The incident happened in Afikpo town, Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi state.
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Ibrahim Abdulkadir, Zonal Information Officer of the National Emergency Management Agency in Borno State, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria.
According to a statement by Edet Okon, Police Public Relations Officer in Maiduguri, the suicide bomber was arrested by men of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal team, on Tuesday at about 6: 50 a.m. while lurking around the Internally Displaced Persons camp.
A female suicide bomber in Buni Yadi, Yobe, killed herself and injured three others when a bomb wrapped on her exploded in the early hours of Friday.
A suicide bomber exploded a vehicle at a busy intersection despite being fired on by security forces, as reported by government officials, medical sources and witnesses on Saturday afternoon, sending clouds of white smoke spiralling into the sky
Victor Isuku, the spokesman of the Borno State Police Command, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri
Less than a month a after suicide bomber’s attack in a mosque inside the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, another…
Isuku said: “At about 2359hours on Friday, a suicide bomber trying to infiltrate Custom House IDP camp along Maiduguri-Gamboru/Ngala road, was intercepted and gunned down by troops when he refused to stop for a routine check
According to available information, the female suicide bomber at about 9.45pm attempted to enter the military location in Yamtake.
However, a vigilant sentry on duty was reported to have gunned her down and she died instantly
While NEMA said eight persons died, the police put the death toll at five with many injured
The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday at about 8pm
Abdullahi Bego, the Director of Media and Publicity to the Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, confirmed the development
According to one of the witnesses, Yusuf Adamu, the explosion occurred at about 7.10am when motor parks in the town were full of activities as travellers get to join commuter buses out of town
An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident occurred around 9:21pm shortly after the congregational Isha and Tarawe prayer
The explosion occurred at about 9:30am
While a female suicide bomber detonated her bomb in Maiduguri at about 6pm, the one in Yola at the Jimeta Main Market struck around 7:45pm
The town where the incident took place is about 90km from Maiduguri
One person was reportedly killed, while scores were injured as suspected suicide bombers hit the Gombe metropolis on Sunday afternoon in two separate incidents
An official of the National Union of Road Transport Workers told Channels Television that a suicide bomber who pretended to be a passenger entered Bulala Motor Park near Fika Kunction, along the Bauchi-Jos Road and detonated the improvised explosive device.
Four persons died on the spot