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India.com
April 25, 2018
The jihadists shot dead 18 forest workers who had been collecting firewood in Borno state, close to the town of Gamboru, on the border with Cameroon, a member of a local anti-militant militia said. “The bodies were scattered over several hundred metres, and they were mostly shot in the head or the back,”à...
News24
April 25, 2018
The jihadists shot dead 18 forest workers who had been collecting firewood in Borno state, close to the town of Gamboru, on the border with Cameroon on Sunday, according to a member of a local anti-militant militia in the area. "The bodies were scattered over several hundred metres, and they wereÃÂ ...
eNCA
April 24, 2018
KANO, Nigeria - Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 21 people in separate attacks in a remote northeastern region of Nigeria, security officials and a witness told AFP on Monday. The jihadists shot dead 18 forest workers who had been collecting firewood in Borno state, close to the town of Gamboru,ÃÂ ...
The Eagle Online
April 12, 2018
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops successfully repelled attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Gamboru-Ngala in Borno. Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement said that one insurgent was killed while several others fled. Chukwu said: “Troops of 3 Battalion on operationÃÂ ...
Vanguard
March 21, 2018
By the close of the 1970s, you could travel without any hassle from Maiduguri to Baga on the shores of the lake through Monguno and Kukawa and also to Gamboru Ngala through Dikwa. Another road picked up from Dikwa to New Marte to Monguno. The Federal Government then established the ChadÃÂ ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 7, 2018
Also on Tuesday, three people were killed in Gamboru on the border with Cameroon, said Umar Kachalla, a militia leader who is based in the town. He said the attackers sneaked into the town on foot. "They slaughtered their first victim in the Kasuwar Shanu area and looted his provision store beforeÃÂ ...
Business Day
March 7, 2018
Also on Tuesday, three people were killed in Gamboru on the border with Cameroon, said Umar Kachalla, a militia leader based in the town. He said the attackers sneaked into the town on foot at about 1am GMT. “They slaughtered their first victim in the Kasuwar Shanu area and looted his provision storeÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
March 6, 2018
Then suicide bombings started in the outskirts of Maiduguri principally at Muna garage, the outlet to Dikwa and the border town of Gamboru Ngala, then at Dalori the vicinity of Maiduguri University, and the outlet to Bama, a spot where the largest number of IDPs are camped. The other outlet from MaiduguriÃÂ ...
TheCable
March 4, 2018
“I did not believe the story at first because the Hauwa I met a day to her journey told me she was going to Gamboru Ngala for just two weeks. “It is surprising therefore that this happened to her in Rann. I mean how did she get there? “It's possible she did it deliberately to avoid causing unnecessary panic,ÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
March 3, 2018
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has appointed three Pre-Shipment Inspection Agencies (PIAs) for the non-oil export with a view to further enhancing the nation's export trade. In a memo issued on Wednesday by Trade and Exchange Department of the CBN, and signed by the acting Director, Mrs. O .LÃÂ ...
Daily Trust
February 8, 2018
The roads are Dikwa-Gamboru Ngala, a Federal Government-abandoned project; Gamboru Ngala-Ran; Dikwa-Gulumba-Banki; and Baga-Doro on the ... These are apart from the construction of township roads and drainages in Maiduguri, Jere, Mafa, Dikwa, Gamboru and Ngala towns also halted by theÃÂ ...
Daily Sun
January 10, 2018
Nwachuku, in the statement, said “Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE deployed around Gamboru Ngala have successfully averted what would have been a major devastating suicide attack carried out by three female Boko Haram terrorists against innocent citizens in Gamboru town in Gamboru Ngala LocalÃÂ ...
P.M. News
January 10, 2018
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole foiled an attempt by three female suicide bombers to attack Gamboru town in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno. According to a statement by Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, troops deployed to Gamboru avertedÃÂ ...
P.M. News
January 10, 2018
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole foiled an attempt by three female suicide bombers to attack Gamboru town in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno. According to a statement by Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, troops deployed to Gamboru avertedÃÂ ...
SaharaReporters.com
January 10, 2018
The Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole fighting insurgency in the North East says troops deployed around Gamboru Ngala in Borno State have successfully averted, what would have been a major suicide attack in Gamboru town, early Tuesday, by three female Boko Haram terrorists.
SaharaReporters.com
January 10, 2018
The Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole fighting insurgency in the North East says troops deployed around Gamboru Ngala in Borno State have successfully averted, what would have been a major suicide attack in Gamboru town, early Tuesday, by three female Boko Haram terrorists.
Daily Trust
January 10, 2018
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed around Gamboru Ngala have averted a suicide attack by three female Boko Haram terrorists on Gamboru town, ... Two of the bombers, strapped with suicide vests, according to the statement, had attempted infiltrating Gamboru town at about 6.45 am when theyÃÂ ...
