Tag: Borno State
Boko Haram Republic of Gwoza is a bad idea
Boko Haram Republic of Gwoza is both a bad idea and an omen of negative things for Nigeria because the…
Emir’s Palace Now Boko Haram’s Headquarters
Boko Haram insurgents have begun to relocate from their camp in Sambisa forest in Borno State to captured territories in…
Mixed Reactions Trail Fleeing Of 480 Soldiers
Some Nigerians have described as half-truth the claim by the military authorities that the 480 soldiers who were found in…
Shettima calls for calm over Boko Haram’s Caliphate
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Monday advised residents of the state to remain calm following alleged proclamation of Islamic…
Insurgency: Adamawa, Borno elders meet, seek solution
A group of elders under the aegis, Northern Adamawa and Southern Borno Elders (NASBE), has urged the federal and the…
Thousands receiving aid after Boko Haram attack
Nearly 11,500 people from one town in northeast Nigeria are receiving emergency aid after fleeing Boko Haram militants, the country’s…
Nigerian soldiers revolt over lack of weapons
Dozens of Nigerian soldiers have refused to deploy for an offensive against Boko Haram Islamists until they receive better weapons,…
APC warns DSS against arrest of its Borno Chairman
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly warned against the plan by the DSS, acting at the behest of some…
Nigerian troops clear terrorist camp in Borno
The Defence Headquarters has said in Abuja on Saturday that troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has cleared…
Sheriff’s Defection: APC plans nationwide thanksgiving
The All Progressives Youth Forum is planning to organise a nationwide thanksgiving with special Sunday church service and Jumma’at prayers…
Borno seeks closer cooperation against insurgency
Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Umar Zanna, on Friday said there was the need for closer cooperation among stakeholders in…
Boko Haram kidnaps scores in Borno
Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped scores of people from fishing communities in Nigeria’s extreme northeast, hauling some of the hostages away…
Terrorism: Military intercepts youths heading for Abuja
The military have intercepted some youths based on their clandestine movement. A statement on the official website of the Defence…
Emir Escapes From Boko Haram
A heavy rainfall late Monday night helped hundreds of residents of Gwoza, Borno State, who had been trapped on the…
Boko Haram writes fleeing Borno residents, promises more attack
Fleeing Borno residents have been written by Islamist sect Boko Haram, promising more terror attacks. Survivors of menacing attacks in…
Army warns Borno residents against street protests
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on Saturday cautioned residents of Borno against embarking on street protests,…
Shettima dissolves state exco
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Friday in Maiduguri dissolved the State Executive Council. Alhaji Baba Jidda, the Secretary to…
Boko Haram kills dozens in Borno, burns Police HQ
Boko Haram gunmen attacked Nigeria’s restive northeastern town of Gwoza on Wednesday leaving dozens dead, residents said, in the latest…
Shettima expresses sadness over the death of Prof. Alkali
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state, has described the death of Professor Nur Alkali the former Vice Chancellor, University of…
Boko Haram executes village chief, 11 others in Borno
Boko Haram Islamists have executed 12 people including a village chief in a remote part of Borno state, residents said…
Boko Haram displaced over 500 people in Damboa – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Thursday that said over 500 indigenes of Damboa in Borno state had…
Reflections On The Chibok Girls
By Denja Yaqub Over ninety days since yet to be specified number of young school girls were abducted from their…
Two dead in Nigeria Air force crash
Nigeria Defence headquarters has confirmed that one of the pilots of Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter which crashed on a training…
Nigerian Air Force Helicopter Crashes In Borno
Nigeria’s Defence authorities on Monday afternoon confirmed the crash of a helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed in…
176 teachers killed in north-east Nigeria
One hundred and seventy-six teachers have been killed and 900 schools destroyed in Nigeria’s Borno state since Boko Haram militants…
Poverty Eradication: Borno to distribute N135m to youths, others
The Borno State Government, on Thursday, said it planned to distribute N135 million to unemployed youths and vulnerable people in…
Boko Haram kills 38 in fresh Borno attack
At least 38 people were killed following a raid by suspected Islamist Boko Haram gunmen on a village in northeast…
Nigerian troops uncover weapons from Balmo forest
The Defence Headquarters on Friday said that troops had uncovered more weapons from underground armouries in Balmo Forest in Borno…
Suicide bomber kills five outside Borno mosque
A suicide bomber targeting worshippers at a mosque in Konduga village, Borno state killed five people and injured scores, a…
Blast rips through Osun, Kaduna, Borno killing scores
A bomb blast rocked Ile-Ife, Osun State, early Wednesday morning. The low small bomb went off in the Onipetu area…