At least six persons were confirmed killed as four teenage girls detonated explosives worn around their bodies at the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, in the early hours of Wednesday, an official said.

Four deafening explosions echoed over Maiduguri in quick successions at about 1.15 a.m., causing sleeping residents to jump out of their beds in fear of yet another horrific attack by Boko Haram.

About 16 persons were also injured in the blasts.

The security agencies are yet to provide details of what actually happened.

But the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said the explosions were caused by four teenage suicide bombers who attacked a location in Maiduguri, called Muna garage, which has been repeatedly attacked by suicide bomber in the past six months.

The spokesperson of NEMA, Sani Datti, said in a statement that “four female teenage suicide bombers killed two other men (6 people dead) when they detonated explosives at Usmanti along muna Garage road at about 1.15 a.m.”

He added that about “16 people who got injured were administered with first aid by rescue workers before being transported to the state specialist hospital and university teaching hospital in Maiduguri Borno state”.

Suicide bombing by teenage girls primed by Boko Haram has been a major strategy of the insurgents for about two years now.

Over 200 such teenage girls have lost their lives helping Boko Haram convey their lethal weapons to attack both military and civil populations around north-east Nigeria. Sadly, less than ten of them survived the deadly mission.

It has also been observed that most the female suicide bombers were deployed in twos.

One of the girls that recently reneged on the mission by refusing to detonate her explosive told security operatives that they were made to believe that the explosives would not harm them. She said they were told that they would disappear to a safe haven where they would be married to handsome husbands of their choice and then live an eternal life of bliss and happiness.</s>Suicide bombers have hit Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.It was gathered that the attack occurred at the Muna garage in Maiduguri, which was just recently attacked by the insurgents.The incident was confirmed by the spokesperson to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, North-East, Abdulkadir Ibrahim in a chat with newsmen.According to Ibrahim, “It’s true, the incident occurred.“Four suicide bombers at about 1am struck and several people died. I will send you more details soon.”In a statement Ibrahim sent to newsmen, NEMA said the suicide bombers comprised of four female teenagers.According to the statement, 6 people were killed in the attack and several others injured.The statement reads, “Four female teenage suicide bombers killed two other men; 6 people died when they detonated explosives at Usmanti, along muna Garage road at about 1. 15 am.“16 people who got injured were administered with first aid by rescue workers before being transported to the state specialist hospital and the University Teaching hospital in Maiduguri Borno state.”</s>At least six persons were confirmed killed as four teenage girls detonated explosives worn around their bodies at the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, in the early hours of Wednesday, an official said.

Four deafening explosions echoed over Maiduguri in quick successions at about 1.15 a.m., causing sleeping residents to jump out of their beds in fear of yet another horrific attack by Boko Haram.

About 16 persons were also injured in the blasts.

The security agencies are yet to provide details of what actually happened.

But the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said the explosions were caused by four teenage suicide bombers who attacked a location in Maiduguri, called Muna garage, which has been repeatedly attacked by suicide bomber in the past six months.

The spokesperson of NEMA, Sani Datti, said in a statement that “four female teenage suicide bombers killed two other men (6 people dead) when they detonated explosives at Usmanti along muna Garage road at about 1.15 a.m.”

He added that about “16 people who got injured were administered with first aid by rescue workers before being transported to the state specialist hospital and university teaching hospital in Maiduguri, Borno state”.

Suicide bombing by teenage girls primed by Boko Haram has been a major strategy of the insurgents for about two years now.

Over 200 such teenage girls have lost their lives helping Boko Haram convey their lethal weapons to attack both military and civil populations around north-east Nigeria. Sadly, less than ten of them survived the deadly mission.

It has also been observed that most the female suicide bombers were deployed in twos.

One of the girls that recently reneged on the mission by refusing to detonate her explosive told security operatives that they were made to believe that the explosives would not harm them. She said they were told that they would disappear to a safe haven where they would be married to handsome husbands of their choice and then live an eternal life of bliss and happiness.</s>Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked the Muna garage in Maiduguru, the Borno State Capital on Wednesday, March 15.

The incident was confirmed by the spokesperson to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, North-East, Abdulkadir Ibrahim .

According to Ibrahim, “It’s true, the incident occurred.

“Four suicide bombers at about 1am struck and several people died. I will send you more details soon.”

DAILY POST gathered through NEMA that the suicide bombers comprised of four female teenagers.

According to the statement, 6 people were killed in the attack and several others injured.

The statement reads, “Four female teenage suicide bombers killed two other men; 6 people died when they detonated explosives at Usmanti, along muna Garage road at about 1. 15 am.

“16 people who got injured were administered with first aid by rescue workers before being transported to the state specialist hospital and the University Teaching hospital in Maiduguri Borno state.”

See more photos below;</s>Four female teenage suicide bombers blew themselves up, killing two people and wounding 16 others in a residential area in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Wednesday.

The girls knocked on the door of a house and then detonated their explosive devices, a representative of the state-run emergency service in Borno State said.

The focus on individual homes is a new tactic. The attack apparently targeted a local leader.

"Community leaders should create awareness among residents not to open their doors for anybody [if] they are not aware of the visit," Borno police commissioner, Damian Chukwu, said.

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The blasts in the Muna Garage area, on the edge of the city worst hit by Boko Haram's eight-year campaign, occurred at 00:15 GMT, National Emergency Management Agency spokesman Abdulkadir Ibrahim said.

"Four female teenage suicide bombers and two other men died," he said.

