By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF’s Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Manager, Jamita Bora Thakkar, has revealed that 53% of people in Borno State use basic latrines. However, nearly half of the population, 47%, still lack access to basic toilets, leaving them at risk of unsafely disposed excreta, cholera,...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A 42-year old nurse, Alice Loksha, who was abducted by Boko Haram sometime in March 2018 while working at UNICEF Office in Rann town of Kaka Balge Local Government Area of Borno State, has escaped from terrorist’s captivity in Sambisa Forest after six years....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Abuja- Stakeholders at a two-day summit on Tsangaya reform in Borno State have urged the government to arrest and enroll street-roaming children into special boarding schools. The summit also recommended measures to curb the influx of Almajiris from neighboring states and countries and to support Tsangaya...
The Office of the Vice President in collaboration with North East Development Commission (NEDC) have launched an in-person training of 150 teachers drawn from various Secondary schools in Borno State. The first Batch beneficiaries were from public and private secondary schools in MMC and Jere Local Government who are...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has killed more than 70 terrorists in air strikes conducted on Nov. 6 at Kwallaram and Arainna Ciki islands in Borno. Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, that...
Chad’s military inflicted “many dead and wounded” in air strikes against Boko Haram jihadists, President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said on Thursday. “We carried out several air strikes on enemy positions that resulted in many dead and wounded,” Deby told reporters in the Lake Chad region, without giving specific...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State High-Powered Committee on Screening and Verification of State and Local Government Pensioners, has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that all deserving beneficiaries are attended to and that ungenuine cases are identified and prompt payment of pensions are made. The Chairman of the...
The Chairman Borno State Internal Revenue Service, Prof. Bello Ibrahim, has said that the agency has no plan to introduce any new tax in the state for now. Ibrahim in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Maiduguri, said the state was for now...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Three schools have emerged winners of the Nigerian Learning Passport Quiz Competition organized by UNICEF in collaboration with the Borno State Government (BOSG) and other partners in Maiduguri on Saturday held at Armani Event Center Maiduguri. El Kanemi College of Theology School won the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of Nigerian Army commitment to non kinetic approach to counter insurgency and restoration of peace in consolidating civil military relations , the Office of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army Headquarters Abuja has introduced a special scholarship award to young...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday said the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has on Oct. 25, eliminated scores of Boko Haram terrorists at two locations in Bula Marwa in Borno. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) in collaboration with the Borno State Flood Disaster Food Relief Material Committee have donated relief materials worth N10.2 million to 500 pregnant and nursing women, who are victims of the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan has called on the Federal Government to buy a new aircraft for Vice President, Kashim Shettima. Lawan in a statement on Sunday lamented that the precious life of the Vice President who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The British military has donated equipment worth N1 billion to the Nigerian Military’s North East Operation Hadin Kai JTF, comprising sophisticated and highly technical devices, as well as non-technical tools, to support the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. At the handover ceremony at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director, Dr Matshidiso Moeti has reiterated the commitment and determination of WHO to continue to fight against polio redaction in Africa. Mr. Moeti stated this on Thursday at the Polio EOC Nursing Home Hospital Maiduguri to mark World...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved a four-week extension for the “Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Disbursement Committee,” which is responsible for managing relief funds. Maiduguri, the Borno State’s capital and its surrounding local government areas, have experienced devastating flood that resulted in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Multi Sectorial Crisis Recovery Project (MCRP) and Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy, and Development (SCDDD) have organized a one-week retreat for 27 Local Government Council officials. The retreat aimed to enhance capacity for good governance and effective implementation of the Borno...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Muslim Ummah of South-West Nigeria has donated 50 million to Borno flood victims Friday evening. The President of the Muslim Ummah Of South-West Nigeria, Alhaji Rasaki Oladijo who double as the Deputy President-General (South) of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs announced the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Special Adviser New Media to the Borno State NUJ Chairman, Alhaji Dauda Iliya, Malam Audu Kurama has facilitated with his boss on his recent appointment as Special Adviser Media to Governor Babagana Zulum. Malam Kurama in a statement on Saturday in Maiduguri said:...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno Police Command has recaptured a 24 year old Auwalu Aminu, also known as “Auwalu Kirkir.” Aminu is an escaped convict who had been serving a jail term for criminal conspiracy and theft. A statement by the police spokesman, ASP Nahum Daso, said...