Dead After Twin Bomb Blasts Near Nigerian Mosque

All the incidents occurred in the city of Maiduguri, and today’s attacks were reportedly carried out by three females aged between 11 and 15.

Originally, Boko Haram had strongholds in cities located along the northern border in Nigeria’s Borno State, but members were forced into hiding in thick wooded areas, such as the Sambisa Forest.

“We said it and we meant it. If we are satisfied that the girls are alive”, he added. The USA forces will help existing forces in Africa with reconnaissance, surveillance and intelligence, according to IBTimes.

“There are Boko Haram leadership that wanted us to discuss [freeing the girls], but we have to prove they are bona fide”, Buhari told Al Jazeera.

Another suicide bomber struck in Nigeria’s Mulai village early Friday, killing at least four persons and injuring nine others, local vigilante spokesman said.

“Pressure has been on them (Boko Haram insurgents) and they are fanning up, so in their process of fanning up they are hitting the soft targets”.

Should that happen, troops attempting to secure towns and cities would face overstretch to tackle the Islamists in the countryside, which Boko Haram controlled previous year.

Thirty died in a double bombing on a mosque in Molai last night, Mohammed Kanar, from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said.

The bombers slipped into the mosque disguised as worshippers, witnesses said.

President Barrack Obama on Wednesday announced that around 300 military personnel will be deployed in Cameroon to assist for the Boko Haram fight.

Boko Haram militants have killed or kidnapped thousands of people in a six year insurgency that has spread to its neighbors, despite a regional offensive that included the deployment of 8,700 troops.

“You need to see how residents were running, a few even had to park their belongings and leave the area tensed and confused as nobody knows what will happen next, but we are yet to get the details of what happened and how many people were killed and how many were wounded”. At least 34 people were killed overnight in Borno state in a series of attacks.

It may also come as a surprise in Abuja, where successive Nigerian governments have asked for US assistance in fighting Boko Haram.