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Nigeria triple suicide attack kills 13

Maiduguri - Muslimchronicle

Three female suicide bombers killed 13 people and wounded 16 in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday, security sources said. The first bomber detonated her explosive belt in front of a small restaurant in the capital of Borno state, a military source said on condition of anonymity, giving the death toll. The two other bombers then followed, resulting inRead more

Egypt strongly condemns suicide attacks in Nigeria

Cairo - Muslimchronicle

Egypt condemned on Wednesday the terrorist attacks that killed 28 people and injured dozens others in Nigeria. Egypt fully supports the Nigerian government and people in their war against terrorism, calling on the international community to eliminate extremism and terrorism, Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Egypt offered condolences over the death of the victims, wishing a speedy recoveryRead more

Nigeria suicide bombers kill 28, wound 82

Maiduguri - Muslimchronicle

Three women suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a camp for displaced people in northeastern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 82, local sources said. The attack took place in the town of Mandarari, 25 kilometers (15 miles) from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, said Baba Kura, a member of a vigilante force setRead more

700 Boko Haram insurgents surrender in Nigeria

Lagos - Muslimchronicle

About 700 Boko Haram insurgents in the restive Borno state have surrendered to Nigerian troops, the Nigerian army said Monday. Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai said during an exhibition to mark the week-long Nigerian Army Day Celebration that Nigerian troops had made "tremendous achievement" in the counter insurgency operations. "Some others are in the process to surrender, This isRead more

Three Suicide Bombers Killed in Foiled Attacks in Northeastern Nigeria

Abuja - Arab Today

Three suicide bombers have been killed in two foiled suicide attacks in the outskirts of the Borno State capital, Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria leaving one civilian injured and a truck partly damaged, Nigerian police said last night. State police spokesperson Victor Isuku said in a statement that two male suicide bombers detonated Improvised Explosive Devised (IED) strapped to their bodiesRead more

Grenade explodes in demonstration, kills 3 in Nigeria

Abuja - ArabToday

Three people, including an army personnel, were killed by a handheld grenade that exploded during a demonstration in a village in Nigeria's central state of Niger, a police spokesman said Sunday. The army personnel was holding the grenade late Saturday in his Bari village of Bangi district, demonstrating to his kinsmen how the Nigerian military used grenades on terrorists inRead more

Nigeria to set up skill centers in 6 Boko Haram liberated areas

Lagos - Arab Today

The northeast Nigeria's Borno state is to set up skills acquisition centers in six Local Government Areas (LGAs) liberated from the Boko Haram terrorists, an official said Sunday. Babagana Umara, the Commissioner in charge of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, disclosed this at the graduation of 18 women trained in tailoring in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Wulari ofRead more

Gov't forces foil suicide attack in northern Nigeria

Abuja - ArabToday

Nigeria's government forces on Tuesday foiled a suicide attack in the country's Maiduguri city, the capital of the northern Borno State, local police said. Two female suspects were about to wreak havoc in the city early in the day when security agents arrested one and shot dead the other, Victor Isuku, Borno State police spokesman, told Xinhua. He said theRead more

Girls 'aged 7 or 8' carry out suicide attack

Kano - AabToday

Two girls, thought to be only seven or eight years old, conducted a double suicide attack in a northeastern Nigerian market Sunday, killing one person and wounding 18, officials said. The attack in Maiduguri was not immediately claimed by Boko Haram but bore the hallmarks of the militant group which often uses women or girls in such operations — especiallyRead more

Boko Haram's other human tragedy

Maiduguri - Arab Today

Halima cries as her mother Yagana lifts her up to be weighed. The one-year-old girl's belly protrudes over legs that are barely more than paper-thin skin and bone. The baby has been treated for severe acute malnutrition for a week since arriving in the city of Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, weighing just 4.5 kilograms (10 pounds). The course of high-energy foodRead more