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  • 70 lecturers quit UNIMAID over Boko Haram attacks

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    Femi Ajasa
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    About 70 lecturers of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) have resigned since Boko Haram began terrorising the North-East, Punch reports. Chairman, UNIMAID chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr. Dani Mamman, said this in an interview with the newspaper. Mamman said, “About 70 lecturers left, about five died and three are held hostage…

  • Professor among 3 UNIMAID staff abducted by Boko Haram

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Investigations have revealed that a Professor of Geology at the University of Maiduguri was among the three staff members of the institution ambushed and abducted last Tuesday by Boko Haram. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the don, Dr. Solomon Yusuf, was one of the trio in the photograph released on Friday by the terror sect. It was…

  • FG won’t shut UNIMAID over Boko Haram attacks – Education minister

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    Femi Ajasa
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    Despite the recent attacks by Boko Haram terrorists on the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, Borno State, the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said the Federal Government would not shut down the institution. The minister said this during a condolence visit to UNIMAID, yesterday while commiserating with the school’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, and other…

  • Boko Haram releases photo of 3 abducted UNIMAID staff

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    Femi Ajasa
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    Boko Haram has released image of kidnapped staff of the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID. The three staff were kidnapped during Tuesday’s ambush of oil exploration workers in the Lake Chad Basin by the terrorist group. Meanwhile, no fewer than 48 bodies of the victims of the attack have been deposited at the University of Maiduguri…

  • Two dead as suicide bombers attack UNIMAID students’ hostel

    Two dead as suicide bombers attack UNIMAID students’ hostel

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Three male suicide bombers on Friday attacked the students’ hostel of the University of Maiduguri. TheNewsGuru.com gathers that the attack was, however, repelled by security operatives at the University. An eye witness, who pleaded anonymity, said the suicide bombers attacked the new male hostel block (A) of the institution. He said the attackers entered the…

  • 2 killed as multiple explosion hits UNIMAID

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    Femi Ajasa
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    There was a suicide attack at the University of Maiduguri on Eid-el-Fitr night where two persons were killed, the spokesman of Police in Borno State, Victor Isuku has revealed. Isuku, who informed journalists on the Borno Police Whatsapp page, said that he was at the scene of the incident at about 12:05 a.m. on Monday,…

  • Attacks: NSCDC deploys 50 armed personnel to UNIMAID

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) has deployed 50 armed personnel to check incessant attacks at the University of Maiduguri. Its Commandant, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, told newsmen on Monday in Maiduguri that the measure was necessitated by the rising cases of suicide bombing and other attacks at the institution. He…

  • 3 suicide bombers die attempting to enter varsity

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    Femi Ajasa
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    Three Suicide bombers have been confirmed dead in the early hours of Friday in Maiduguri, Borno while attempting to enter some locations in the University of Maiduguri. Mr Sani Datti, Head of Media and Public Relations of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Datti said…

  • Just in: Again, Suicide bombers attack UNIMAID

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    Femi Ajasa
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    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…

  • Just in:UNIMAID multiple bomb blasts delay UTME

    Just in:UNIMAID multiple bomb blasts delay UTME

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    Femi Ajasa
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    Multiple suicide bomb attacks at the University of Maiduguri(UNIMAID), on Saturday, delayed the commencement of the Computer-Based Test for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination,(UTME) candidates at centres in the university. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reported that three suicide bombers,early today detonated their explosives, at the gate of the University killing a security guard and…