Tag: Borno
Borno sacks 27 LG Caretaker Committees
The Borno Government on Saturday announced the dissolution of the state’s 27 Local Government Caretaker Committees. Alhaji Usman Zannah, the…
Borno residents decry homosexuals abusing children
Some residents of Maiduguri have decried the increasing cases of child abuses by unscrupulous homosexual persons. The residents said in…
Suicide bomber kills self, vigilante in Borno
A suicide bomber and a local vigilante were killed during an attempt on a Maiduguri mosque on Monday morning, a…
SEMA reunites 64 women, children after 9 months
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says it has reunited 64 women and children rescued from Boko Haram after…
Boko Haram: Fighter jet misfires, shoots civilians in Borno
The Army said a fighter jet had misfired and shot some humanitarian aid workers of the International Committee of Red…
Army kills 10 terrorists in reprisal attack
The Military says it has successfully repelled attack by the Boko Haram terrorists at Kangarwa in Kukawa Local Government Area…
NSCDC uncovers new factional Shi’ite group in Borno
The Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered a new factional sect of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN),…
Breaking: Soldiers go on the rampage in Borno, turn against officers
Nigerian soldiers of the 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army deployed to rout Boko Haram from the dreaded Sambisa Forest…
NIMC registers 60,000 persons for national ID
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it registered 60,000 persons for the national identity cards in Borno in 2016.…
Borno to close IDP camps –Shettima
The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, says all Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps in the state would be closed…
UN to deliver food aid to 1.8m people in Borno, Yobe
The UN says its agencies, the World Food Programme and UNICEF are increasing food and nutrition services to urgently reach…
EFCC recovers N196m in Borno
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it recovered more than N196 million on financial crimes during various operations…
US declares Borno, Adamawa, Rivers, Edo unsafe for citizens
The United States Government has asked its citizens living in Nigeria to stay away from twenty of the country’s 36…
Police to recover mobile police training school at Gwoza
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris on Saturday reiterated the readiness of the Nigeria Police Force to recover…
Borno doctors opt out of nationwide strike
The Borno chapter of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) said its members would not participate in…