Tag: Suicide Bombers
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Just in: Again, Suicide bombers attack UNIMAID
Two suicide bombers on Thursday night attacked the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). An explosion was heard in the scholol premises at about 11pm while another bomber detonated at about 12am, it was gathered. Abu Hanifa Babati, the student union government president, confirmed the attacks. He said the first attack “occurred around the Faculty of Veterinary…
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BREAKING: Three suicide bombers attack University of Maiduguri [PHOTOS]
Three suicide bombers were killed early Saturday morning as they attempted to gain access into the Department of Works, University of Maiduguri in Borno State. The TheNewsGuru learnt incident occurred at 1.10am, Saturday. A security guard at the University was also killed by the explosions. Meanwhile, the corpses have been evacuated by rescuers from the…
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7 killed in another suicide bomb attack in Borno
The Borno Police Command on Friday confirmed the killing of seven persons after two suspected female suicide bombers attacked Mandarari ward in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno. Malam Murtala Ibrahim of the Borno Police Command Public Relations Unit, confirmed the incident in statement he issued in Maiduguri. Ibrahim said that the attack took place…
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[BREAKING] : 5 soldiers killed, 40 others injured as suicide bombers strike in Borno
At least five soldiers were killed and another 40 injured when a Boko Haram jihadist rammed an explosives-laden pick-up truck into a military convoy in Borno, security sources told AFP on Friday. The bomber, believed to be loyal to factional leader Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi, targeted the convoy, which was conducting “clearance operations” between Yobe and…
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Police arrest 2 suspected female suicide bombers, foil attack in Maiduguri
Security agents on Tuesday foiled another suicide attack by Boko Haram terrorists after they intercepted two suspected suicide bombers at the outskirts of Maiduguri. The spokesman of the Borno Police Command, Mr Victor Isuku, in a statement in Maiduguri said, “On Tuesday, at about 0700hrs, two female suicide bombers about 18 years old, were sighted…
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Suicide bombers launch twin attack on Borno Mosque, security post
Attempts by suicide bombers to attack a mosque and a security post in Borno State have been foiled by vigilant security men and volunteers. The incidents occurred at Usmanti and Kaleri area of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State, TheNewsGuru.com can authoritatively inform. The first attack occurred just after midnight of Wednesday morning when…