Tag: Borno State
Jonathan has proved his love for Borno – Minister
Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, the Minister of State for Power, on Saturday said that President Goodluck Jonathan has demonstrated true love…
It is illogical to link Jonathan with Boko Haram – Turaki
Minister for Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, said on Saturday that it was illogical to link the activities of the…
Boko Haram kills village leader, 14 others near Maiduguri
Boko Haram gunmen killed 15 people including a village leader near Maiduguri, the heartland of the Islamist group blamed for…
Hundreds flee Borno villages ‘after Boko Haram warning’
Hundreds of people from four villages near the devastated Nigerian town of Baga have been forced to flee after a…
Jonathan’s visit to Borno, morale booster to military, says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Thursday’s visit by President Goodluck Jonathan to Maidiguri, Borno, was a morale…
Your condition will not be permanent, Jonathan tells IDPs
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday assured internally displaced persons that the situation they found themselves due to insurgency would be…
Police present N460, 000, cooking oil to families of slain policemen
The police command in Borno on Wednesday presented N400,000 cash to families of two policemen who died in active service…
Nigerian troops ‘repel Boko Haram attack’
Nigeria’s military on Wednesday said that soldiers had repelled a new Boko Haram attack after a two-hour gun battle in…
150 killed in Baga attack, says DHQ
The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said about 150 people died in Baga, Borno, during the recent…
Boko Haram: NEMA distributes food to 32,000 families in Borno
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said on Monday that it had targeted 32, 000 families for its `Food…
Breaking: 20 killed by girl-suicide bomber in Maiduguri
A suicide bomb attack by a young girl thought to be as young as 10 in the northeast Nigerian city…
Boko Haram destroys at least 16 towns, villages in Borno
Boko Haram razed at least 16 towns and villages in a renewed assault after capturing a key military base in…
Boko Haram responsible for Borno blackout – FG
The Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, on Sunday blamed the prolonged power outage in Borno on sabotage…
Boko Haram in fresh abduction in Nigerian village
Gunmen abducted 40 boys and young men from a remote village in northeast Nigeria in a raid that residents and…
Jonathan Links Modu Sheriff With Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan has linked former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, with the extremist Boko Haram sect. According to PREMIUM…
Borno, Yobe restrict vehicular movement through Xmas
Two northeast Nigeria states have put heavy restrictions on vehicle movement beginning on Christmas Eve and lasting through the weekend…
UPDATE: Boko Haram kidnaps 185, kills 32 in Borno
Boko Haram has kidnapped at least 185 people, including women and children, from a Nigerian village, carting the hostages away…
Boko Haram kills 32, kidnap more women and girls in Borno
Boko Haram militants killed 32 people and kidnapped scores of others in an attack on the village of Gumsuri in…
Gov. Shettima set to appoint 24 new commissioners
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno has forwarded the names of 24 commissioner nominees to the House of Assembly for confirmation.…
Boko Haram takes over Damasak, after attack on market
Boko Haram has taken over another town in Nigeria’s far northeast, a lawmaker, a local government official and a security…
Boko Haram attacks Borno market
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen disguised as traders opened fire Monday at a crowded market in a northeast Nigeria border town,…
Borno to give school pupils free uniforms, food
Borno state government as part of inducements to encourage children return to schools, will give them free uniforms and meals.…
Boko Haram kills 48 in fresh attack
Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 fish vendors in Nigeria’s restive Borno State, near the border with Chad, the head of…
Emergency rule in Borno, others a failure, says APC senators
Emergency rule to tackle Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria has been an outright failure, All Progressives Congress (APC) senators from…
Army releases over 125 Boko Haram fighters
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, on Saturday handed over another 125 suspected Boko Haram insurgents to the…
Boko Haram attack in Borno kills 21, says Sen Lawan
Twenty-one civilians were killed after Boko Haram fighters clashed with troops in the restive northeast of Nigeria, a local lawmaker…
Borno first lady distributes N5m poverty intervention fund
The wife of Borno Governor, Mrs Nana Shettima, on Sunday in Maiduguri disbursed N5 million to 500 women as an…
Several killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed several people in a village in Nigeria’s far northeast, a local administrator said on Wednesday,…
Borno elders question Boko Haram ‘ceasefire’ deal
Nigeria’s government may have negotiated a supposed ceasefire with only one faction of Boko Haram, an influential regional group has…
Boko Haram breaks ‘ceasefire’, kills nine in 2 villages
On the day Nigeria announced a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram jihadists, the militants attacked a Nigerian village, killing several…