Many Feared Killed in Early Morning Blast in Maiduguri Bus Station
LAGOS JULY 31ST (UROBOTODAY)-A bomb explosion has rocked a crowded motor park in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, residents and security operatives have revealed. The incident occurred at a busy location where More...
Boko Haram Massacre 150 Muslim Worshippers in North Eastern Villages
LAGOS JULY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY) – Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women More...
Boko Haram Gunmen Kill 42, Set Houses Ablaze and Loot Shops in Borno Villages
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead at least 42 people in two separate attacks in northeast Nigeria, with no let-up in sight to the Islamist group’s targeting of civilians. The More...
Military Bows to Buhari, Moves Command, Control Centre to Maiduguri Tomorrow
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Following President Muhammad Buhari’s directives to military to move its command centre to Maiduguri, the Borno state capital fight Boko Haram sect, the authorities of the Nigerian More...
Suicide Bomber Kill 50 in Maiduguri Butcher’s Market
Shekau LAGOS JUNE 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-A bomb blast hit a busy market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing as many as 50 people, according to eyewitnesses. A man blew himself up at More...
UNICEF Laments Use of Children as Suicide Bombers, Says Boko Haram Conflict Uprooted 743,000 Children
Displaced children in IDP camp in Northern Nigeria LAGOS MAY 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)- As the world celebrate children’s day today, the United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) has lamented the use of children as suicide More...
Boko Haram Leader, Shekau Captured?
Abubakar Shekau LAGOS MAY 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-According to the latest unconfirmed reports Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader (or his impostor), has been captured. Several news media have provided the information, More...
Boko Haram Recaptures Borno Border Town, Kits 600 Females for Suicide Mission
LAGOS MAY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Marte, the border town in the northern flank of Borno state has again fallen to the Boko Haram sect, security sources and government officials have confirmed. Security sources said More...
Panic in Maiduguri as Nigerian Army Repels Fresh Boko Haram Attack
Shekau LAGOS MAY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Boko Haram fighters launched an attack on northeast Nigeria’s largest city Maiduguri on Wednesday ?but were repelled by Nigerian troops after intense clashes, residents More...
Military Confines Aljazeera Reporters to Hotel in Maiduguri
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria Defence Headquarters has said two journalists working for Aljazeera Television were found loitering around areas where military operations are ongoing in the North East and More...
WONDERS: Boko Haram Male Suicide Bomber Disguising as Female (PHOTOS)
Boko Haram male bomber disguising as female with his explosive in black polythene bag by his feet LAGOS MARCH 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade revealed that a male More...
Boko Haram Resorts to Total Gorilla Warfare on Nigerians
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)- – Bomb attacks in Nigerian towns and cities look likely to increase in the run-up to forthcoming elections, despite the military claiming increasing successes against Boko More...
Mayhem in Borno as Buhari’s Supporters Go Wild, Raze PDP Campaign Office, Kill 6
Razed PDP Campaign offive in Borno LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-About 6 people were killed in a violent mayhem following a well attended rally on Saturday by the APC presidential Candidate, General Mohammed More...
Boko Haram Over Runs Monguno Barracks, Kills Soldiers, Civilians
Shekau LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Top security officials just confirmed to SaharaReporters that Islamist fighters today overwhelmed the 243 battalion of the Nigerian Army stationed at Monguno Barracks. The More...
Against All Odds, Jonathan Storms Borno, Hails Army Patriotism
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday undertook a surprise visit to Maiduguri on the occasion of Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day to meet with More...
Boko Haram: Dismissed 203 Nigerian Soldiers Narrate Gory Tales of Maltreatment
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)- The Nigerian Army has dismissed 203 soldiers after a secret court martial held in the dead of the night, for allegedly disobeying a direct order from their commanding officer. One More...
Guber: Crisis Rocks Borno PDP over Alleged Illegal Substitution of Lawan with Sheriff’s Loyalist
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Concerned elders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Borno State have kicked against the wrongful substitution of Alhaji Gambo Lawan as the party’s governorship More...
Dozens Die as Two Female Suicide Bombers Detonate Bombs in Maiduguri Market
File picture of past Maiduguri bomb blast LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Dozens of traders and passerby were today (Tuesday) killed near Maiduguri main market when two suspected female suicide bombers dressed More...
4 Chibok Girls Walk into Freedom after Wandering for 3 Weeks in the Forest
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)– Four of the over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls forcefully abducted by the terrorist group Boko Haram have managed to escape from a camp in Cameroun, after almost six months since More...
Military Makes ‘U Turn’ Retract Statement on Release of Chibok Girls
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s military has retracted its statement that some of the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok town in April by Islamist militants had been freed. Two Toyota Hiace buses More...
AMAZING: Pilots Of Crashed Nigerian Airforce Jet Reappears
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Flight Lieutenant NM Halilu, Co-Pilot, and Warrant Officer Augustine Nwanonenyi, aircraft technician have survived the crash.The crew member, who was declared missing when his More...
Bama Women, Children ‘Dying’ of Hunger as Boko Haram Tightens Grip on Town
Widows-Orphans-governor-shettima-after-Bama-killings-Borno-state LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Thousands of women and children stranded in Bama, one of the towns seized by Boko Haram in Borno State, are dying More...
Gwoza: Boko Haram Behead Christians, Force Christian Women into Marriage
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Christian community in Gwoza, the Borno town that Boko Haram recently declared an Islamic caliphate, says its men are being beheaded by the insurgents while its women are forced More...
B’Haram: 480 Nigerian Soldiers Flee to Cameroon, It’s tactical Says DHQ
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 480 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents. The Cameroonian Army Spokesman, Lt Col Didier Badjek, who confirmed More...
Chibok Girls: 500 Hunters Set to Storm Sambisa Forest
Hunters preparing for Sambisa attack LAGOS MAY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY0-Traditional hunters armed with homemade guns, poisoned spears and amulets have gathered in their hundreds, eager to use their skills and what they More...