Tag: Borno state

“We are aware now that talks about insecurity are incomplete without tackling its root causes of illiteracy and unemployment.” The ...

 The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions asking to bring back the kidnapped girls. Hundreds of women on Sunday staged ...

The team will work with other foreign experts in Nigeria. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday called President ...

The presidency says the claim is untrue and unpatriotic. The All Progressives Congress, APC, has lambasted President Goodluck Jonathan’s response ...

 CIA director says U.S. doing “everything we can” to rescue missing Chibok girls The United Kingdom stands ready to respond ...

Mr. Olukolade said troops at the Division Headquarters in Maiduguri received a reinforcement call and not a forewarning.‬ The Nigerian ...

“But if they move that number of girls to Cameroon, people will see.” President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday that ...

“It must be noted that the military by training is not given to complaining, buck-passing or resignation to defeat as ...

“It seems they hid in the shops in order not be killed while fleeing, unfortunately, several explosives were thrown into ...

“We want Zannah, who hardly visits Borno State, talk more of his constituency to make sure he backs his spurious ...

"We also agreed to deepen cooperation in the field of defense and security and strengthen cooperation in counter terrorism, anti ...

Mr. Okupe said fighter jets scanned for the girls. In what can be described as the first major information on ...

Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the kidnap. Two Nigerian actress, Mercy Johnson and Stella Damasus, have spoken against the ...

"The (U.S.) president has been briefed several times and his national security team continues to monitor the situation there closely,” ...

Shekau says he will continue to raid the Nation’s capital, Abuja and other parts of the country. The insurgent group, ...

“The Borno state government also refused to relocate the students from Chibok to safer places like Maiduguri.” The kidnap of ...

Mr. Falana also questioned the statement by the Nigerian military on Wednesday asking citizens to pray for the successful rescue ...

No fewer than 273 girls were abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, by suspected Boko Haram insurgents two weeks ...

"Islamic conservative clergy are not unusual on either side of the border, but those who do not denounce Boko Haram ...

"The present crop of people parading themselves as PDP members (in Borno) are just doing so to deceive President Goodluck ...

“The state government had in 2012 raised fees in the institution from N25,000 to N198, 000 for students…” The Nigerian ...

“The abduction of innocent young girls violates their human rights, is a crime against humanity and is prohibited under international ...

The women say the abduction violates the girls’ human rights. Some women in Borno State and the Borno chapter of ...

“We are going to survive and rebuild our lives because truth will always triumph over falsehood.” Governor Kashim Shettima of ...

There was confusion on Monday in Chibok, Borno state, when parents of abducted schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School insisted ...