killed while many others sustained injuries. [&...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 10 people were killed in an attack carried out by Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria, a report said Sunday. Members of the terrorist organization attacked workers in fields in the Mafa local government area of Borno state, said the Punch newspaper. Nine other people were abducted. Boko Haram, […]...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 23 Boko Haram members were killed Saturday in operations against the group in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria. Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, director of defense media operations, said in a statement that the army continues operations against the group in Borno. Buba said 23 terrorists were killed but many [&he...
