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Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Boko Haram attacked two terms northeast Nigeria




Hit Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, and Damaturu, capital of Yobe State, in northeastern Nigeria on Monday, attacks, including two suicide attacks attributed to the Haram Islamist extremist group Boko, not yet the exact number of victims is known.

The attacks come after the deaths of 120 people in two suicide attacks and shootings aimed at the Grand Mosque in Kano, during Friday prayers, and stresses of daily attacks by Boko Haram, rising tensions in Nigeria, with the February election approaches, as well as in Cameroon and Niger, where their border areas attacks the Islamic group.

Two female suicide bombers carried out the attacks in the Monday market, crowded in Maiduguri, the main town in Yobe historical stronghold of the Islamic Group.

The market itself has conducted two suicide bombers targeted, carried them two women, also last week, said Gideon Jibrin, a police spokesman in Borno State, "two women, two bombs exploded Monday in the market in two different locations."

There are no definitive figures for the number of victims, where police said six people were killed in the attacks, while the witness said, Ahmed Sanusi, he counted 10 dead.

An employee at a Maiduguri hospital to hospital, 16 bodies and 25 wounded received in a serious condition.





Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nigerian army restores the cities of Boko Haram


10 Nigerian soldiers were killed during attacks by the army and militia supporting him, and resulted in the restoration of small towns, captured by the extremist group Boko Haram, last week, the country's northeast.

The death toll was not known in the ranks of the extremist group, said residents and fighters loyal to the government that the army supported by militias of civilians and fishermen, and recovered the cities of Gombe Gong.

Said Philip James, spokesman for the fishermen's union in the state of Adamawa, northeast Nigeria, "liberated from Gombe and Hong Boko Hramen thanks to the joint efforts of our men and soldiers. The escaped Boko Haram fighters and soldiers persecuted the Jews and anglers.

And attacked hundreds of soldiers and a large number of militia elements and fishermen cities Monday, supported by the chase planes, and fierce battles that killed 10 soldiers and an unknown number of Islamists.

Boko Haram and seized at Gombe and Hong, last Thursday, and forced hundreds of residents to flee. The army said the ongoing operations in northeast Nigeria aimed at "clearing the area of terrorism



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