Tag: North-East
We’re intensifying operation to decisively end insurgency – Gen Abubakar
He stressed that the relative peace being celebrated was a direct result of the commitment, resilience and sacrifice of troops…
Nigerian troops kill 3 terrorist commanders, 16 fighters, others – Army
A terrorist informant and logistics supplier, who had secretly aided terrorists for more than four years, was also arrested around…
Senate: What military should do to tackle resurgence of Boko Haram
Monguno said there was the need to return military operations in full force to Borno and Yobe and equip them…
Nigerian troops kill 35 terrorists, nab others
Ibrahim said the troops in conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force conducted ambush operation at Mandara mountain in Gwoza Local…
X-raying handling of surrendered terrorists, rescued women, children in Borno
So far, available records show that over 82,237 fighters and their families have surrendered since July 2021, out of which…
Just In: Nigerian military unveils identities of 19 wanted terrorists’ commanders
The names of the wanted terrorists were released by the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor.
Orji Kalu: Why I abandoned agitations for Igbo presidency
According to him, his position was because no Igbo man loved the Igbo people than he does.
War against Boko Haram: Buratai relocates fully to North East
Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Turkur Buratai has relocated fully to the North East as the Nigerian…
UN issues statement on humanitarian crisis in North-Eastern Nigeria
The United Nations (UN) has issued a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri, renewing its call for more interventions to address…
VSF reconstructs public infrastructure in North East, Benue
Victims Support Fund (VSF) has reconstructed a number of public infrastructure in the insurgency ravaged North East states of Borno,…
Atiku suffers setback in the North-East as PDP members defect to APC
The presidential ambition of People’s Democratic Party candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has suffered a major setback as President Muhammadu Buhari…
TCN restores power supply in North East states
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has successfully restored electricity supply to the north eastern states following a…
NAFDAC destroys fake, substandard products worth N464.7m
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday destroyed fake, expired, substandard and unwholesome products…
North-East: Agency urgently requires $49m lifesaving support
World Food Programme (WFP) urgently requires 49 million dollars to continue lifesaving support until the end of 2018 to assist…
North East: Army pledges to support UNICEF
Nigerian army on Wednesday pledged continued support to UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) humanitarian efforts at providing assistance to women and…
North East: Group trains 160 traditional rulers on conflict management
The State Team Leader, Managing Conflict in Nigeria (MCN), an NGO, Sambo Abdulkadir has said that 160 traditional rulers including…
UN collaborates with NHRC to protect IDPs human rights in North East
The National Human Rights Commission in collaboration with United Nations High Commission for Refugees have moved to protect the human…
North East: Nigerian Govt urged to sustain funding of road projects
Communities along the corridors of ongoing road projects in the North East zone of the country, have urged the Federal…
Road contractors urged to speed up work in North-East
Mr Mohammed Rufai, the North-East Zonal Director of Highways, Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, has called on road contractors…
Police, NSCDC bosses relocated to North-East
The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, has directed the Inspector- General of Police(I-G), Ibrahim Idris, and the Commandant-General,…
Insurgency: Governments urged to reconstruct places of worship in North-East
The President, Church of Brethren in Nigeria, Rev. Joel Billi, has appealed to the Federal and State Governments to fast…
United Nations unveil Humanitarian Response Plan for North-East
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Nigeria on Thursday unveiled 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan to support…
Boko Haram: UN says 8.5m people need live-saving support in North-East
The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) says over 8.5 million persons need life-saving support due to…
Oxfam calls for improved humanitarian assistance in North-East
Oxfam Nigeria has advocated the scaling up of humanitarian assistance in the lingering crisis and sufferings in the North-East.
Buratai urges commanders to remain focused to curtail traces of insurgency
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai charged field commanders to remain focused toward containing the traces of insurgency…
Fiscal commission verifies Federal capital projects in North-East
Officials of Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) have commenced physical verification of work on 2015-2016 Federal Government-funded capital projects in the…
North-East: 8.5m persons need life-saving support – UN
The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) says over 8.5 million persons are in dare need of…
North East: FADAMA initiates strategies to strengthen project
The FADAMA III Second Additional Financing (AFII) Programme is planning to launch infrastructure and cash-for-work strategies to strengthen the implementation…
North East oil exploration will not stop activities in producing states
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, says oil exploration in the North East is for the good…
North-East: Senate President seeks more EU support
President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called on the European Union (EU) and other donor agencies to increase…