By SÀDIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Head of Civil Service in Borno State, Dr. Muhammad A. Ghuluze, has identified security conditions, digital literacy gaps, and funding limitations as major challenges facing the state civil service. He stated this at a press conference marking the 2025 Civil Service Week in Maiduguri....
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Nigerian Army troops have recorded significant successes against terrorists and criminal elements across the country. In a series of coordinated operations, troops neutralized over 15 terrorists and recovered multiple weapons and ammunition. In the North East, troops conducted offensive operations targeting ISWAP/JAS enclaves in Borno State. “Troops engaged and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS) has given a three-week deadline to all parties involved in the BOSA/178 layout dispute to resolve land claims, or face necessary government action, as stated in a resolution reached during a stakeholders meeting convened by BOGIS on Wednesday. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur, has received the senate committee on the Army led by the Chairman Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua in the council Chamber of the Deputy Governor office. Senator Yar’Adua while delivering his remarks said they were in Maiduguri for their...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have successfully neutralized 24 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in a series of coordinated ambushes and clearance operations in Borno and Adamawa states. According to the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters Theatre Command Operation Hadin Kai, Captain...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Minister of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has inspected major projects executed and ongoing by the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Borno State. The Minister commended the commission’s Governing Board and management staff for their commitment and dedication to executing people-oriented infrastructural projects...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has launched precision air strikes against key terrorist strongholds nestled in the Mandara Mountains, located in Borno State. The targets, Wa Jahode and Loghpere, have long served as fortified enclaves for the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) faction of Boko...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Civil society leaders from across the North East have presented a comprehensive and critical memoranda to the Senate North East Zonal Public Hearing on the Amendment of the 1999 Constitution. The hearing, chaired by Senator Mohammed Tagir Monguno, Senate Chief Whip, and Senator representing...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri – Movement for the Creation of AMANA State out of present Adamawa State has petitioned the Senate Committee Public Hearing on Constitutional Amendment, calling on the National Assembly to create a new state. The group claimed that there is a breach of trust on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have captured 60 heavily primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and assorted weapons in a recent operation against Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Borno. The operation, conducted in Marte and Dikwa areas, led to the elimination of several terrorists. Acting Deputy...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – National Orientation Agency (NOA) Borno State Directorate has organized a one-day orientation conference to promote national cohesion, unity, and development. The conference, titled ” _Nationwide Peace Campaign: Pathway to National Cohesion, Development, and Unity Conference to Combat Insurgency, Banditry, Terrorism, Extremism, Youths’ Restiveness, and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a landmark move aimed at reviving the socio-economic fortunes of the Lake Chad region, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has flagged off the dredging of the Lake Chad waterways at the Baga Fish Dam in Baga Town. The exercise, launched yesterday,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A delegation of United States Congressional staff led by Ms. Allison Cantrell and Ms. Angelle Kwemo visited Borno State. The visit was undertaken in collaboration with the Nigerian Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), represented by Mr. Arjun Jain. The...
Ny SÀDIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI have launched a series of offensives aimed at ridding the North East of ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists. In a recent coordinated operation in terrorists’ hideouts in the southern Lake Chad region of Borno State,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni on Saturday unveiled a book review titled: “Taking A Stand Against Insurgency, Terrorism and Banditry in Nigeria, Admonition to Nigerian Youths”, which was authored by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa. The occasion took place...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, and the Managing Director of Ajmal Traveling and Tours, Alhaji Annur Abubakar Mecca, have extended their warmest congratulations to Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori on his appointment as the Acting National Chairman of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Prof. Babagana Zulum has approved the payment of N529,699,500 to cover the 2025 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) fees for 26,158 final-year students in public secondary schools across all 27 local government areas. The payment ceremony was held on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has confirmed in a preliminary report that four persons have lost their lives in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) incident where ten others got injured. A statement by the Borno State Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 convicted and sentenced the trio of Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a Mama Boko Haram), Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode to fourteen years jail term each. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Deputy Chairman North, Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori, has visited Konduga town to console the families of victims of the recent female suicide bomb explosion at the fish market. The blast claimed 12 lives and injured 22 people. Dalori...