Maiduguri
Abductors torched surrounding town
April 15, 2014 | konknaijaboyHeavily armed Islamist gunmen kidnapped a group of girls from a secondary school in Borno state and torched the surrounding town, a local official and a witness told AFP.
“Many girls were abducted by the rampaging gunmen who stormed … Read More
Military Blocks GSM Services Again In Borno
March 13, 2014 | konknaijaboyAfter having their mobile telephone services restored on December 3, 2013, some few months ago, residents of Maiduguri and many parts of Borno State yesterday woke up to discover that they could no longer use their phones to make calls … Read More
Boko Haram Invades Borno Border Town, Slit Residents’ Throats, Sack Police Station
January 16, 2014 | konknaijaboyMembers of the dreaded Islamist sect, Boko Haram, have sacked a police station in Banki, a border town with Cameroon, in the troubled Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, after which they took over the town, slitting throats of … Read More
“Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau, May Have Died Of Gunshot Wounds” – JTF
August 20, 2013 | konknaijaboyThe JTF said the latest video by Shekau may have been staged. The Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Order, in Maiduguri, Borno State said intelligence report available to it “revealed that Abubakur Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted Boko Haram … Read More
JTF Arrest Boko Haram Suspect in Mohammed Abacha’s House
August 17, 2013 | konknaijaboyThe Joint Task Force(JTF) in Kano arrested a suspected Boko Haram member at the residence of the son of late former Head of State Sani Abacha, Mohammed.
It was gathered that the suspect who is a domestic aide of Abacha’s … Read More
US despatches special envoy to probe Baga Massacre in wake of satellite footage
May 7, 2013 | konknaijagirlThe US government has dispatched a team of State Department officials to meet with top Nigerian government officials this week in Abuja to determine the actual circumstances of the Baga massacre between Boko Haram terrorists and the Nigerian military, Empowered … Read More