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Five soldiers killed as military patrol is attacked in Damaturu

August 5, 2012 no comments

At least five soldiers were killed on Sunday in Damaturu where a suicide bomber rammed his car into a military patrol, officials have said. One source told the AFP, that the attacker died in the expl...

Property destroyed as Boko Haram strikes in Damaturu

August 5, 2012 no comments

NAN – Some residential properties in Shagari Low Cost Housing Estate in Damaturu, Yobe State were destroyed on Sunday when explosives hidden in a parked car detonated. Witnesses said the explos...

15-year-old twins murdered in Damaturu

July 23, 2012 no comments

Damaturu — Residents of Nasarawa ward of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, yesterday, woke up to the shocking news of the slaughter of twin teenagers by yet to be identified persons. The state Commis...

Gunmen attack police station in Yobe

July 17, 2012 no comments

SAPA – Suspected members of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a police building in restive northern Nigeria on Monday, but the assault was repelled, a police spokesperson said. Bok...

Heavy gunfire in Damaturu, police confirm

July 16, 2012 no comments

Heavy gunfire has been reported along Gasua road in Damaturu, the capital of restive Yobe state. Residents reportedly fled to their homes after the gunfire began around 1:30 p.m. Police commissioner ...

“This is a sacrifice to the nation”; FG insists NYSC membe...

July 11, 2012 no comments

The Nigeria Federal Government has decreed that corps members posted to restive states in the north where Boko Haram violence has led to the death of thousands, will remain there, dismissing an earli...

Unknown number killed in Plateau gun attacks; explosions hit Yobe stat...

July 7, 2012 no comments

Officials have confirmed that an unknown number of people have been killed in gun attacks in Plateau state on Saturday. According to agency reports, gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked Kankuru v...

At least three killed as JTF raids Boko Haram hideout in Damaturu

July 1, 2012 no comments

The Joint Task Force military unit on Saturday launched a pre-emptive offensive against suspected Boko Haram sect members, killing at least three members of the sect, reports have said. Gunfire and e...

Fresh gunshots and explosions in Damaturu

June 30, 2012 no comments

Fresh gunshots and explosions have been reported in the Yobe state capital city of Damaturu on Saturday evening. Punch Newspapers took to social network, Twitter, to tweet: “Gunshots, explosion...

Explosions and gun battles at police stations in Damaturu and Kano

June 26, 2012 no comments

Witnesses and security officials confirmed that the assailants have bombed a police outpost and station in the restive Kano and Damaturu cities. One eyewitness, Salisu Ado, who lives close to a polic...

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