Tag: Borno State
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…
UPDATE: Three Boko Haram bombings kill 58, injures 139 in Borno
Three bombings, including one by a female suicide attacker, killed at least 58 people and wounded 139 others in northeast…
Don’t rush home, Borno govt tells displaced persons
The Borno Government on Saturday advised Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) whose communities had been reclaimed by the military to exercise…
UPDATE: At least 47 dead, 50 wounded in Borno bombings
Three bombings in northeast Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri on Saturday killed at least 47 people, including children, and wounded 50,…
Three bombings in Borno kill at least 33
Three bombings rocked separate targets in northeast Nigeria’s largest city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 33 people, witnesses…
Bomb rips through Maiduguri market killing many
Three bombings rocked separate targets in northeast Nigeria’s largest city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 33 people, witnesses…
Work begins to rebuild Chibok girls’ school – FG
Nigeria’s government on Friday said that work had begun to rebuild a school in the northeastern town of Chibok from…
Troops now in full control of Mafa in Borno – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that Nigerian troops were now in full control of Mafa, Borno, after clearing terrorists…
Boko Haram kills 68, including children, in Borno
Boko Haram gunmen killed 68 people, including many children, in a massacre in the northeast Nigeria village of Njaba, two…
Female suicide bomber kills 3 in Borno
A woman suicide bomber on Saturday killed two passers-by and her accomplice in an attack in northeast Nigeria, witnesses and…
Suicide bomber blows up Biu bus stop
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded bus station in Biu, northeast Nigeria, on Thursday, while a second…
Explosion kills 11 at check point in Biu, Borno State
Eleven people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a checkpoint near the town of Biu in northeast Nigeria…
Boko Haram destroys Askira Uba, forcing residents to flee
Hundreds of Boko Haram militants stormed the town of Askira Uba in northeast Nigeria, burning homes and public buildings, as…
Overwhelming crowd welcome Buhari to Borno
A massive crowd of cheering supporters mobbed Nigerian opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari in the embattled northeast city of Maiduguri on…
Insurgency: Borno Deputy Gov. commends security agencies
The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Zannah Mustapha, on Sunday commended the efforts of military and other security agencies to…
Biu blast: Borno Govt to pay victims’ medical bills
The Borno Government said it would shoulder the medical bills of all the 20 persons injured in Thursday’s suicide bomb…
Gov. Shettima appoints honourary, special advisers
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Tuesday, appointed two former Deputy Governors of the State as honourary special advisers. NAN…
Boko Haram captures Monguno, military base – Security Sources
Boko Haram Islamists on Sunday captured the northeastern town of Monguno, including a military base, after a fierce battle with…
Jonathan has proved his love for Borno – Minister
Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, the Minister of State for Power, on Saturday said that President Goodluck Jonathan has demonstrated true love…
It is illogical to link Jonathan with Boko Haram – Turaki
Minister for Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, said on Saturday that it was illogical to link the activities of the…
Boko Haram kills village leader, 14 others near Maiduguri
Boko Haram gunmen killed 15 people including a village leader near Maiduguri, the heartland of the Islamist group blamed for…
Hundreds flee Borno villages ‘after Boko Haram warning’
Hundreds of people from four villages near the devastated Nigerian town of Baga have been forced to flee after a…