Borno state
13 Nov
Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed yesterday, when the Gambouru main market was gutted by fire in the early hours of Sunday in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.
5 Nov
The Air Component Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) has killed 160 Boko Haram terrorists at Bulabulin and Degbawa villages along the Kumadugu/Yobe River and Mandara Mountains in Borno and Yobe states. It was learnt that the terrorists were neutralised on November 2, 2023, after the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets destroyed the terrorists’ camps along…
5 Nov
Reported escalation of terrorist attacks in Borno State and environs that have claimed many lives in the past few months is unfortunate and should not be taken lightly by the authorities. Reports that the development is not unconnected with the so-called repentant terrorists who were recently integrated back into the society is particularly alarming because…
30 Oct
Air strikes against identified terrorists’ hideouts and enclaves in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, thickened over the weekend. Sources revealed that sequel to intelligence received from the Land Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) on October 29, 2023, about 22 terrorists in a gun truck and 2 motorcycles were sighted near Marte, NAF aircraft of the…
27 Oct
The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist groups may have again suffered another devastating loss of scores of its fighters in airstrikes carried out by the Nigerian Airforce component of Operation Hadin Kai in the North East. The airstrikes were conducted on October 26, 2023 in Tudun Baranga and Jubilaram, both located…
27 Oct
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja on Thursday conducted an on-the-spot assessment of Nigerian Army units namely, 231 Battalion and 331 Artillery Regiment in Abogo Largema Military Cantonment, Biu in Borno State. The respective Commanding Officers of the two units, Lieutenant Colonels Aliyu Garba and Muphtau Arilesere gave the COAS a…
24 Oct
Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, yesterday, expressed shock and grief over the death of the state’s commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR), Ibrahim Garba, at his 777 Housing estate guest house in Maiduguri.
18 Oct
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has started tracking executive and constituency projects across the 27 local councils of Borno State. The projects are in the education, health, water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sectors of the economy. According to the commission, the 70 projects, worth N7.3 billion, are sited in…
17 Oct
Borno governor Babagana Zulum on Tuesday ordered the demolition of brothels and other black spots in Maiduguri, the state capital. Zulum gave the directive during a visit to ‘Bayan Quarters’, a settlement around Railway staff quarters believed to be habouring criminals, prostitutes and illicit drug traders. The governor expressed concern over the rise in criminal…
12 Oct
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has declared that no community in the state is under the “control and occupation" of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists.
8 Oct
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri have lauded the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for providing humanitarian services for the vulnerable population in Borno. The IDPs made the commendation during an assessment tour by a team from the UNFPA headquarters in Abuja to the Muna Elbadawy camp in Maiduguri. Zainab Modu, 38-year-old IDP from Mafa…
27 Sep 2023
The Borno State Police Commissioner, Yusufu Lawan, has directed the submission of all prohibited firearms to the police headquarters and divisions in the state.