Tag: Borno State
Boko Haram attacks Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants attacked Nigeria’s northern city of Maiduguri in Borno state on Wednesday from a…
Borno sets up camps for Nigerian returnees from Niger
The Borno Government said it had established a special camp to cater for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees…
Fire guts Maiduguri market, destroys goods worth millions
A section of Gamboru market in Maiduguri was on Sunday gutted by fire which destroyed about 50 shops and goods…
IDPs commend Borno on feeding, welfare
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno on Sunday commended the state government for its free feeding arrangement for displaced persons…
FG, EU Sign N325m grant for psychosocial support for Borno children, adolescents
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government and the European Union (EU), over the weekend signed a financing agreement for the grant…
Chibok Girls And Social Decadence In Nigeria
By Bilikis Bakare It has been a year now that over 200 girls were abducted from their hostel at the…
Borno has suffered years of marginalisation – Ndume
Re-elected senator Mohammad Ndume, (APC-Borno South), has appealed to the All Progressives Congress to zone the Senate Presidency to Borno,…
Nigerian troops capture Alagarno in Borno
Nigerian troops on April 7 successfully completed a raid on all terrorist camps in Alagarno in Borno state. Alagarno is…
Borno AG solicits donor agencies’ support for Boko Haram victims
Hajiya Mairo Bunu, the Borno Accountant-General, on Monday appealed to donor agencies to mobilise support for the rehabilitation of victims…
Boko Haram ‘open fire on dozens’ in Borno raid
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on villagers and torched a number of buildings in a new attack in northeast…
Boko Haram kills four in village raid
At least four people were killed Saturday when suspected Boko Haram fighters raided a local market in a village near…
Trending: Boko Haram kidnaps 400 women in ‘liberated’ Damasak
In a move that brought back bad memories of captured Chibok schoolgirls, Boko Haram militants have staged yet another mass…
NURTW, RTEAN get 450 vehicles in Borno
The Borno Government on Sunday presented 450 vehicles to members of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and…
Borno to build heroes estate for slain soldiers, vigilantes
The Borno State Government said on Saturday that it planned to build Borno Heroes Estate for the families of soldiers,…
Minister condemns Borno blast
Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, the Minister of State for Power, on Saturday condemned the Maiduguri multiple bomb blast which claimed 58…