Tag: Borno State
CVR: State gets 11 new voter registration centres
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it designated 11 additional centres in Borno to facilitate the nationwide Continuous…
Army kills 404 insurgents in operations
The Nigerian army on Thursday said it killed 404 Boko Haram insurgents and arrest 810 others in various operations in…
Insurgency: 900 widows receive goats from FOA in Borno
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), on Tuesday, distributed 3, 600 goats to 900 widows, who were affected by Boko…
State to support film production centre
The Borno Government on Tuesday pledged to support the Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN), towards actualising its dream…
Insurgents destroy 156,453 houses in Borno
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno, on Wednesday, said Boko Haram insurgents destroyed 156,453 houses in the state.
FG renews commitment to provide succour to IDPs
The Federal Government has renewed its unwavering commitment to providing reprieve for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East.
Borno bans sales of charcoal, firewood on streets
The Borno State Government said on Sunday that it had banned the sale of charcoal and firewood on major streets…
FG to re-open 2 major roads in Borno after Boko Haram defeat
The Federal Government will formally re-open two major roads in Borno later today following the total defeat of Boko Haram…
Japan presents agric support to Borno farmers
The Japanese Government on Wednesday presented farm implements worth millions of Naira to farmers in Mainok in Kaga Local Government…
Breaking: Boko Haram kills eight in church attack
At least eight people were killed outside a church in a suspected Boko Haram attack carried out by gunmen on…
Borno public secondary schools to reopen after two years
The Borno Government said on Monday that it would re-open public secondary schools next week, two years after they were…
IOM delivers aid to 12,000 IDPs in Borno
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Nigeria, has distributed 3,000 non-food relief item (NFI) kits to internally displaced people (IDPs)…
NSCDC arrests man for raping IDP in Borno
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno on Thursday said that it had arrested a 40-year-old man…
NSCDC decries begging among IDPs
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has decried high rate of street begging among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…
Borno Govt insists on workers’ verification
The Borno Head of Service, Malam Bukar Yakubu, says the state government will only pay salaries to workers whose biometric…
NDLEA seizes tonnes of illicit drugs in Borno
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Borno says it has seized more than 20 tonnes of illicit drugs…
Troops foil suicide attack on Borno IDPs camp
The Nigerian Army says its troops on Monday averted two separate bomb attacks by three female suicide bombers in Mungonu…
NSCDC discovers Boko Haram’s indoctrination book
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno on Sunday said it had discovered a “spiritual book“ suspected…
Ramadan: Sachet water, ice block vendors make brisk businesses in Borno
As the Ramadan began and couple with rising temperature, sachet water and ice block vendors are making brisk business in…
Civil defence uncovers Boko Haram’s bomb-making factories
The Borno State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) on Sunday discovered two bomb-making factories in…
Boko Haram: Fleeing emirs return home
Two out of the five Borno emirs forced to flee their domain by Boko Haram terrorists, have returned to their…
Troops clear 7 more villages occupied by Boko Haram in Borno
The Nigerian Army says it has cleared seven more villages taken by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Borno in its…
Pay attention to workers welfare, NLC tells Shettima
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday urged Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno to give top priority to workers’ welfare…
Boko Haram has destroyed 1 million homes in Borno – Shettima
The Borno Government on Monday said about one million private houses had been destroyed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in…
Tragedy averted in Borno as troops intercept two suicide bombers
Nigerian Army said on its Friday Alert that vigilant troops of 7 Division Garrison based in Maiduguri and members of…
Boko Haram destroyed 956,453 houses, 5, 335 classrooms in Borno
Some 20,000 people have been killed in the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state in northeast Nigeria, according to a…
Maiduguri attack an indication Boko Haram is dying – Buratai
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, has said Wednesday’s twin attack on a mosque in Maiduguri,…
Borno residents lament closure of cattle market
Nigerian government push to strangle the Boko Haram insurgency has shut down the cattle trade that sustained the city of…
Cattle market ‘financing’ Boko Haram shut in Borno
Nigeria’s military has closed one of Africa’s biggest cattle markets, charging sales of stolen animals is helping finance Boko Haram’s…
IDPs: 450 die from diseases, malnutrition in Borno
The Borno State Government has confirmed that 450 people died from ailments and malnutrition across the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…