Tag: Borno State
Female suicide bombers kill 3 in Maiduguri hospital attack
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers killed at least three people and injured 16 in the capital of the northeastern…
Borno denies reports on Chibok School Principal
The Borno State government on Thursday denied an online media report on the alleged nomination of Mrs Asabe Kwambura, the…
Boko Haram: Residents laud Shettima’s rehabilitation of town
Residents of Auno Local Government in Borno on Wednesday lauded Governor Kashim Shettima for the rehabilitation of the town after…
Boko Haram militants kill 40 in Borno
About 40 people have been killed by Boko Haram militants who torched houses and shot people as they fled in…
Shettima lauded for donating 5,000 tricycles
The National Commercial and Motorcycle Riders Owners Association of Nigeria (NCMROAN) Borno chapter, has commended Gov. Kashim Shettima for donating…
Borno govt reviews curfew in Maiduguri
The Borno State government said on Wednesday that it had reviewed upward the 7:00 pm to 6:00 am curfew in…
Boko Haram: Buhari condoles Chad, Borno
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed condolences to the president and people of the Republic of Chad, following the twin suicide…
IED explosion kills 13 in Borno
Thirteen persons were killed after an Imporvised Explosive Devise (IED) exploded in Bulabulin ward of Monguno Local Government Area (LGA)…
Boko Haram: Borno to reconstruct wrecked communities
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno said the State Government had concluded plans to commence the reconstruction of communities destroyed by…
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…
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…