The Punch
January 3, 2018
No fewer than five persons were killed in early morning suicide bomb attack at Gamboru town in Gamboru-Ngala Local Government Area of Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred at about 5:00 am, when a teenage male suicide bomber detonated an Improvised ExplosiveÃÂ ...
Firstpost
January 3, 2018
Sources told AFP the loggers, mostly in their twenties, had left the town of Gamboru on the border with Cameroon Tuesday morning to fetch firewood in a Boko Haram hotspot. "All 31 have not been seen since Tuesday and it is obvious they were seized by Boko Haram," said Umar Kachalla, a militia inÃÂ ...
The Punch
January 3, 2018
No fewer than five persons were killed in early morning suicide bomb attack at Gamboru town in Gamboru-Ngala Local Government Area of Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred at about 5:00 am, when a teenage male suicide bomber detonated an Improvised ExplosiveÃÂ ...
The Punch
January 3, 2018
No fewer than five persons were killed in early morning suicide bomb attack at Gamboru town in Gamboru-Ngala Local Government Area of Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred at about 5:00 am, when a teenage male suicide bomber detonated an Improvised ExplosiveÃÂ ...
SaharaReporters.com
January 3, 2018
The bomber hit the mosque in the town of Gamboru in Borno State, near Nigeria's border with Cameroon, during dawn prayers, said Ali Mustapha, an aid worker, and Lawan Abba, a resident, Reuters reports. The attack bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram, a jihadist group which frequently uses suicideÃÂ ...
Vanguard
January 2, 2018
“We carried out the attacks in Maiduguri, in Gamboru, in Damboa. We carried out all these attacks.” The video then shows footage from a Christmas Day attack on a military checkpoint in Molai village on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which the military said was thwarted by troopsÃÂ ...
Vanguard
January 2, 2018
“We carried out the attacks in Maiduguri, in Gamboru, in Damboa. We carried out all these attacks.” The video then shows footage from a Christmas Day attack on a military checkpoint in Molai village on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which the military said was thwarted by troopsÃÂ ...
Daily Post Nigeria
December 16, 2017
A convoy supplying trucks alleged to be of the UN World Food Programme carrying IDP foods on their way to Gamboru Ngala came under attack Saturday afternoon around Musuni village in northern Borno. An informed source on Saturday, within the humanitarian agencies in Borno confirmed to DAILYÃÂ ...
The Eagle Online
December 31, 1999
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops successfully repelled attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Gamboru-Ngala in Borno. Brig.-Gen. ... Chukwu said: “Troops of 3 Battalion on operation LAFIYA DOLE had successfully repelled Boko Haram terrorists' attack at Gamboru Ngala, Borno State.
The Eagle Online
December 31, 1999
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops successfully repelled attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Gamboru-Ngala in Borno. Brig.-Gen. ... Chukwu said: “Troops of 3 Battalion on operation LAFIYA DOLE had successfully repelled Boko Haram terrorists' attack at Gamboru Ngala, Borno State.
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops successfully repelled attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Gamboru-Ngala in Borno. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement said one insurgent was killed while several others fled. Mr Chukwu said: "troops of 3 Battalion on operationÃÂ ...
KPAX-TV
December 31, 1999
A Boko Haram flag flutters from an abandoned command post in the border town of Gamboru, Nigeria. By Bukola Adebayo CNN. LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- The Nigerian army is vowing to recapture a Boko Haram commander freed last year in exchange for 82 girls who were kidnapped from a school in theÃÂ ...
KPAX-TV
December 31, 1999
A Boko Haram flag flutters from an abandoned command post in the border town of Gamboru, Nigeria. By Bukola Adebayo CNN. LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- The Nigerian army is vowing to recapture a Boko Haram commander freed last year in exchange for 82 girls who were kidnapped from a school in theÃÂ ...
NTA News
February 21, 2018
In one of the missions led by General Buratai to rout Boko Haram terrorists in Dikwa, Gamboru Ngala and adjoining areas the troops in the presence of the embedded journalists were ambushed by Boko Haram terrorists. These journalists never gave up but moved on with the gallant soldiers and theÃÂ ...
New Telegraph Newspaper
January 19, 2018
I recently was informed that on Wednesday, January 10, our gallant troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed around Gamboru Ngala successfully averted what would have been a major devastating suicide attack to be carried out by three female Boko Haram terrorists against innocent citizens in GamboruÃÂ ...
eNCA
January 17, 2018
At least 31 loggers have not been seen since January 2 and are believed to have been abducted near Gamboru. They had left the town to fetch firewood in a Boko Haram hotspot 15 kilometres away, where 10 other loggers had been killed two weeks earlier. In September last year Boko Haram killed sevenÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
January 13, 2018
"We carried out the attacks in Maiduguri, in Gamboru, in Damboa," Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video message last week. "We carried out all these attacks." In November, at least 50 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Adamawa state. The extremistÃÂ ...
