A tragic incident marred the holiday season: On Christmas Eve (December 24, 2025), a suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a crowded mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, during evening prayers.
At least 5 people were killed and over 35 injured. Police found fragments of a suicide vest at the scene.
The Nigerian army attributes the attack to Boko Haram a reminder that insurgency threats linger in the northeast, even as relative calm had returned to Maiduguri in recent years.
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