Browsing: Bama Local Government Area

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that many residents of the town had fled to neighbouring Cameroon when insurgents overran the town in 2014.

Zulum, during the visit, ordered the immediate construction of 500 houses in Nguro Soye, a community in Bama.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Banki camp is one of the many camps being managed with the support of UN since the Boko Haram insurgency started about 10 years ago.

The army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, who disclosed this in a statement, however, denied a report that the terrorists attacked, killed soldiers and carted away some military vehicles.

The troops also rescued 33 persons from the terrorists, including eight men, 12 women and 13 children.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the attack came barely four weeks after thousands of displaced persons were resettled in the community.

Victor Isuku, the spokesman of the command, dismissed the report while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri

The market was hit by a rocket in the early hours of Saturday