Mubi (town)
Mubi is a town in Northern Senatorial District of Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria. It is subdivided into two Mubi north and Mubi south.
Demographics
The major tribes of the town are Fali, Gude, Mafa, Kamwe, Margi and Mundang.Education
Mubi has four higher institutions of learning: Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, College of Health Technology (Mubi Campus), Adamawa State University, Mubi, and The Federal University of Agriculture, Mubi.Boko Haram takeover
Some media outlets said that the city was renamed to Madinatul Islam, meaning city of Islam by jihadist group Boko Haram in October 2014 when they captured the town under their control.In November 2014, the Nigerian Army took back control of Mubi from Boko Haram. Adamawa State governor Bala James Ngilari said government forces had recaptured the town from Boko Haram. Some reports said Boko Haram had withdrawn from the town after looting peoples goods and money to their hideout from the town, rather than as the result of direct fighting. However, Bala Ngilari's chief of staff, Chibudo Babbi, told the BBC Hausa Service that remnants of the group were flushed out of Mubi by the military.
Massacres
A terrorist attack on 2 October 2012 when suspected members of Boko Haram entered the town at around 10pm and killed many people. The large majority of the victims were students from the three educational institutions based in the town. The death toll was put at 25 initially, however, the number is said to be closer to 45.A bombing occurred in Mubi on 1 June 2014.
On 21 November 2017, a suicide bombing at a mosque during morning prayers killed an estimate 25-50 people. Boko Haram is the suspected perpetrator.
Suicide bombings occurred at a mosque and market in Mubi in 2018.