Tag: Borno state

The Borno state government had imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on the city. The Borno Government on Tuesday relaxed ...

Kolo allegedly blamed state government for Tuesday's blast. Bala Kolo, the chairman of the campaign organisation of ex-Borno State Governor, ...

One of the survivors narrated how the attack occurred The residents of the farming village of Alau, 7km South of ...

Residents blame lack of security presence in their communities. At least seven persons were shot dead and three others drowned ...

About 43 people were reportedly killed in the blast Some elders in Borno State are calling for the probe of ...

Governor Shettima sympathises with victims before flying back to Abuja. Official figure provided by a hospital source in Maiduguri, the ...

The ex-governor was rushed out of Maiduguri. A former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, who has come under ...

Ali Modu Sheriff accused state government officials of the attack. At least 31 people were killed from Tuesday’s suicide bombing ...

Youth accuse former governor of instigating explosion A protest has broken out in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, a few ...

Governor and his predecessor engaged in cold war The rising tension in Borno State polity was brought to fore on ...

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has a bounty on his head. Following the United States designation of Boko Haram as ...

A new caretaker committee is to be appointed for each council. The Borno State Government on Wednesday dissolved the caretaker ...

INEC said no election could hold under martial law such as a state of emergency. The Independent National Electoral Commission ...

Five military aircraft were 'incapacitated' by insurgents on Monday. The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the State of ...

Scores of people are believed to have been killed Scores of people including military personnel were killed as suspected Boko ...

One soldier died and three others were wounded   Twenty Boko Haram terrorists and a soldier died during a gun ...

One soldier was injured in the attack. The Nigerian military said on Friday that it killed nine members of the ...

The US had earlier designated the leaders of Boko Haram as terorists. The United States government on Wednesday formally designated ...

The Shuhe Tomb in Kukawa is among the new sites to be so designated. The Federal Government is to declare ...

Three North East Senators want review of military strategy The Nigerian Senate on Thursday approved the extension of the state ...

The committee was in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Wednesday. The Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue says it ...

The Borno Governor hosted the dignitaries. A former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida, was a special guest on Saturday in Maiduguri, ...

The state government will train the local vigilante to change their perception, and guard against abuses. The Borno state government ...

The state government will also compensate traders who lost their shops. Borno government is to rebuild about 200 houses destroyed ...

The army has evolved new strategies to tackle attacks on civilians, a commander said. Islamist Boko Haram fighters who lay ...