Nigerian blasts
Nigeria imposes curfew as 70 die in escalating communal clashes
Insecurity has become a major electoral problem for President Muhammadu Buhari, who plans to seek re-election in February and who won power on pledges to...
They said the blast occurred in the Damboa local government area in the south of the state, which is at the epicentre of an Islamist militant insurgency.
Seven villages were involved in the operation which led to the rescue of five persons while several vehicles and other light weapons were discovered.
More than seven million people risk starvation in the surrounding Lake Chad region, according to the United Nations.
A female teenager blew herself up near a mosque on Monday night in an apparent suicide attack attempt.
Three explosions rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday.
Chad’s military also claimed to have seized large quantities of small arms and ammunition.
The incident took place at a security checkpoint outside a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum.
A police officer was killed and several people wounded when five explosions hit an opposition rally in Okrika.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.
Five people gathered outside the Nigerian consulate surrounded by cards with the words ‘Stop the Violence’.
The blast is likely to be blamed on Boko Haram militants, casting doubt on the recently signed ceasefire pact.
A blast hit a busy market killing at least eight people in the Borno State capital of Maiduguri.
The explosion hit the suburb of Nyanya, close to the site of a morning bomb attack at a bus station in April.
Nigerian leaders Nigeria appealed for a united front against Boko Haram on Thursday.
This follows a bomb attack by suspected Islamist militants on the capital’s outskirts on Monday.
Witnesses say more than two buses carrying workers were cut up by the blast.
Seventeen civilians and five soldiers were also wounded by the blasts.
Police confirmed the raids by Fulani herdsman on three villages in Kaduna state.