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On 29 June 2024, at least three bomb blasts targeted several areas in Gwoza, Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria, killing 32 people and injuring 48. [1] [2] The first blast struck a wedding ceremony at 3:00 p.m. local time, followed by another at General Hospital Gwoza before a third bombing struck a funeral. [3]
A cholera outbreak has hit Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, already reeling from floods that displaced nearly 2 million people, an official said on Friday. Cholera outbreaks are not uncommon in ...
Borno State, Nigeria, faced flooding after the collapse of the Alau Dam on 10 September 2024. The Maiduguri and Jere local government areas were particularly affected: according to the National Emergency Management Agency , over 70% of the residents in Maiduguri were displaced.
Nigeria's northeastern Borno state will bar non-governmental organizations from distributing food or aid to resettled displaced people, the governor said in a circular seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Sixteen people were killed on Wednesday when a bomb blew up a village cafe in Nigeria's Borno state, hotbed of the Boko Haram militant insurgency, police said. Police spokesperson Nahum Kenneth ...
The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Borno State was held on March 28, 2015, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Borno State. Abubakar Kyari representing Borno North, Ahmed Zanna representing Borno Central and Mohammed Ali Ndume representing Borno South all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
Kebbi state 88 Cattle thieves attacked seven villages killing 88 people. [69] June 5, 2021: Oyo state 50 In Igangan village, a group of bandits invaded and killed 50 people. [70] January 4-6, 2022: Zamfara State 200+ Bandits launched a campaign of massacres on civilians, resulting in heavy casualties. April 10, 2022 Plateau State: 150+
A few days before the attacks in Monguno and Nganzai, eighty-one people were killed in a massacre in Gubio by ISWAP on June 9. [2] The attack was one of the deadliest attacks in recent years by Boko Haram, and was perpetrated by Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who had recently split off from Boko Haram to form the Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP).