As many as seven suicide bombers, six of them women, have blown themselves up while trying to attack the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, according to emergency services officials.

Initial reports from Maiduguri had suggested a number of people were killed in the blasts near the Muna camp for displaced people shortly before 11:30pm (22:30 GMT) on Thursday.

But Mohammed Kanar, from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said on Friday there were no civilian or military casualties, as the would-be bombers arrived after the 10pm (21:00 GMT) curfew.

"People were indoors. There was no one on the streets," Kanar, who is NEMA's northeast coordinator, told AFP news agency.

"None of the six female bombers succeeded in their attacks. They ended up being killed in the explosions."

A man who dropped them off in his car then tried to ram a military checkpoint was also unsuccessful.

"He died in the process," said Kanar, referring to the man.

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Hamed Satomi, from the Borno state emergency management agency, gave a similar account, although he said there were only six bombers.

Both organisations were involved in the recovery of the bodies, they said.

The Borno state police had earlier said only one bomber was involved and that he had detonated his explosives among 13 trucks waiting to travel to the east of the state near the Cameroon border.

Victor Isuku, police spokesman, attributed the multiple explosions heard in Maiduguri to soldiers shelling suspected Boko Haram fighters outside the city limits.

The attempted attacks came after the departure of a high-ranking delegation of foreign officials to Maiduguri as part of efforts to secure greater funding to help those made homeless by the conflict.

Reports from the city also said a number of Nigerian air force aircraft were shot at in the remote region on Thursday.

'Technically defeated'

The incidents underline the continued threat from Boko Haram, which Nigeria's military maintains is in disarray after nearly eight years of fighting and at least 20,000 deaths.

Despite the insistence that Boko Haram is "technically defeated", there have been multiple suicide bombings against civilian targets, as well as attacks on police and soldiers.

The thousands of people living at the Muna Garage camp are especially vulnerable, given the lack of security and easy access to the site.

A multinational force of troops from Nigeria and its neighbours last year drove Boko Haram out of towns and villages in northeast Nigeria, but isolated attacks and suicide bombings continue.

In December, President Muhammadu Buhari said the capture of a key camp marked the "final crushing" of Boko Haram in its last enclave in Sambisa Forest, once the group's stronghold.

But since then, the group, which split into two factions last year, has stepped up its attacks.

One Boko Haram faction is led by Abubakar Shekau from the Sambisa Forest. Abu Musab al-Barnawi leads the other faction, based in the Lake Chad region, which allies itself to Islamic State or Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.

Boko Haram's seven-year armed campaign has killed 15,000 people and forced up to two million from their homes.</s>Five killed, eight injured as suicide bombers strike in Maiduguri

Two suicide bombers were killed on Thursday by the Nigerian Army as they tried to sneak into Maiduguri, the Borno‎ State capital. The army killed the dreaded members of the Boko Haram terrorist sect at the Mafa military checkpoint, about nine kilometres from the state capital as they tried to storm into town. ‎However, as […] The post Five killed, eight injured as suicide bombers strike in Maiduguri appeared first on The Nation Nigeria... Read Full Story</s>As many as seven suicide bombers, six of them women, have blown themselves up while trying to attack the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, according to emergency services officials. Initial reports from Maiduguri had suggested a number of people were killed in the blasts near the Muna camp for displaced people shortly before 11:30pm on Thursday.

Start the conversation, or Read more at AllAfrica.com.</s>The Nigeria Army, has killed six suspected suicide bombers in Maiduguri, Borno State.

DAILY POST gathered that the suicide bombers were killed while attempting to enter into the town at the Mafa checkpoint, 9 kilometres away from Maiduguri.

The deceased militants were said to have arrived the spot with three other suicide bombers who detonated their explosives at Muna Motor Park in the night of Thursday.

While two members of the civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, were killed, eight other members were allegedly injured.

