{"id":19464,"date":"2017-01-16T10:51:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T10:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=19464"},"modified":"2017-01-16T10:51:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T10:51:52","slug":"bomb-blasts-at-nigerias-maiduguri-university-kill-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/bomb-blasts-at-nigerias-maiduguri-university-kill-5.html","title":{"rendered":"Bomb Blasts at Nigeria&#8217;s Maiduguri University Kill 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"Justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Bomb Blasts at Nigeria&#8217;s Maiduguri University Kill 5<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bomb Blasts at Nigeria&#8217;s Maiduguri University Kill 5:<\/strong> Two bombs exploded at dawn Monday at Nigeria&#8217;s northeastern University of Maiduguri, killing at least five people, witnesses and police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The first blast ripped through the mosque where professors were saying dawn prayers and at least one is among victims, according to a student. The second bomb went off at an entrance gate, said a university worker. Both spoke on condition of anonymity for their safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu said 5 people died in the explosion at the mosque, including a university professor, and 15 wounded people have been evacuated to hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">It was not clear if the explosions came from suicide bombers or were planted bombs, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Maiduguri has been attacked many times but this is the first attack on the university blamed on Boko Haram \u2014 the Islamic extremist group whose name means &#8220;Western education is sinful.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">It is the first major attack since Nigeria&#8217; President Muhammadu Buhari last month declared that Boko Haram was &#8220;crushed,&#8221; after troops destroyed their stronghold in the Sambisa Forest in northeastern Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Nigeria&#8217;s army said Sunday that troops continuing &#8220;clearance operations of remnants and fleeing Boko Haram terrorists&#8221; killed several insurgents and rescued 58 kidnap victims, mainly women and children last week. One soldier was injured, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Nigeria&#8217;s 7-year-old Islamic uprising has killed more than 20,000 people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2017\/01\/16\/world\/africa\/ap-af-nigeria-boko-haram.html?_r=0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/bomb-blasts-at-nigerias-maiduguri-university-kill-5.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bomb Blasts at Nigeria&#8217;s Maiduguri University Kill 5 Bomb Blasts at Nigeria&#8217;s Maiduguri University Kill 5: Two bombs exploded at dawn Monday at Nigeria&#8217;s northeastern University of Maiduguri, killing at least five people, witnesses and police said. 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