Tag: Borno State
NSCDC decries begging among IDPs
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has decried high rate of street begging among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…
Borno Govt insists on workers’ verification
The Borno Head of Service, Malam Bukar Yakubu, says the state government will only pay salaries to workers whose biometric…
NDLEA seizes tonnes of illicit drugs in Borno
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Borno says it has seized more than 20 tonnes of illicit drugs…
Troops foil suicide attack on Borno IDPs camp
The Nigerian Army says its troops on Monday averted two separate bomb attacks by three female suicide bombers in Mungonu…
NSCDC discovers Boko Haram’s indoctrination book
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno on Sunday said it had discovered a “spiritual book“ suspected…
Ramadan: Sachet water, ice block vendors make brisk businesses in Borno
As the Ramadan began and couple with rising temperature, sachet water and ice block vendors are making brisk business in…
Civil defence uncovers Boko Haram’s bomb-making factories
The Borno State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) on Sunday discovered two bomb-making factories in…
Boko Haram: Fleeing emirs return home
Two out of the five Borno emirs forced to flee their domain by Boko Haram terrorists, have returned to their…
Troops clear 7 more villages occupied by Boko Haram in Borno
The Nigerian Army says it has cleared seven more villages taken by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Borno in its…
Pay attention to workers welfare, NLC tells Shettima
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday urged Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno to give top priority to workers’ welfare…
Boko Haram has destroyed 1 million homes in Borno – Shettima
The Borno Government on Monday said about one million private houses had been destroyed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in…
Tragedy averted in Borno as troops intercept two suicide bombers
Nigerian Army said on its Friday Alert that vigilant troops of 7 Division Garrison based in Maiduguri and members of…
Boko Haram destroyed 956,453 houses, 5, 335 classrooms in Borno
Some 20,000 people have been killed in the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state in northeast Nigeria, according to a…
Maiduguri attack an indication Boko Haram is dying – Buratai
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, has said Wednesday’s twin attack on a mosque in Maiduguri,…
Borno residents lament closure of cattle market
Nigerian government push to strangle the Boko Haram insurgency has shut down the cattle trade that sustained the city of…