A highly placed military source who requested not to be mentioned confirmed the report to DAILY POST, on Friday, saying, “It’s true the incident happened but I don’t have details now, when I do you will surely get it.”</s>The Nigeria army on Thursday killed six suspected suicide bombers when they tried to storm into the town at the Mafa checkpoint, 9 kilometer to Maiduguri Capital.It was also learnt that the six Boko Haram militants came with three other suicide bombers who detonated their explosives at Muna motor park and Muna Dalti, a community located opposite an IDPs camp, killing two and injuring eight members of the civilian JTF.A civilian JTF, Ba’ani Aliko, told TheCable that the incident took place around 11.30pm at Muna motor park while the other attack occurred at Muna Dalti around 2.02am on Friday.Nine persons were killed, including the suicide bomber.The security agencies are yet to issue a statement.</s>Two suicide bombers were killed on Thursday by the Nigerian Army as they tried to sneak into Maiduguri, the Borno‎ State capital.

 The army killed the dreaded members of the Boko Haram terrorist sect at the Mafa military checkpoint, about nine kilometres from the state capital as they tried to storm into town.

 ‎However, as Muna town heaved a sigh of relief, tragedy struck again as three teenage suicide bombers, who had successfully snuck into town, detonated their explosives.

 One of the girls detonated hers at the Muna motor park.‎ The other two attacked Muna Dalti, a community located opposite Muna Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, killing two and injuring eight members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF).

 A Civilian JTF, Muhammadu Idris, told The Nation that the suicide bombers first struck around 11:30 pm at Muna Motor Park while the other attacks occurred at Muna Dalti around 2:00 a.m. this morning.

 ‎The Nation findings revealed that so far, five people have been killed including the suicide bombers.

 ‎Police Public Relations Officer, Victor Isuku, confirmed the incident although he stated that just one suicide bomber was killed.

 “Yesterday at about 2318hrs, a suicide bomber sneaked into the midst of 13 pick up trucks loaded with goods along Maiduguri/Mafa road, said to be awaiting departure to Gamboru Ngala early hrs of today and detonated IEDs strapped on self. The resulting explosion razed down the parked vehicles beyond recognition. EOD/Police patrol team were promptly deployed to the scene to restore safety & normalcy,” he said.

 The Nation however, authoritatively reports that the police arrived the scene around 8.30 am, about eight hours after the incident.</s>At least 11 persons were killed as suicide bombers attacked Maiduguri, the Borno state capital on Thursday night, witnesses and security sources said.

Nine suicide bombers were among the dead, they said.

Multiple explosions echoed across the city at about 11 p.m. on Thursday as three female suicide bombers detonated their explosive belts near Muna Garage, a popular bus station that has suffered many of such attacks in recent times.

The explosions killed two residents, witnesses said. But police said only the suicide bombers were killed in the attack.

Several commercial vehicles that were on queue for a trip to the border areas the next day were also razed in the explosion.

A witness, who identified himself as Ayuba Ibrahim, told journalists that seven Civilian-JTF operatives were injured, while all the suicide bombers died.

“But most of the trucks that were loaded with goods for export to Chad and the border communities were destroyed and commodities worth millions of naira may have been destroyed,” said Mr. Ibrahim, a businessman from Taraba State.

Civilian-JTF operatives said few hours after the Muna explosions, soldiers at Muna Dalti, a location about 1 kilometre away from the first explosion, shot six suicide bombers who were attempting to sneak into town at about 2 a.m.

Some Boko Haram gunmen who were riding on motorcycles accompanied the six suicide bombers, they said.

The spokesman for the Borno command, Victor Isukwu, a deputy superintendent of police, said only the suicide bombers died in the attack.

“Yesterday at about 2318hrs, a suicide bomber sneaked into the midst of 13 pick up trucks loaded with goods along Maiduguri/Mafa road, said to be awaiting departure to Gamboru Ngala early hours of today and detonated IEDs strapped on self,” he said.

“The resulting Explosion razed down the parked vehicles beyond recognition. EOD/Police patrol team was promptly deployed to the scene to restore safety & normalcy.

He also confirmed that soldiers had in the night spotted some persons on motorcycle and opened fire in their direction.</s>Nine bombers died in Maiduguri between Thursday night and early Friday in what would qualify as the boldest plan by Boko Haram to cause maximum damage in the Borno State capital.

 But the mission was a flop in human casualties.

