Tag: Borno state

MSF says more than 240 children died of malnutrition in various IDP camps in the last five months.

Military chiefs brainstormed on strategies to reignite the counter-insurgency effort.

Suicide attacks are now more frequent than ever in the troubled region.

The Secretary-General extended his condolences to the people and government of Nigeria.

The terror group kidnapped the women on June 20.

Use of suicide bombers is one of the major strategies of the Boko Haram.

At least six powerful explosions occurred between 10:45 and 11:00 p.m.

The women were kidnapped on June 20 when a large military-escorted convoy was ambushed.

The incident occurred at about 4:45 p.m., at one of the pastoralist hamlets in the area.

As at 2 July, 146 confirmed and suspected cases had been reported in three local government areas.

One of the battles occurred along the shores of Lake Chad, a spokesperson said.

The blasts occurred near the NNPC Mega station along the Maiduguri-Biu Highway.‎

The army also launched locally-fabricated patrol vehicles.

SEMA said it registered 13,000 births in IDPs camps in the past four years.

The army says troops of 151 Battalion also cleared an ambush by suspected terrorists.

Nine abducted children undergoing training at a Boko Haram camp were also freed, the Army said.

Mr. Osinbajo first visited Maiduguri on July 1, 2015, barely few weeks after the Buhari administration came to power.

The separate incidents indicate the delicate security situation in Borno.

The returnees are part of the 43,000 IDPs that signified interest to return home.

The new centre brings the total number of such facilities to three.

"For every IED incident that occurred, over 20 have been saved."

“Our men rescued them last week as they were fleeing the fierce battle between soldiers and Boko Haram insurgents in ...

It is not clear at this point if the attack was a suicide bombing or not.

"Most of our local government areas have been destroyed by the terrorists."