By Reuters  February 26, 2018 | 12:17 am GMT+7 Hassana Mohammed, 13, who scaled a fence to escape an alleged Boko Haram attack on her Government Girls Science and Technical College, stands outside her home in Dapchi, Nigeria, on February 22, 2018. Photo by AFP/Aminu Abubakar The students’ disappearance may be one of the largest such incidents since 2014 when over 270 schoolgirls were abducted. One hundred and ten girls remain unaccounted for following an attack on a school in the town of Dapchi in the northeastern Nigerian state of Yobe by suspected members of Boko Haram, the country’s information ministry said on Sunday. The students’ disappearance may be one of the largest such incidents since the jihadist group abducted more than 270 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in 2014. That case drew global attention to the insurgency and spawned high profile social media campaign Bring Back Our Girls. “The Federal Government has confirmed that 110 students of the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, are so far unaccounted for, after insurgents believed to be from a faction of Boko Haram invaded their school on Monday,” the information ministry said in a statement. Information Minister Lai Mohammed also said police and security officials had been deployed to schools in the state while efforts were being stepped up to rescue the missing girls. Yobe state government on Wednesday said dozens of the school girls had been rescued by the military, sparking celebration in the streets, but a… [Read full story]
(VOVworld) – At least 24 people were killed and dozens wounded in the latest attack by Islamist Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state. The attackers arrived in cars late on Sunday and gathered people at a mosque in the remote village of Kwajafa, and then opened fire on them. Half of the village was burned down after the militants withdrew. Kwajafa village, 220 kilometres from Borno’s largest city Maiduguri, has been one of the areas most affected by Boko Haram’s 6-year insurgency. During the last two months, Nigeria’s army, supported by soldiers from Chad, Niger, and Cameroon, has…... [read more]
KANO, Nigeria - A Boko Haram massacre has killed hundreds in Nigeria's northeast, multiple sources said, as police offered US$300,000 for information leading to the rescue of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists. The latest insurgent attack on Wednesday targeted the town of Gamboru Ngala on the border with Cameroon, where gunmen this week razed scores of buildings and fired on civilians as they tried to flee. Area Senator Ahmed Zanna put the death toll at 300, citing information provided by locals, in an account supported by numerous residents. Zanna said the town had been left unguarded…... [read more]
About 40 people have been killed by suspected Boko Haram militants who torched houses and shot people as they fled in two villages in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, witnesses told Reuters on Wednesday. The attackers, who arrived on motorcycles and vehicles mounted with guns, shot residents and looted shops in the villages of Debiro Biu and Debiro Hawul late on Monday night and into Tuesday morning, the witnesses said. Local police confirmed the attacks took place but declined to comment further. Details of the attack did not emerge for several hours due to poor telecommunications networks in the remote villages…... [read more]
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses said on Thursday (Jul 2). MAIDUGURI: Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses said on Thursday (Jul 2). Dozens of militants stormed three remote villages in the flashpoint Borno state on Wednesday evening, setting houses ablaze in the bloodiest day of attacks by the extremist group…... [read more]
Nigeria's military has rescued 234 more girls and women from a Boko Haram forest stronghold in the country's northeast, an announcement on social media said Saturday. It brings the number of females declared rescued this week to more than 677. "FLASH: Another set of 234 women and children were rescued through the Kawuri and Konduga end of the #Sambisa Forest on Thursday," said a message on the official Twitter account of the Nigerian Defence Headquarters posted early Saturday. It comes as the army deployed ground troops following weeks of punishing air raids on the Sambisa Forest. President Goodluck Jonathan, whose…... [read more]
