Information AboutMaiduguri |
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Maiduguri is the capital of Borno State in Nigeria . It is home to two Market s, a Museum and an Airport . Maiduguri has one of the best-equipped universities and hospitals in Nigeria, the University Of Maiduguri . The soccer team El-Kanemi Warriors is based in Maiduguri. On 18 February 2006 , Riots related to the Prophet Muhammad Cartoons pubished by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten left at least 16 people dead. Eleven churches were torched during the protests. TRANSPORT The city lies at the end of a Railway Line to Port Harcourt . EXTERNAL LINKS |