Izghe

{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Izge | official_name = Izge | settlement_type = Village | coordinates = {{coord|10|58|59.88|N|13|18|0|E}} | pushpin_map = Nigeria | subdivision_type = Country Nigeria | subdivision_name = Nigeria | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Borno | subdivision_type2 = Local Government Area | subdivision_name2 = Gwoza | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = Izge }}

'''Izge''' is a village in Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno State, Nigeria.

A massacre by Boko Haram on 15 February 2014 left 106 residents of the village dead. A second raid occurred a few days later, in which the village was burned to the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26220300 |title=Nigeria's Boko Haram 'in village massacre' |publisher=BBC News |date=2014-02-16 |accessdate=2014-05-13}}</ref><ref>[http://www.punchng.com/news/bharam-murders-106-in-fresh-attack/ B’Haram murders 106 in fresh attack.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319145526/http://www.punchng.com/news/bharam-murders-106-in-fresh-attack/ |date=2014-03-19 }} February 17, 2014 by Emma Anya, Fidelis Soriwei and Kayode Idowu with agency report</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26322224 Nigeria Boko Haram crisis: Anger over second Izghe raid.] Retrieved 2014-02-June.</ref><ref>[http://www.tvcnews.tv/?q=article/nigeria-boko-haram-attacks-ize-borno-again Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks Izghe, Borno again.] TVC News (retrieved 2014-02-June).</ref>

== See also == *Izghe attack

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Category:Populated places in Borno State