Maiduguri
Boko Haram killed 16 in Nigeria attack: local militia
Officials said previously 10 people were killed and 47 were injured in Tuesday's attack when jihadists fired rocket-propelled grenades on the densely-populated...
Two female bombers late Saturday detonated their explosives among a crowd in Muna Dalti on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the birthplace of the Boko Haram jihadist group.
The military has accused the UN children's agency of hosting workshops in Maiduguri and training people for 'clandestine' activities that are 'sabotaging' counterterrorism efforts.
The attack claimed the lives of only the suicide bombers as they detonated their improvised explosive devices at various locations in the neighbourhood.
The blasts bore the hallmarks of Islamist militant group Boko Haram and follow Thursday’s attack by the jihadist group on Maiduguri, which killed four people.
The attack started at about 6pm local time on Thursday causing panic among residents amidst the sound of intense gunshots.
Maiduguri is the epicentre of the nine-year conflict with Boko Haram that has killed more than 20,000 people.
The kidnappings were part of a campaign of attacks last year by the jihadist group whose bid to create an Islamic state in the northeast.
Two bombers struck a market in the Muna Garage area on the outskirts of Maiduguri late on Wednesday afternoon.
There were at least two attacks in Maiduguri, Borno state over the weekend.
The evening attack, which also injured five people, struck the city’s Muna Garage area, Damian Chukwu, a police commissioner, told Reuters.
Police PR officer Victor Isuku said the restriction would be applied to the use of cars, tricycles, bicycles and animals - until after the Eid congregational prayer on 1 September.
The woman detonated her bomb while trying to enter the mosque in the centre of Maiduguri, shortly before early morning prayers.
The Borno State Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu said most of the victims were operatives of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF).
The blasts struck four areas in the city, which is the capital of Borno, the state worst affected by the eight-year-old insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
A number of suicide bomb attacks by suspected members of the jihadist group have taken place in the capital of Borno state.
The Department of State Services said the attacks were planned in Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna & Maiduguri during the 26 June & 27 public holidays to celebrate Eid.
Multiple blasts at camps for people who have fled the Islamist militants Boko Haram reportedly killed four & injured 18 in Maiduguri.
The suicide bombers targeted two petrol haulage trucks parked near a filling station along Damboa Road.