Borno state
18 hours ago
Adolphus Onyeama, an agriculture produce buyer resident in Borno State, has had several close shaves with death in the last 14 years. The Enugu State-born businessman has lived in the North for 26 years.
19 hours ago
Sir: Borno State was once known as a peaceful place, but the past decade of Boko Haram violence has changed everything. Now, as the region begins to recover, will it be possible to return to the peace of the past?
12 Apr
The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) has reportedly executed a police officer abducted along the Damboa - Biu Road in Borno State. Sources reliably informed Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency media expert that on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at around 10:00 am, the police officer with his wife and children, were in transit…
7 Apr
The Nigerian military has finally confirmed the killing of an Army Lieutenant in a fresh ambush by terrorists around the Buratai area of Borno. The military maintained silence after the reported ambush trended for over 15 hours on social media since Saturday. However, at exactly 4.07 pm, Defence Media Operations spokesman, Major General Edward Buba…
3 Apr
Traditional rulers in Borno State have lamented the “threats and intimidations” faced by victims of Boko Haram terrorism.
1 Apr
A suspect has confessed that two Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) providing humanitarian services in Borno State paid him and his partners to burn down Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the Monguno area of the state. Security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, in a statement on X, said the suspect who appeared in a…
26 Mar
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has approved the appointment of 183 aides and 104 board members of commissions and agencies.
20 Mar
Borno State Government has reduced out-of-school children by over 60 per cent – fromover two million to 800,000.
11 Mar
Security forces yesterday continued to search forests and set up roadblocks in the Northwest of the country in an attempt to find hundreds of kidnapped schoolchildren, as calls for an overhaul of the security hierarchy intensify.
29 Feb
Two labourers have reportedly lost their lives in bomb explosions at two separate construction sites in Dikwa Local Council of Borno State.
25 Feb
The Borno Government has resettled 447 households displaced by the insurgency to newly constructed houses in Dalori village of Konduga Local Government Area.
19 Feb
Minister of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Hannatu Musawa says communal peace and unity will ensure the preservation of the Kanuri cultural heritage. Musawa made the statement at a two-day Kanem Borno Cultural Summit hosted by the Borno Emirate Concerned Citizens Forum (BECCF) at the University of Maiduguri at the weekend. In her keynote…
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