College dorm massacre in Nigeria BOKO Haram gunmen opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria yesterday as the students slept, killing at least 28 people. The early morning assault targeted the College of Agriculture in the town of Gujba, some 30km from Damaturu's capital of Yobe, said area military spokesman Lazarus Eli. "Boko Haram terrorists . . . went into the school and opened fire on students" while they were sleeping, he said. Yobe state has seen a spate of attacks on schools and universities, all blamed on Boko Haram, an Islamist insurgent group that has killed hundreds in four years. The name Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" and the group has become notorious for slaughtering students. The Defence Ministry has said that an offensive against Boko Haram in mid-May has decimated the group and scattered their fighters across remote parts of the northeast, the insurgents' traditional stronghold.