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Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill seven in Yobe

April 12, 2013 no comments

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect struck in Damaturu on Thursday, killing four policemen and three civilians in an ambush. According to the Vanguard, the gunmen attacked the Tarmu...

Supreme leader Kim Jong Un an honorary Nigerian?

April 10, 2013 no comments

Sure, countries may be distancing themselves from North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un – foreign embassies in Pyongyang were even warned to close up shop today, April 10, for fear tha...

Policeman killed as gunmen attack station, bomb telecom masts

March 26, 2013 no comments

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly killed a Damaturu police officer in a series of attacks. Armed with IEDs, RPGs and guns, the assailants attacked the Bara Divisional Police Station, the co...

Three North Korean doctors killed in Yobe

February 11, 2013 no comments

Assailants in the restive town of Potiskum in Yobe state have killed three North Korean doctors, the Associated Press reported. Nigerian officials confirmed the murders on Sunday. According to the re...

Christmas Day attack on Yobe church leaves six dead

December 26, 2012 no comments

Reuters – Gunmen killed six people at a church in the northeast early Tuesday, the third year in a row that Christmas services have come under deadly attack in Nigeria, the military said. The s...

14 sect members, one police officer killed in Potiskum shootout

December 11, 2012 no comments

Military officials confirmed on Tuesday that 14 suspected sect members and one officer were killed in a shootout between Boko Haram and security forces. According to the Associated Press, the shootou...

Illegal weapons, ammunition discovered in Damaturu

November 26, 2012 no comments

The Joint Task Force in Yobe State on Monday announced the recovery of over 5,000 rounds of ammunition from an illegal armory in Damaturu, the restive state capital. According to a Channels Televisio...

Gunmen kill 3 policemen in Yobe

November 9, 2012 no comments

Damaturu – Gunmen on Friday attacked the Divisional Police Station in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe and killed three policemen. Lt. Eli Lazarus, spokesman of the Joint Task For...

25 arrested for police officer’s murder in Kano

November 5, 2012 no comments

Police in Kano state on Sunday reportedly arrested 25 suspected gunmen over the murder of a police officer in the restive region on Saturday. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, t...

Several Nigerian soldiers killed during Potiskum attacks – sourc...

October 22, 2012 no comments

The recent rash violence of Potiskum resulted in the deaths of several Nigerian soldiers at the hands of Boko Haram insurgents, the BBC has reported. The BBC got their information from a military sou...

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