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PANICKED RESIDENTS FLED their homes in northeast Nigeria today in fear of Boko Haram attacks while the military sought to recapture ground lost to the militants in recent weeks.
The Cameroon army has killed more than 100 Boko Haram fighters, its government said this evening.
Mass exodus
The exodus from Mubi, the commercial hub of Adamawa state, began on Sunday after the insurgents seized Michika 42 kilometres away the day before, heightening fears of an impending strike.
Nigeria’s military is under increasing pressure to stop Boko Haram, which has seized control of a number of towns in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states in recent weeks, prompting fears the government could soon lose control of the region.
Taking cover
On Monday, residents living near the airforce base in the Adamawa state capital, Yola, reported seeing an increase in sorties of military aircraft in the last few days. But residents in Michika said airforce jets seen circling overhead were unable to bomb the insurgents because they had taken cover in civilian houses.
Nigeria’s military on Friday tried to retake Madagali, which fell into rebel hands last month, forcing troops to withdraw to Gulak, then to Mubi itself.
The fear of attack was heightened after the families of police officers in the town were ordered to evacuate and seen leaving, said resident Muhammad Maishanu.
Mubi, which has previously been targeted by Boko Haram, had already seen an influx of thousands of residents escaping violence in Michika, Madagali, Gulak and several other villages near the border with Borno.
Locals have thronged the main bus depot in the town to catch taxis and commuter buses out of the town for the last few days, said Samaila Ado, who works at the coach station.
Conflicting claims
Many residents headed for Yola 145 kilometres away as well as the northern states of Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi and Kano, Ado added.
The spokesman of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, Gideon Obasogie, said he fled the town on Sunday. “Thousands of others have also left Mubi for Yola for fear of attack. The Boko Haram militants are just capturing everywhere,” he told AFP.
The Catholic church in Maiduguri diocese is gradually crumbling. A priest in Michika had to scale a fence yesterday to avoid being killed… He had to pass through some bush and mountains before he finally made it to Yola.
Security fears prompted the indefinite closure of the Adamawa State University in Mubi, according to a university statement.
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Good news for Limerick. A good range of jobs too. This is what the government are busy doing getting businesses to invest in Ireland while the media only want to report ‘scandals’. Good news never makes the headlines unfortunately.
Hopefully it’s not like the fake jobs announcement from Ethicon/Vistakon a few months ago
140 new jobs over the next three years!! I won’t pop the champagne just yet.
Sound like good jobs and if every big business added 140 jobs it’d add up pretty fast…. probably not as good as your “work from home” jobs though…
Are these “New” jobs or are they contractors being made permanent?
Red thumb as much as you like but it’s a pertinent question. I’ve heard of a big announcement recently in Limerick for 90 new jobs but the reality was the jobs were already filled by existing contractors
I agree, it’s a valid question to ask. It doesn’t necessarily mean that 140 unemployed people will be filling new positions over 3 years.
That’s very true Shane there really wasn’t any ” new” jobs at all .
Those jobs should really be moved to Dublin
Why
Because he is a troll and there always right
Here, there, everywhere.
Troll.
The cost of locating them in Dublin is too high.
It’s a good news and not a bad news story.
Nice stock image of the place too from the Clare hills.
There is a big movement against IW going on in this country that the media does not wish to report on, Instead they make satire articles of the issue.
People should not return any phising packs to IW, don’t engage with them, don’t hand any info over to them. There is very little they can do to force you to pay. They will be swamped in so much paper it will keep them busy till next xmas
Irish water will find it very easy to make people pay. It may take till next Christmas but you’ll still pay.
You can oppose Irish water but don’t let some poor eejits get in to a mountain of debt by doing so.
How many of these are allocated for job bridge?
have your say