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As residents of Maiduguri settle to normalcy after multiple explosions rocked the state capital, resulting in the dead of 16 people with many injured, some of the 47 survivors recounted their experiences to
The PUNCH on Wednesday.
According to 75-year-old Kaka Mallam, a resident of Adam Kolo, one of the areas where the explosions occurred, he was seated very close to a mosque around 6pm when he began to hear the explosions and within some splinter of seconds, something hit him on his leg.
Mallam recalled that as he was about to crawl into the mosque, he felt something hit him again, this time, in his lower abdomen.
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Troops kill scores of terrorists, recapture Marte
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By Ndahi Marama
Nigerian Troops have successfully charged through Marte Local Government Area, LGA, of Borno State, killing scores of ISWAP/ Boko Haram terrorists who seized the area few days ago.
This came as heavy explosions and sound of gunshots late which yesterday engulfed parts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, reportedly claimed several lives with many others sustaining different degrees of injuries.
A Military Officer while confirming the successful operation said troop successfully and safely detonated series of IEDS laced along the routes and finally dominated the general area.
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