16 people killed and dozens critically wounded ... - Associated Press News
Aug 1, 2024 · ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A bomb exploded in a roadside market in Nigeria’s Borno state killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens of others, police said. The government imposed a 24-hour curfew after the bombing attack, the second in recent weeks.
Borno: Zulum swears in, posts 17 commissioners; 3 chief ... - Vanguard News
Aug 10, 2023 · Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday, presided over the swearing-in of 17 new commissioners to constitute the state executive council for the ongoing second term which began on...
Borno State News | Latest News - NewsNow
Latest news on Borno State: breaking updates on security, humanitarian efforts, political developments, and stories shaping this northeastern Nigerian state.
They fled their homes to escape Boko Haram. Now Nigeria is …
Oct 13, 2024 · Some 35,000 civilians have been killed and more than 2 million have been displaced in the northeastern region, according to U.N. numbers. The 2014 kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in the village of Chibok in Borno state — the epicenter of the conflict — shocked the world.
Bombing in Nigeria's Borno state kills more than 15 people, say …
Aug 2, 2024 · A bomb exploded in a roadside market in Nigeria 's Borno state killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens of others, police said. The government imposed a 24-hour curfew after the bombing...
Suspected ISWAP militants kill 25 in Nigeria's Borno state, …
MAIDUGURI, July 26 (Reuters) - Islamist militants killed at least 25 people and wounded others in attacks on two villages in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, a hotbed for insurgency, a...
Flooding in Nigeria leaves 30 people dead, over ... - Associated Press News
Sep 11, 2024 · ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has left 30 people dead and affected more than a million others, authorities said on Wednesday. The collapse of a major dam in the state of Borno on Tuesday caused some of the state’s worst flooding since the same dam collapsed 30 years ago, and prompted many residents to flee ...
Cafe blast kills 16 in Nigeria's Borno state | Reuters
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Aug 1 (Reuters) - 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...
Nigeria floods affect one million people after dam collapse
Sep 11, 2024 · The flooding in Borno State has affected a million people, the state governor said on Wednesday, straining resources as authorities scramble to rescue residents and place them in temporary...
Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Aid workers 'killed' in Borno state - BBC
Jul 23, 2020 · Five aid workers abducted last month in north-east Nigeria's Borno State have been killed, reportedly by jihadists.