 The major damage happened at Muna Garage, a truck station where 13 stationary trucks were burnt after a bomber attacked.

 While some reports said three suicide bombers struck at the station, the Borno State Police Command said only one bomber attacked.

 The unofficial report said two persons died on the spot and six persons were injured.

 The Borno State Police Command said the suicide bomber detonated the explosive in the midst of 13 trucks along Maiduguri/Mafa Road, leading to their destruction.

 The spokesman of the command, Victor Isuku, said: “On Thursday at about 2318 hrs, a suicide bomber sneaked into the midst of 13 pick-up trucks loaded with goods along Maiduguri/Mafa road, said to be awaiting departure to Gamboru Ngala in the early hours of Friday.

 “He detonated an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) strapped on his body.”

 Isuku, however, said only the bomber was killed during the incident as the vehicles were empty.

 He added: “The resulting explosion razed down the parked vehicles beyond recognition.

 “A police patrol team was promptly deployed to the scene to restore safety and normalcy.”

 Other reports however quoted the police as saying that three female suicide bombers attacked the truck station around midnight and that two civilians died there.

 One witness, Ibrahim Ali, told Anadolu Agency: “We just heard the sound simultaneously from three points.

 “The three bombers were torn apart by the explosions, while two other persons died.

 “Six people, including the security volunteers [Civilian JTF], were injured.”

 On the outskirt of Maiduguri, witnesses and soldiers said six suicide bombers were killed by soldiers as they repelled a Boko Haram attack.

 The killing brought the suicide bombers killed to nine, in what is regarded as the fiercest attack in months by Boko Haram on the city.

 Six of the suicide bombers were killed when Nigerian soldiers fired at gunmen on motorcycles escorting the bombers, self-defense fighters said.

 The six suicide bombers were intercepted at a security point a few meters from the scene of the first blasts.

 “It occurred at about 2.20am [0120GMT],” a security volunteer, Saleh Mohammad, told Anadolu Agency.

 Nigerian soldiers last year drove the Boko Haram insurgents from northeastern towns, but isolated attacks and suicide bombings continue.

 The Boko Haram group has renewed attacks in recent times, including firing on a Nigerian Air Force helicopter on medical mission to Gwoza on Thursday.

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 Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.theeagleonline.com.ng as the source.</s>Troops on Thursday killed six suicide bombers who attempted to attack Mafa checkpoint, 9 kilometer to Maiduguri Capital, TheCable reports.

It was gathered that the six insurgents were accompanied by 3 other suicide bombers.

The bombers reportedly detonated their explosives at Muna motor park and Muna Dalti, a community located opposite an IDPs camp.

Two people were reportedly killed while 8 members of the civilian JTF were injured.</s>Sucide bombers attacked Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital on Thursday night leaving at least 11 persons killed, witnesses and security sources said.

Nine suicide bombers were among the dead, they said.

Multiple explosions echoed across the city at about 11 p.m. on Thursday as three female suicide bombers detonated their explosive belts near Muna Garage, a popular bus station that has suffered many of such attacks in recent times.

The explosions killed two residents, witnesses said. But police said only the suicide bombers were killed in the attack.

Several commercial vehicles that were on queue for a trip to the border areas the next day were also razed in the explosion.

A witness, who identified himself as Ayuba Ibrahim, told journalists that seven Civilian-JTF operatives were injured, while all the suicide bombers died.

“But most of the trucks that were loaded with goods for export to Chad and the border communities were destroyed and commodities worth millions of naira may have been destroyed,” said Mr. Ibrahim, a businessman from Taraba State.

Civilian-JTF operatives said few hours after the Muna explosions, soldiers at Muna Dalti, a location about 1 kilometre away from the first explosion, shot six suicide bombers who were attempting to sneak into town at about 2 a.m.

Some Boko Haram gunmen who were riding on motorcycles accompanied the six suicide bombers, they said.

 The Borno State police command confirmed the Muna Garage attack.

The spokesman for the Borno command, Victor Isukwu, a deputy superintendent of police, said only the suicide bombers died in the attack.
Up to seven suicide bombers blow themselves up after failing in an attempt to attack a camp for displaced people near Maiduguri, Nigeria.