Suicide bombings by teenage girls trained by Boko Haram have become a strategy of the armed group in the past couple of years. More than 200 teenage girls have lost their lives in the attacks in northeast Nigeria.

The insurgency has killed more than 20,000 people and caused a massive humanitarian crisis in the region.

The number of attacks or attempted attacks bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram in crowded areas, such as markets and refugee camps, has escalated since the end of the rainy season in late 2016.

Most have either been foiled or the suicide bombers have only managed to blow themselves up.

Boko Haram has killed 20,000 people and displaced more than two million during its uprising in its campaign to create an Islamic state in the northeast of Africa's most populous nation.</s>LAGOS : Four female suicide bombers blew themselves up near a bus station in northeastern Nigeria early Wednesday, killing two people, the country’s disaster agency said.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the blasts occurred at about 1:15 am (0015 GMT) in the Usmanti area on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a city which has been hit by several similar attacks in recent weeks.

“Two men were killed due to the explosion while about 16 injured people were administered first aid,” the agency’s spokesman for the northeast, Ibrahim Abdulkadir, said in a statement.

Usmanti is near a sprawling camp for people who have been driven from the remote countryside by Boko Haram violence and, increasingly, the need for food. The Islamist group has frequently used young women and girls as human bombs.

On Saturday, civilian militia members assisting the military with security shot and killed two female bombers, who NEMA said were 18-years-old, as they tried to enter Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.

One of the would-be bombers was pregnant, the agency said.

In January, a female bomber carrying a baby on her back used the infant as a decoy before detonating her explosives, killing several people in the neighbouring state of Adamawa.

Boko Haram’s insurgency to create a hardline Islamic state in northeastern Nigeria has claimed at least 20,000 lives and forced about 2.6 million people to flee their homes.

That has triggered a dire humanitarian crisis in the three northeastern states and the wider Lake Chad region, which has also been hit by the conflict.

Aid agencies have said parts of Borno are facing “famine-like” conditions.

Boko Haram, affiliated with the Islamic State group, has been severely weakened since a military offensive by Nigeria and its allies that began in early 2015. But there are still attacks on “soft” civilian targets.</s>MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Four teenage suicide bombers killed two people and injured 16 others in a residential area in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a disaster agency spokesman said on Wednesday.

The girls knocked on the door of a house and then detonated their devices, a representative of the state-run emergency service in Borno State said.

The focus on individual homes is a new tactic.

The blasts in the Muna Garage area, on the edge of the city worst hit by jihadist group Boko Haram's eight year insurgency, occurred around 1:15 a.m (0015 GMT), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesman Abdulkadir Ibrahim said.

"Four female teenage suicide bombers and two other men died," he said.</s>Four female teenage suicide bombers killed two people and injured 16 others in a residential area in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a disaster agency spokesman said on Wednesday.

The girls knocked on the door of a house and then detonated their devices, a representative of the state-run emergency service in Borno State said.

The focus on individual homes is a new tactic.

"Community leaders should create awareness among residents not to open their doors for anybody (if) they are not aware of the visit," Borno police commissioner, Damian Chukwu, said.

The blasts in the Muna Garage area, on the edge of the city worst hit by jihadist group Boko Haram's eight year insurgency, occurred around 1:15 a.m (0015 GMT), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesman Abdulkadir Ibrahim said.

"Four female teenage suicide bombers and two other men died," he said.

The number of attacks or attempted attacks bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram in crowded areas, such as markets and refugee camps, has escalated since the end of the rainy season in late 2016.

Most of the attacks have either been foiled or the suicide bombers have only managed to blow themselves up.

The jihadist group has killed 15,000 people and displaced more than two million during its insurgency in its campaign to create an Islamic state governed by a harsh interpretation of sharia law in the northeast of Africa's most populous nation.

On Tuesday, the group posted a video purporting to show the killing of three men accused of being military spies.</s>Another tragedy was averted on Saturday night in Maiduguri as two female suicide bombers who attempted sneaking into the city to wreak havoc were gunned down by the military.

 The young ladies, believed to be on a suicide mission had Improvised Explosives Devices, (IEDs) strapped on their bodies, emerged from a nearby bush in the outskirt of Maiduguri.

 It was gathered that the ladies were intercepted and shot dead by soldiers when they refused heeding to an order to stop in the distance for body search.

 Spokesman for Borno state Police Command, DSP Victor Isuku, confirmed the incident yesterday saying it occurred at 8:45pm.

 “Yesterday 11/3/17 at about 2045hrs, two Female suicide bombers, about 18 years of age, attempted to enter Maiduguri through Umarari in Molai General area about 9kms to Maiduguri township.

 “They were sighted by the Civilian JTF and consequently shot dead by security personnel on duty at the area. “No other loss of life nor injury was recorded. The police EOD team was mobilized to the scene to render the unexploded IED safe, while normalcy has been restored to the area,” the statement said.</s>Four female teenage suicide bombers and two other men have been killed, following a suicide explosion at the Usmanti area along Muna Garage in Maiduguri.

The National Emergency Management Agency confirmed the incidence in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Sani Datti.

Sixteen people who got injured were administered with first aid by rescue workers, before being transported to the state Specialist Hospital and the University Teaching Hospital in Maiduguri.

According to the statement, the incidence occurred at about 1:15am on Wednesday morning.

But the police is yet to issue a statement on how the attack was carried out.
Four suicide bombers kill at least two people and wound 16 others in Maiduguri, Nigeria.