Borno state latest news update

Mohammadu Buhari, rtd, as he then was, as their Chief Negotiator, even though a few days after the choice, he Gen. Recalling the exchange he had with three former northeast governors including Admiral Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, Kashim Shetima of Borno State and Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State, on their accusations of Jonathan as the promoter of Boko Haram to kill northerners, he said it was a case of giving a dog a bad name in order to hang it.

Clark also recounted some of the statements made by Mohammed against Jonathan after the abduction of Chibok schoolgirls by Boko Haram including accusing his government of being behind the insurgents and Jonathan trying to gain political capital from the release of the school girls. It was reported that the girls thought that the abductors were genuine soldiers because of the uniform they wore. They took away the girls in vehicles, unchallenged.

I sometimes wonder if this northerners have anything positive to give to this union called Nigeria. For God's sake let every region control its resources, we will do business together.

We have a long way to go as regards technological developments , advancements and achievements. Northerners are drawing us back with the manufacturing of innumerable almajiris.

They also want to raise their children in anonymity, hoping their true identity is never revealed. The attack was carried out in Kareto village, kilometres north of the Borno state capital Maiduguri, military officials say.

Subscribe to our Youtube channel for all latest in-depth, on the ground reporting from around the world. Nigeria's Boko Haram confirms death of its chief Shekau Abubakar Shekau, who gained notoriety after kidnapping nearly schoolgirls in , killed himself last month rather than surrender after Daesh-allied rivals attacked his base camp in northeast Borno state, security sources say. Suicide bomber kills civilians in Nigeria's restive northeast A teenage girl sets off her explosives among a group of men at a hangout next the local chief's home, according to a militia leader.

Dozens of farm workers killed in Nigeria massacre Boko Haram militants slaughter at least 43 farm labourers in northeastern Borno state, says local militia leader who helped survivors. Scores killed in Nigeria convoy attack Nigerian security sources confirm that the attack by suspected militants on the security convoy killed policemen, soldiers, government-backed militia members and civilians.

Militants kill 59 villagers in northeast Nigeria Fighters from Daesh West Africa Province drove into remote Felo village in Gubio district in the early afternoon, shooting fleeing residents and running them over with their vehicles. Army shuts NGO office as militants kill aid worker in northeast Nigeria Mercy Corps says it's suspending operations in Borno and Yobe states after Nigerian military shut four of its field offices.

Suspected militants kill at least 65 villagers in Nigeria Locals say militants targeted a funeral on Saturday in northeastern Borno state, epicentre of Boko Haram and Daesh insurgency. At least 30 dead in Nigeria triple suicide bombing More than 40 people were also wounded when three unidentified bombers struck in the northeast state of Borno where villagers were watching a football match on TV, officials and villagers say.

Women of war — Boko Haram wives Many Nigerian women who were once married to Boko Haram fighters are navigating their trauma, though by not denying their experiences. Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed four people following raids on villages in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, a local official and residents said on Saturday. At least 14 people were killed and several others injured by Boko Haram gunmen in a Christmas Day attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria, vigilantes said on Saturday.

At least three people were killed and six others injured Friday in suicide attacks in Nigeria's northeast Borno state blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, vigilantes told AFP. At least 10 people were killed and 11 wounded today in a suicide attack at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state, hospital sources said.

Twenty people were shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen Wednesday on a road outside a village in Nigeria's northeast Borno state, local sources said. A series of explosions rocked the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, with casualties feared, witnesses and police said.