Tag: Borno state

The Army chief complained of inadequate funding. The Senate Committee on Defence and Army on Wednesday in Abuja directed the ...

The military really needs to demonstrate that it is an effective fighting force that can root out the rag-tag Boko ...

The former vice president reacted angrily to the killing of students in Yobe State Tuesday Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ...

The Nigeria Governors' Forum, NGF, on Tuesday lambasted President Goodluck Jonathan for suspending Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido, weeks after ...

The JTF confirmed the attack. Reports from Yobe State indicate that about 29 students of the Federal Government College, Buni ...

Nigeria's president, Goodluck Jonathan, is hosting his sixth Presidential Media Chat since returning to office in May 2011. The challenges ...

Borno Elders vow to drag Jonathan to court if Governor Shettima is replaced by military administrator.Worried about the worsening insecurity ...

The governor briefed the president on the Bama attack. The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, said he would ...

The terrorist sect Boko Haram has increased attacks in Borno State. The Borno Government on Wednesday said that last Saturday's ...

the governor said given the present state of affairs, it is impossible to defeat Boko Haram. The Borno State Governor, ...

Two days ago (on 12th February 2014) in Borno state, the extremist Boko Haram sect killed 60 innocent Nigerians and ...

The 22 buildings were built in Wulari-Lafia. The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, on Saturday commissioned 22 one-bedroom brick ...

39 people were killed in the attack on Tuesday The United States of America on Friday urged the Nigerian government ...

The Borno governor says the Boko Haram sect appears more equipped than soldiers Gunmen suspected to be members of the ...

Deputy Governor gives insight to what went wrong The end may have come to the bickering between the Borno State ...

Borno is currently under emergency rule The Borno State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has put ...

Defectors were presented with cars and cash gifts by the governor The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, on Monday night ...

Residents of the volatile Nigerian state of Borno are  beginning to worry the more over an increasing spate of attacks ...

The APC inaugurated its Borno leadership on Saturday The All Progressive Congress, APC, on Saturday swore-in its leaders in Borno ...

Abba Kyari is the Chief of Staff to the Borno governor A senatorial aspirant in Borno State has called for ...

Borno State is known as the den of the insurgent group, Boko Haram An Improvised Explosive Device, IED, believed to ...

Some of the villages were burned to the ground. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says nearly 6,000 people have fled ...

The matriculation ceremony was held in Borno. The Kashim College of Education (KCE) in Borno on Friday matriculated 955 students ...

Villagers narrated how the attack occurred. Some villagers in farming communities around Maiduguri said they buried 18 of their neighbours ...

Borno APC politicians blame one another for the blast. An aide to former governor Ali Sheriff of Borno was bribed ...