Tag: Borno state

JTF claims Boko Haram is now in disarray. The fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno is 80 to ...

The Nigerian government had suspended telephone services in Borno since May. Telecommunication services have been restored in Borno State, the ...

Nigeria is going under. I have been trying to imagine the state of minds of the parents and the siblings ...

The state also commenced the polio immunisaton programme. The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zanna Mustapha, on Saturday launched the 2013 ...

A youth group burnt the house of the party chairman for allegedly sponsoring the outlawed sect. The Borno State Chapter ...

Some youth groups sprung up to assist the military in combating Boko Haram. The military’s Joint Task Force, JTF, in ...

The report says attention should be on the scale of force in Baga than the casualties. Nigeria's human rights body ...

Fire engulfed the major market in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, on ...

The terrorists also gave 7 days ultimatum to civil servants to resign. The outlawed Boko Haram sect has literarily sent residents of ...

The market had been burnt twice by Boko Haram. Local traders at Gamboru Market in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday ...

 States under emergency rule witness another setback in communication. The Joint Task Force, JTF, on Wednesday banned, indefinitely, the use ...

The Boko Haram leader said they now see the youth as their enemies. A spokesperson for the Boko Haram, Abu ...

The Boko Haram leader declares war against youths in Borno, Yobe. Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, said suspected ...

The Borno government on Sunday said the state had witnessed an increase in cases of hypertension and heart-related diseases following the ...

The Borno governor gave a cash donation to soldiers in Marte. Borno and other neighbouring states in northeast Nigeria may ...

The hopelessness of the situation is highlighted by the inability of the policemen to protect themselves let alone anyone else. ...

Some of the kids confessed to working for Boko Haram. Some women and young boys who allegedly carried assault rifles, ...

A high ranking customs officer allegedly aided the importations of weapons for Boko Haram. Soldiers have arrested a serving senior ...

Lawmakers insist the president has no powers to withhold state funds. A week after limiting President Jonathan’s powers to use ...

The military did not give the number of soldiers killed. The Defence Headquarters said on Monday that it captured 25 ...

The panel is expected to submit its final report not later than the first week of July. An independent probe ...

Sawa is the chairman of Association of Professional Photographers, Borno State. A youth group from Gwoza Hills under the aegis ...

A vehicle belonging to the Red Cross was nearly snatched Monday. Despite the State of Emergency declared in Borno State, ...

The sect has proven more brazen with each successful operation. Since 2009 when the Islamic religious sect, Yusufiyya - which ...

A civilian with bullets wounds was arrested by the JTF.‪ As Nigerian troops intensify their search for criminals and members ...