By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has pledged to support the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) in repairing some of the equipment damaged during the recent flood that ravaged Maiduguri and its environs. The Managing Director of NEDC, Ambassador Goni Mohammed Alkali, made...
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The Federal Government is to overhaul the Alau dam in Maiduguri with special focus on raising its reservoir level and fixing damages resulting from the Sept. 9 disaster, an official has disclosed. Director, Dams and Reservoir Operations, in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Mr Ali Dala,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a relief program in Maiduguri, targeting 1,000 children suffering from malnutrition in the area. The program, which started on Monday, aims to complement existing nutrition programs in Borno State by addressing critical food security needs in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command, on Friday, said it has re-arrested a wanted convict, 28-year-old Kyari Kur. A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, said Kyari Kur was serving a jail term for criminal conspiracy and theft...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF ) in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Health and Global Partners including Gavi, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and others procured and donated 669,569 oral cholera vaccine doses to the Borno State Government following the outbreak of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has confirmed that only six repentant Boko Haram insurgents escaped and not 13 as being insinuated. The repentant insurgents had surrendered under the state government’s reconciliation programme. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, revealed this in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has dismissed reports mostly circulating on social Media that his convoy was ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists yesterday. Senator Ndume made the clarification on Wednesday at his Maiduguri residence, soon after he returned from condolence visit...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Swiss Federation has donated 1.2 million Euros to the Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Fund to provide much-needed support to the victims of the flood disaster in Borno State which occured on September 10, 2024. The donation was announced by the Swiss Ambassador...
The Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Distribution Committee on Monday convened a meeting with various international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance support for victims of the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri. Participating organizations included the Danish Refugees Council (DRC), CARE Nigeria, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), ZOA Nigeria,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has expressed gratitude to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for its immense support in addressing the recent cholera outbreak in the state. The outbreak, which was declared on October 4th, 2024, has affected four local government areas, including MMC,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government on Thursday launched the third phase of its teacher training program, targeting 1,230 teachers from five local government education authorities. The program which was , held at the Institute of Education, Borno State University, was aimed at improving pedagogy and communication...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it targets 2.5 children for the 2024 third routine immunization against polio in Borno state. The WHO Borno State Coordinator, Dr Ibrahim Salisu disclosed this on Monday in Maiduguri at the flag-off of the Polio Outbreak Response...
In a show of solidarity, Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, visited the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Garbai Al-Amin Elkanemi, to offer support to the victims of the devastating flood that recently swept through Maiduguri. This is contained in a statement by the Oba’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Osaigbovo Iguobaro...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – North East Development Commission (NEDC) has partnered the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to assess, reconstruct and renovate roads and bridges destroyed by flood disaster in the six states of North East region. The Managing Director/CEO, NEDC, Ambassador Mohammed Goni Alkali, disclosed to journalists at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Operation Hadin Kai, Sector 3, have foiled an attempted attack by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists along Magumeri – Maiduguri axis, in Borno. The troops also recovered catche of ammunitions from the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Media Trust Group, owners of Daily Trust, Weekend Trust , Aminiya, Trust TV and Trust Radio, said it has raised over N200 million through fundraising and spent it on humanitarian interventions in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. The Director of Media Trust Group/ Daily...
The Borno Flood Relief Distribution Committee on Saturday commenced the verification of more than 7,000 victims of the recent flooding in Limanti Ward, Maiduguri Metropolitan Council. This followed the earlier assessment and distribution launch conducted in Gwange 1 Ward, where Gov. Babagana Zulum, personally inaugurated the relief effort. The...
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) said a notorious Boko Haram terrorist, Bochu Abacha, has surrendered to troops deployed in Kukawa Local Government of Borno State. Chief Military Information officer of the MNJTF, Ndjamena, Lt. Col. Olaniyi Osaba, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Saturday. Osaba said...
The Presidential Committee on flood relief and rehabilitation, has donated N1 billion to the victims of flood disaster in Borno. The fifth Wazirin Katsina, Alhaji Sani Lugga, who is a member of the committee. disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Monday. He said,“Because of the unprecedented...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In response to the recent flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri and Jere LGAs, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Borno State Government, Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA), and other partners, have launched campaigns for Oral Cholera Vaccination, Measles Vaccination, and Vitamin A supplementation. The UNICEF...