Tag: Maiduguri

Maiduguri trauma centre for Boko Haram victims

August 23, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Trauma

An Anglican church in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in northern Nigeria, is building a clinic and trauma centre for the victims of Boko Haram attacks. The Bishop of the Maiduguri Diocese, the Most Rev. Emmanuel Mani, said the trauma centre will be open to people of all faiths. . . . Read More

Nigerian Army claims it’s freed 5000 hostages

June 30, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Children, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Trauma

The Nigerian army says it has freed over 5,000 people held hostage by Boko Haram during an operation conducted on June 25, in the north-eastern of the country. Six militants killed and several others wounded, said the army spokesperson, Col. Sani Usman. Yet local media and NGOs have not been . . . Read More

Boko Haram ‘more deadly terror group’ in 2014 than IS

November 20, 2015 Adamawa, Bauchi, Boko Haram, Cameroon, Chad, Denmark, Education, Gombe, Hamas, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Israel, Kano, Lake Chad, London, Maiduguri, Middle East, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger, Nigeria, Paris, Quran, Terrorism, UN

Boko Haram was the world’s deadliest terror group in 2014, ahead of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, according to a report released on 18 Nov. by the Institute of Economics & Peace. It was responsible for 6,664 deaths in 2014, more than any other terrorist group in the world, according to the Global . . . Read More

Nigeria stops all transport in Borno

September 24, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Cars, public transport, horses, donkeys and camels have been banned in Nigeria’s Borno state until the end of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Friday (25 Sept.), in an attempt to guard against another terrorist attack by Boko Haram. Fifty-four people were killed in an attack in Maiduguri, the . . . Read More

Boko Haram hits back in Maiduguri

September 22, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Maiduguri, Nigeria

At least 54 were killed and 90 injured in three bomb blasts in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria – the base of the Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram – late on Sunday (20 Sept.). The city had been free from attacks for about a month. Last hit by a bomb at the . . . Read More

5,000 killed, 100,000 displaced by Boko Haram

May 14, 2015 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Catholics, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Yobe

A new report has highlighted the scope of Boko Haram’s attacks against Christians in north-east Nigeria. More than 5,000 Catholics have been killed, 100,000 displaced and 350 churches attacked – “a good number of them destroyed more than once” – according to the ‘Situation Report’ from the Diocese of Maiduguri, . . . Read More

The man who talks to Boko Haram

March 26, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Gwoza, Kidnapping, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Pentecostals, Stephen Davis, Trauma

One year after the kidnapping of 232 Nigerian girls, Australian Stephen Davis still says his contacts indicate complicity among Nigerian politicians. A year ago April 14, Boko Haram kidnapped 275 girls from the government secondary school in the Christian-dominated town of Chibok, Borno State. Students reported to the Chibok Government Secondary . . . Read More

‘Western forces’ help needed to defeat Boko Haram’

January 20, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Maiduguri, Nigeria

A Bishop whose north-east Nigerian diocese has suffered most at the hands of Boko Haram is calling for the West to send in military forces to defeat the militants. Bishop Dashe Dome of Maiduguri diocese, told Aid to the Church in Need, “The West should bring in security – land . . . Read More

The West pays too little attention to Boko Haram

January 12, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, EYN, Jos, Kidnapping, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Samuel Dali

The West pays too little attention to the threat of Boko Haram, according to the Catholic Archbishop of Jos, and it needs to show the kind of resolve the international community has shown over the attacks in Paris. Ignatius Kaigama was speaking to the BBC after the most recent Boko . . . Read More

Christmas celebrated despite fears of Boko Haram

December 30, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Christmas, Maiduguri, Nigeria

According to Agenzia Fides, the streets of the capital city of Borno State, Maiduguri, in northern Nigeria were kept vehicle-free Dec. 25-28 in order to prevent suicide bombings by militant Islamist group Boko Haram. Pastor Gideon Obasogie, Director of Communications of the Diocese of Maiduguri, said despite the lack of security . . . Read More

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