The abductors of the six humanitarian workers who went missing after their convoy was attacked in northern Borno State are yet to make any demand, 72 hours after the incident, sources within the UN and security agencies have said. The aid workers are employees of the Action Against Hunger, otherwise…

One person has been killed and six others are missing after suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked a convoy of humanitarian workers in Borno State. The attack on Action Against Hunger, an international nongovernmental organisation, happened on Thursday, but the details have just been made public. A statement by the group…

The commander of the Nigerian Army's unit fighting Boko Haram, Benson Akinroluyo, on Thursday inaugurated another court-martial to try soldiers who have committed various offences. The court-martial is to try 21 different charges brought against erring soldiers in the theatre of war. Though the commander the Operation Lafiya Dole did…

Some 575 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and widows in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, now get N40,000 as monthly allowance for keeping their neighbourhoods clean, officials of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have said. As the rainy season sets in, Maiduguri, a town hosting more than half of the…

A trending video clip has shown a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps barring the former acting Chief Judge of Kebbi State, Elizabeth Karatu, from gaining access to a courtroom. The judge, who was billed to retire on July 5, was supposed to rule on cases on…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, on Friday, denied withdrawing its petition filed at the Adamawa State governorship election tribunal against the victory of Governor Adamu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The APC had in April 2019 challenged the victory of Mr Fintiri at the state’s…

The governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara, has said his administration would soon “open the Pandora’s box” and expose those who had criminally diverted a N2 billion loan issued to the state by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The governor said this on Wednesday evening when he hosted the…

The governor of Yobe, Mai-Mala Buni, has bemoaned the ‘continuous dismal performance of students of the state in all the secondary school leaving examinations.’ Yobe State has consistently trailed behind other states in WAEC and NECO since 2015 to date. In 2015, for example, only 646 candidates out of the…

The Public Relations Officer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Abuja, Aliyu Dawabe, has said his organisation has no sympathy for any armed opposition group (AOG) including the dreaded Boko Haram. The agency is one of the numerous foreign outfits carrying out humanitarian interventions in the…

The European Union (EU) on Friday, doled out 20 million Euros (about N8 billion) as support for the education sector in Borno, which had degenerated as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. The EU had in January 2018 donated 143 million Euros (N60 billion), as funding for various multi-sectoral…

State governments across Nigeria have pushed back against claims by one of their former colleagues that they maintain armouries inside their respective official residences. Ibikunle Amosun, a former governor of Ogun State, made the disturbing allegation on Tuesday night as he struggled to extricate himself from a PREMIUM TIMES story…

The internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on Thursday morning, took to the streets to protest ‘days of hunger’ after officials in charge of their upkeep ‘failed to provide food for them for weeks’. The IDPs from Gubio Road Camp, an outskirt location of Maiduguri, marched in…

At least 29 farmers were killed in cold blood when Boko Haram insurgents attacked two Borno communities on Monday, sources have said. The incidents occurred on the day the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, paid a courtesy visit on the Borno State governor, Babagana Umara. During the visit, he…

The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has denied saying that Boko Haram insurgency has continued to persist because soldiers under his command are no longer willing to fight. Mr Buratai, a lieutenant general, said he was "somehow" wrongly quoted by a section of the Nigerian media "probably with some…

The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, on Thursday told the National Economic Council (NEC) that violence by "armed bandits was gradually replacing terrorism" across Nigeria. Mr Monguno, who addressed journalists after the NEC meeting, said he also told the NEC members that the violence between herders and farming communities was…

A member of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Halima Umar, who was abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in January, has been freed in a negotiated deal. The deal between the insurgents and the Nigeria military is believed to have been midwived by Nigerian journalist, Ahmed Salkida. Though the military…

The United Nations is seeking to partner with Nigeria's private sector to raise over $80 million to support ongoing humanitarian intervention in the North-east part of the country. Working under the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund Private Sector Initiative (NHF-PSI) launched in February 2017, a committee headed by the chairperson of First…

Babagana Kingibe, the running mate to late Moshood Abiola, whose victory in the 1993 presidential election was annulled by the Babangida junta, on Sunday, explained why he abandoned the June 12 struggle to join the next military regime of late Sani Abacha. Mr Kingibe, who was also Nigeria's former Secretary…

A 26 years old man, Emmanuel Peter, has been arrested by the police in Bauchi State for "producing fake codeine." According to the police, Mr Peter specialises in the mixing of substances which he packages as codeine and sells to his customers. The accused was arrested at his hideout in…

The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara, on Thursday set up a committee to review the ownership of houses in four government housing estates within Maiduguri, the state capital. The estates made up of about 3000 houses were built between 1999 and 2011 by governments of late Mala Kachalla and…

Borno senator, Ali Ndume, on Wednesday said he has put behind his loss of the Senate presidency to Ahmed Lawan. Mr Ndume challenged the new Senate President, Mr Lawan, during the run-up to the inauguration of the 9th Senate that climaxed on Tuesday, June 11. He contested against Mr Lawan,…

The father of Leah Sharibu, the schoolgirl held by Boko Haram, on Monday reacted to the donation made by the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who gave out part of his severance allowance to the girl's family. Nathan Sharibu, a civil servant, spoke to PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview…

The Nigeria army will henceforth conduct polio vaccination in locations in Borno State made inaccessible to health workers by the Boko Haram insurgency, the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has said. This decision was taken as the world looks up to Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa to do the needful…

Connected Development (CODE), a nongovernmental organisation known for budget and public projects implementation tracking, on Saturday held a capacity building training for young volunteers following the money in Borno State. The volunteers, also known as Follow The Money Champions, were trained on how to expand their scope in budget tracking…

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives and a contender for the speakership position in the 9th Assembly, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday took his campaign to Borno State. Accompanied by over 100 members of the House, the lawmaker arrived Maiduguri late Friday afternoon and was received at the Government…