Tag: Borno state

 ''Violence has never resolved any issue. Dialogue is always the preferred and civilized way to go in resolving any conflict, ...

Eighty-five of the students are yet to be accounted for. Fourteen more of the kidnapped Borno female students have escaped ...

The Borno state Commissioner for Education, Musa Kubo, on Thursday said a total of 30 girls have now been recorded ...

An apparently embarrassed Nigerian military on Thursday backtracked on its claim that it freed majority of the 129 female students ...

I am “paying the price of loyalty,” said Bwala. The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, on Friday, sacked his ...

Shekau said Boko Haram will attack the civilian JTF. The Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed responsibility for the ...

The Boko Haram recently suffered a heavy casualty. Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram insurgent group on ...

The attack came days after the military said the chief of army staff has relocated to Maiduguri. Nigerian security forces, ...

The Friday morning terrorist attack on Fori neighbourhood, near the famous Giwa Barracks, in Maiduguri has been repelled, according to ...

Gunmen suspected to be members of the extremist Boko Haram sect have invaded Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, throwing the ...

The military in Borno State are raiding camps of Boko Haram. Phone lines in Borno State were on Wednesday shut down by ...

The House of Representatives is considering amending the constitution to allow direct funding of the security forces. The Nigerian government ...

What began as sectarian crises in the north eastern part of the country has gradually mutated into full-blown terrorist activities. ...

“This is the height of madness of the insurgency and the killing must be stopped immediately.” The Sultan of Sokoto, ...

The police said it has arrested five suspects. The Police in Borno State on Friday alerted residents on the increasing ...

Following recent spate of killings, military launches aggressive attack on Boko Haram The Nigeria military on Friday said it recovered ...

The military said it was not overwhelmed by the insurgency. The Nigerian military said on Thursday that it foiled an ...

Boko Haram insurgents attacked a Federal Government College, Bunu Yadi in Yobe and killed about 29 students. President Goodluck Jonathan ...

The governors asked the Boko Haram to embrace dialogue. The Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF, has called on Nigerians, especially ...

The military did not specify the number of those arrested. The Nigerian military said Sunday its troops have arrested suspects ...

Another community was attacked after a twin blast hit Maiduguri At least 39 persons were killed on Saturday night in ...

The suspects were handed over to soldiers. A female student at the College of Education, Waka-Biu, in Biu Local Government ...

 Mr. Nyako blasts the federal government for poor handling of the Boko Haram crisis By, Babayola  Jauro As anger and ...

Scores of secondary school students were killed in Yobe. The Unity Schools Old Students’ Association, USOSA, on Wednesday called for ...

The former governor says incident shows Jonathan and Gaidam are not on the same page in matters of security The senator ...