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Monday, 21 December 2015
Friday, 27 November 2015
Two Suicide Bombers Kill 15 During Shia Muslim Procession in Kano, Nigeria
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Updated: 50 People Killed, Dozens Injured By Bomb Blast At Sabon Gari Market, Borno
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Thursday, 6 August 2015
Monday, 20 July 2015
Suicide Bomber Kills Self, Police Officers At A Police Checkpoint In Damaturu
A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber has killed himself and a police officer at a checkpoint at the outskirts of Damaturu, Yobe State capital, witnesses said.
The checkpoint is located along the Kano-Maiduguri highway.
Sources in Damaturu said the explosion occurred at about 1:30pm when police officers at the said checkpoint stopped a suspicious Toyota Highlander heading for Maiduguri.
“As the policemen asked the passengers of the Highlander to disembark from the vehicle and file through the checkpoint one after the other, one of the passengers who had explosives hidden under his clothing, detonated the bomb, killing himself and a policeman”, Bukar Ali, an eyewitness said.
The source said other policemen and the passengers were seriously injured.
Police is yet to confirm the attack.
Source:
Leadership Newspaper
Saturday, 11 July 2015
BREAKING NEWS: Suicide Bomber Detonate Bomb Near DSS Office in Maiduguri, One Dead, 4 Injured
Sunday, 31 May 2015
Suicide Bomber Kill 16 People in Maiduguri Mosque, 13 Killed by Boko Haram in Separate Attack
Monday, 10 November 2014
Suicide Bomber 'Kills 47 Students' in A Potiskum (Nigeria) High School
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
British Extremists Fighting For 'The Islamic State' (ISIS) Are The 'Most Vicious and Vociferous' - Expert Says
Sunni Muslims from the UK are taking part in the conflicts "in every way", according to Shiraz Maher from King's College London's International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation.
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Popular Football Viewing Centre Bombed In Yobe State; 7 Killed, 40 Injured
A bomb blast yesterday rocked a viewing centre in Nayinawa ward of Damaturu, Yobe State capital, where followers of FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 were watching Brazil and Mexico match, killing seven while 40 others were injured.
A resident of the area told LEADERSHIP last night that the incident occurred around 8:40pm during the first half of the match, although details of the attack were sketchy as at the time of filing this report.
The state police command was yet to confirm the incident, but efforts made to reach the state police commissioner, Patrick Egbuniwe, for his comment proved abortive.
Leadership Newspaper
Monday, 9 June 2014
Female Suicide Bomber, Soldier Die as Bomb Explodes at Gombe Army Barracks
A female suicide bomber and one soldier died while another soldier was wounded when a bomb exploded at a Nigerian army barracks in Gombe, on Sunday.
Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade, confirmed that a bomb exploded at the barracks on Sunday.
Olukolade, who told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview from Abuja, on Sunday, however, said normal activities had, thereafter, been ongoing at the barracks.
“Intelligence deduced from credible information earlier received on this plot confirms the vigilance of some members of the public,” Olukolade said.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Fwaje Atahiri, had earlier told NAN that he heard of the incident but did not have details.
NAN gathered that the female bomber, riding on a motorcycle and on approaching the quarter-guard of the 301 Battalion, disembarked and hugged a soldier, a development that led to the explosion, killing both of them.
The source said the explosion also injured other soldiers, who were rushed to the military hospital for treatment.
Immediately after the explosion, soldiers cordoned off the road leading to the barracks, while shops and other business centres were hurriedly closed by their owners.
Source:
Tribune Newspaper
Sunday, 25 May 2014
Football Viewing Centre In Jos (Plateau State) Narrowly Missed in Fresh Bombing
Barely five days after an explosion rocked the ever busy Jos Main Market and its environs, there has been another explosion.
The nature of the explosion is yet to be ascertained., however, the explosion reportedly hit Bauchi road area of the state.
According to NTA, the explosion occurred near a football viewing center and has been confirmed by a Police spokesperson, Felicia Anselm.
The explosion was reportedly set off by a suicide bomber. Premium Times reported that a resident said the suicide bomber died 20 metres from a viewing centre where football fans gathered to watch the ongoing final of the UEFA Champions League between Real Madrid and Athletico Madrid. That could not be independently verified at this time.
Other than the suicide bomber, no other casualty has been reported.
More details ...
Source:
Nigerian Bulletin
Monday, 5 May 2014
Suicide-Bomb Attack Foiled In Damaturu…Suicide-Bomber Arrested
An attack by a suicide bomber operating in a pickup vehicle laden with IEDs was this morning foiled in Damaturu, the Yobe State Capital.
The target of the attack was ‘A’ Division of Police Command situated by the main round-about in the heart of the town.
The attempt was however foiled as the culprit was arrested by the police personnel on duty.
A total of 6 already constructed turbine containers loaded with explosives as well as 20 liters of petrol and 11 bags of beans chaff have been recovered from the scene.
The recovered materials are in the custody of the Joint Taskforce Headquarters in Damaturu.
The police anti-bomb squad has safely detonated the explosive.
Press Release By:
CHRIS OLUKOLADE
Major General
Director Defence Information/Coordinator
Monday, 14 April 2014
More than 71 People Confirmed Dead, Hundreds Injured Aftermath of Abuja (Nyanya) Bomb Blast
Abuja:
A blast at a Bus Station in Nyanya, an outskirt of the Nigerian capital Abuja during a Monday morning rush hour killed at least 71 people and 140 injured.
A Reuters cameraman saw 20 bodies at the depot at Nyanyan bridge, around 8 km (5 miles) south of Abuja, and two witnesses said another 15 had already been removed by the emergency services.
"I was waiting to get on a bus when I heard a deafening explosion then smoke. People were running around in panic," said Mimi Daniels, who works in Abuja. Another blast followed, she said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but suspicion is likely to fall on Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The Islamists have been waging an increasingly bloody insurgency in the northeast.
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 60 people in an attack on a village in northeast Nigeria late last week. Eight people were killed in a separate attack at a teacher training college, witnesses said.
Source:
Reuters