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A few hours after two suicide bombers triggered explosions in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, the Nigerian Army reacted to the incessant attacks by vowing the defeat of insurgent Islamist fighters in the country’s northeast zone.

A few hours after two suicide bombers triggered explosions in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, the Nigerian Army reacted to the incessant attacks by vowing the defeat of insurgent Islamist fighters in the country’s northeast zone.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, have confirmed that 50 people lost their lives in two bomb explosions that rocked Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, on Friday.

He said the recent slew of Boko Haram bloodletting – some 350 people killed in the past nine days – is consistent with past ratcheting up of violence as the militants seek a stronger negotiating position.

At least 44 people have been killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the country’s main relief agency says, after a bloody week of violence blamed on Boko Haram.

Negotiator Fred Eno, who was involved in last year’s talks, revealed “another window of opportunity” had opened within the past few days, but he could not disclose details. He added: “Most wars, however furious or vicious, often end around the negotiation...

The responsibility for these blasts had not been claimed by anyone, but the Nigerian Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram is been blamed by the people.

Another long-term negotiator with Boko Haram, Fred Eno said “another window of opportunity opened” in the last few days.

ABUJA Fresh negotiations have started with Boko Haram militants for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped previous year but the Nigerian government is not now involved in the talks, a human rights activist said on Friday.

The ministry reportedly said the suspect was arrested at a checkpoint in the city of Gombe, close to Boko Haram’s stronghold in the northeast. While the group has not yet commented on the bombings, they follow a week of carnage across northern Nigeria – proof that the...

On Friday, the military said six women suicide bombers caused explosions that killed scores of people including a soldier at Zabamari Muna village outside Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeast Nigeria and the birthplace of Boko Haram.

The children were swept up in raids by the army on Koranic schools but had not been charged with any offense, said Amnesty worldwide. He said his government was working towards nabbing terrorists.

Witnesses and government officials have blamed last week’s attacks on Boko Haram, the terror group that has been fighting the Nigerian government for more than a decade, pushing to bring an extreme version of Islamic law, or Sharia, to the masses.

An eye-witness told NAN that some of the workers had tried to get the police to restrict the boy who was looking suspicious, before he detonated the bomb, which injured many others.

According to survivors, a man dressed in white blew himself up at the Yantaya Mosque as cleric Sani Yahaya, the national chairman of the Jama’atu Izalatul Bidia organization, was addressing worshippers. Jos is located where Nigeria’s majority Muslim north and mainly...