Askira/Uba

Askira/Uba is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Askira.

Askira/Uba
LGA
Coordinates: 10°38′21″N 12°52′43″E
Country Nigeria
StateBorno State
CapitalAskira
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

It has an area of 2,362 km2 and a population of 138,091 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 601.[1]

One of the villages of Askira/Uba, Lassa, was the origin of a new virus found in the blood of returning American missionaries, and first identified by a virology research team in a laboratory at Yale University, who named it "Lassa virus" after the location where it first appeared.[2]

In July 2014, the villages of Huyim and Dille in Askira/Uba LGA were attacked by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, with nine and thirty-eight deaths respectively. The attackers came from the Sambisa Forest. Displaced residents "need help from governments and spirited individuals."[3][4]

References
  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. Prono, Luca (9 January 2008). Zhang, Yawei (ed.). Encyclopedia of Global Health. Vol. 1. SAGE. ISBN 978-1-4129-4186-0. OCLC 775277696.
  3. "Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Nine in Borno Village". Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  4. Hamza Idris; Yahaya Ibrahim (2014-07-15). "Nigeria: 38 Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Borno Village". Daily Trust - AllAfrica. Retrieved 2014-07-18.


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