Tag: Borno State
Boko Haram: N1m Reward For Informants
The police in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria have offered N1 million reward to any person that could give information that…
Boko Haram attack foiled in Bama
Police in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state have repelled an attack on a police post in Bama, Borno state, by gunmen…
Boko Haram Destroys 3 Schools In Borno
Suspected Boko Haram sect members destroyed three more schools on Wednesday night in an ongoing assault on schools in Maiduguri,…
Boko Haram Siege Is Over — Gov
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Thursday declared that the era of insecurity caused by the spate of bombing…
Boko Haram Again: Car Bomb Found In Maiduguri
Soldiers on Wednesday found and safely detonated a car bomb in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Military spokesman, Col. Victor…
Boko Haram Kills 6 In Maiduguri
At least six persons have been killed by Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Northeast…
SSS Arrests Boko Haram Spokesman, Abul Qaqa In Maiduguri
Officials of the State Security Service (SSS) in Borno State have confirmed the arrest of Boko Haram spokesman, Abul Qaqa…
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Retrial Ordered in Borno Election Petition
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja at about 4:43 pm on…
Boko Haram Leader Had 4000 Trained Followers, Witness Tells Court
Trial of the killers of the slain leader of Boko Haram sect, Mohammed Yusuf, resumed on Wednesday before a Federal…
CPC Wants Borno Exco Dissolved
The Borno Chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Alhaji Zanna Shettima, in Maiduguri on Tuesday called for the…
Pilgrims To Pray For Peace, Security
Pilgrims from Borno State have promised to dedicate the period of their pilgrimage to Israel to pray for peace and…
Boko Haram Plans Fresh Attacks In Abuja, says US Embassy
As Nigerians continue to count the number of lives lost to series of bombs, suicide and gun attacks by members…
Boko Haram Again: Borno Council Boss Shot Dead
Gunmen have stormed the home of a local government chairman in Nigeria’s northeast and shot him dead, a state official…
Boko Haram: Delta Govt Evacuates 600 Students
The Delta State Government has evacuated about 600 students of the state origin studying in Borno State. Besides, other indigenes…
The Face Of Abuja Suicide Bomber
The identity of the Boko Haram member who bombed the Nigeria Police headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, 16 June has…
Boko Haram Threatens To Bomb Jos
There are strong indications that fleeing members of the Boko Haram sect have threatened to bomb Jos, the Plateau state…
Three Die In Maiduguri Bomb Blasts
Nigerian Police said three people have died from the two bomb explosions in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in…
Boko Haram Kills Deeper Life Pastor
A Deeper Life Bible Church pastor and three other Christians have been killed by Muslim extremists called Boko Haram in…
Jihadist Group Claims Nigerian Bombings
A new radical muslim group that styles itself Jama’Atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad, has claimed responsibility for the several bombs…
SSS Seizes Arms Being Taken To Jos
Officials with Nigeria’s security services say they have intercepted 52 Kalashnikov rifles and tens of thousands of ammunition rounds heading…