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Days after Abuja failed suicide bombing, bomb explosion kills nine in Borno 

This comes amid resurgence of Boko Haram attacks.

• June 1, 2025
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A few days after a suicide bomber got killed at Mugadishu Barrack Abuja, a bomb explosion has killed nine people in Borno State.

The explosion, according to Punch Newspaper, happened on Saturday at a bus stop in Mairari village, Borno State.

Citing Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan, the newspaper reported that improvised explosive devices planted at the bus stop killed those waiting to board vehicles.

“It is unfortunate that nine of my resilient constituents were killed by planted IEDs while waiting to board vehicles at a local bus stop in Mairari village,” Mr Lawan said

He added, “Unfortunately, terrorists who have been monitoring their movements planted IEDs at the local bus stop, which exploded while they were waiting to board commercial vehicles back to their destinations.”

This comes amid resurgence of Boko Haram attacks. Last week, a suicide bomber got killed by the IED he was carrying to attack Mugadishu Barrack in Abuja.

The explosion at Mairari village that killed nine and injured some others highlights a trend of insecurity in the country.

Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, had reported that at least 10, 217 people have been killed in various bandits and terrorist attacks in the past two years under President Bola Tinubu’s watch.

To commemorate his second year in office, Mr Tinubu, in his broadcast on Thursday, acknowledged the new security challenges but insisted some successes have been recorded since he assumed office two years ago.

“Amid the new security challenges, we can report some successes,” Mr Tinubu said. “In some areas of the northwest, hitherto under the control of bandits, our gallant armed forces have restored order, reducing and eliminating threats to lives and livelihoods.”

He added, “With the success achieved, farmers are back tilling the land to feed us. Highways, hitherto dangerous for travellers, have become safer. Our security agencies have succeeded many times in rescuing the abducted citizens from the hands of their tormentors. I promise you, we shall remain vigilant, as I told security chiefs during the last meeting to up their game and collaborate to end this plague of evil men. Every Nigerian deserves to live without fear.”

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