Tag: Borno State
Customs personnel, spouses donate to Borno IDPs
Personnel and spouses of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday donated relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in…
Boko Haram kills 43 in Borno raid
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 43 people and burnt down three villages in northeast Nigeria,…
Minimah visits troops fighting Boko Haram in Borno, Adamawa
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah, had paid an operational and morale boosting visit to troops…
Borno pledges support to Military High Command in Maiduguri
The Borno Government said it was willing to provide logistic support toward the relocation of the Military High Command to…
Borno suicide bomber kills 2, injures 4 in Borno
The Borno Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of two persons after a suspected female suicide bomber detonated an…
NEMA to collaborate with Borno on IDPs’ welfare
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Saturday that it planned to collaborate with the Borno Government to enhance…
Another bomb blast rips through Maiduguri market, kills one
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb went off in the Gamboru market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday, a…
Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria May 30 (Reuters) – Nigerian troops pushed back an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the outskirts of…
Suicide bomber kills self, 5 others at wedding in Borno
The Borno Police Command on Friday, confirmed the killing of six persons when a suicide bomber attacked the venue of…
Buhari orders military command relocate to Maiduguri
President Muhammdau Buhari signalled a new approach to subduing the Boko Haram insurgency when he directed the central command of…
Boko Haram: NEMA deploys additional staff to Borno
The Natioonal Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday that it had deployed more field workers to Borno to cater…
Keep barracks, offices clean, new Borno CP tells policemen
Aderemi Opadokun, the new Borno Commissioner of Police, on Friday advised policemen under the command to keep their barracks and…
APC condoles with family of late Senator Zanna
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condoled with the family of Senator Ahmed Zanna from Borno State, who died on…
David Mark laments demise of Sen. Zanna
Senate President David Mark, on Saturday in Abuja, expressed shock over the death of Senator Ahmed Zanna (APC-Borno Central). Mark…
Boko Haram retakes Marte town in Borno
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants retook the Nigerian town of Marte in Borno state, which had been liberated in…