Daily Trust
January 12, 2018
Already about 100 haulage, commuter-service, and NGO vehicles conveying passengers, commodities and workers to Mafa, Dikwa, Marte, Kala-Balge and Gamboru-Ngala, all along the route, were trapped for days from last Monday, in Maiduguri due to the withdrawal of the military escort by the union.
Leadership Newspapers
January 11, 2018
Meanwhile the Army has said Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed around Gamboru Ngala have successfully averted what would have been a major devastating suicide attack carried out by three female Boko Haram terrorists against innocent citizens in Gamboru town, in Gamboru Ngala LocalÃÂ ...
Myjoyonline.com
January 11, 2018
The Nigerian Army has reported averting a suicide bomb attack in Borno State, the heartland of the Boko Haram insurgency. The attack which involved three young girls was unsuccessful after soldiers identified and shot two of the girls and arrested the other. The Army's Explosive Ordinance Disposal TeamÃÂ ...
P.M. News
January 10, 2018
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole foiled an attempt by three female suicide bombers to attack Gamboru town in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno. According to a statement by Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, troops deployed to Gamboru avertedÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
January 10, 2018
By Abdulkareem Haruna. Soldiers in Gamboru-Ngala village of Borno State on Tuesday morning averted a major disaster when they intercepted and killed two suspected female suicide bombers. The suspects were trying to invade the community with explosives strapped on their bodies, the army said.
SaharaReporters.com
January 10, 2018
The Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole fighting insurgency in the North East says troops deployed around Gamboru Ngala in Borno State have successfully averted, what would have been a major suicide attack in Gamboru town, early Tuesday, by three female Boko Haram terrorists.
Premium Times
January 10, 2018
“Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed around Gamboru Ngala have successfully averted what would have been a major devastating suicide attack carried out by three female Boko Haram terrorists against innocent citizens in Gamboru town in Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State inÃÂ ...
Daily Trust
January 10, 2018
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed around Gamboru Ngala have averted a suicide attack by three female Boko Haram terrorists on Gamboru town, ... Two of the bombers, strapped with suicide vests, according to the statement, had attempted infiltrating Gamboru town at about 6.45 am when theyÃÂ ...
Daily Nation
January 9, 2018
Women sit at Gamboru central market burnt by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in a previous attack. Nigerian soldiers patrolling ... Soldiers patrolling the town of Gamboru opened fire after the two girls, strapped with explosives, refused to remove the vests in the early hours of the morning. A third girl wasÃÂ ...
Daily Nation
January 9, 2018
Women sit at Gamboru central market burnt by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in a previous attack. Nigerian soldiers patrolling ... Soldiers patrolling the town of Gamboru opened fire after the two girls, strapped with explosives, refused to remove the vests in the early hours of the morning. A third girl wasÃÂ ...
Anadolu Agency
January 5, 2018
Turkey on Friday condemned the deadly suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern border town. At least 10 people were killed and several others injured after a suicide bomber blew up himself at a mosque in Gamboru-Ngala, a commercial town on the Nigeria-Cameroon border, duringÃÂ ...
The Nation Newspaper
January 4, 2018
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday confirmed the killing of 10 worshipers at a mosque in Gamboru Ngala in Borno State. The North East Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr. Bashir Garga, told our correspondent in Maiduguri that several other injured people have beenÃÂ ...
Guardian (blog)
January 4, 2018
The suspected Boko Haram jihadist blew himself up amid worshippers inside the mosque in Gamboru around 5:00 am (0400 GMT), shortly before morning prayers. “Fourteen bodies have been pulled out of the rubble,” said Umar Kachalla, a civilian militiaman, who said the mosque had been completelyÃÂ ...
Yeni Şafak English
January 4, 2018
A suicide bomber entered a mosque in Gamboru-Ngala, a commercial town at the Nigeria-Cameroon border, early Wednesday morning during prayers, residents said."A bomber entered a mosque in the town and detonated his explosives. Nine people and the bomber were killed," Mustapha Grema,ÃÂ ...
Daily Post Nigeria
January 4, 2018
Reports say that the incident occurred at about 5: 00am, when a male suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), strapped to his body in a mosque at Yobe area of Gamboru. 6. An Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has declared Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo as the National President of theÃÂ ...
SaharaReporters.com
January 4, 2018
The bomber hit the mosque in the town of Gamboru in Borno State, near Nigeria's border with Cameroon, during dawn prayers, said Ali Mustapha, an aid worker, and Lawan Abba, a resident, Reuters reports. The attack bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram, a jihadist group which frequently uses suicideÃÂ ...
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