Happening Now: Boko Haram Engage Nigerian Soldiers in Hot Battle in Maiduguri

 

Gunmen believed to be members of the Boko Haram were on Sunday evening involved in a shoot-out with soldiers in Aladuwari village – about 2 km away from Maiduguri.

The attackers arrived the area at about 6 p.m. local time, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.

Also at about 8 p.m., two suicide bombers, believed to be females, detonated explosives near FOMWAN school in Jiddari area of Maiduguri.

 

The casualty figure from the explosions is yet to be ascertained.