By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has taken a spiritual approach regarding the frequent destruction of electricity towers along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road Governor Babagana Zulum’ has directed the involvement of Quranic and other spiritual rituals against those engaging in the vandalism of electricity towers along the...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As Operation Lake Sanity 2 progresses, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) is addressing recent propaganda spread by ISWAP terrorists urging Kukawa and neighboring communities to flee or face attack. Unfortunately, some media outlets (NOT NATIONAL ACCORD) have inadvertently amplified this message, overlooking...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government in collaboration with Grassroots Reseat Association (GRA) have launched a Nigerian Gender-Based Survivors Network, alongside a tree planting campaign. in the state. The State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Zuwaira Gambo in her address during a one-day...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has paraded 2 suspects for drugs peddling, and attempting to bribe a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the state. The command also paraded 22 others for various offences which includes possession of illicit drugs and substance as well as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Boko Haram Commander, Adamu Muhammad and 5 other fighters have surrendered to the military authorities in Borno State. The Chief Military Public Information Officer, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF),, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Maiduguri. Lt....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The House of Representatives Committee on North East Development Commission (NEDC) has carried out an oversight function in Maiduguri to assess projects executed and programmes implemented by the commission in the general transformation and development of the ravaged north east sub region...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The member representing Hawul/Askira/Uba Federal Constituency, Borno State, Dr. Midala Balami; has said the deplorable condition of the Biu-Garkida-Gombi road in Borno, spanning Adamawa state, has led to lost of many lives and property, hence, he had to sponsor a motion on the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a Superintendent of Police (SP) Pius Sunday, who was the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Marte Divisional Headquarters, Marte. SP Sunday was killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists while responding to a distress call on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – North East Development Commission (NEDC) in collaboration with the federal government is to award contract for the resuscitation of the grounded power house and its accessories for revitalization of irrigation activities in the Chad basin that have been stopped by insecurity and destruction...
The Divisional Police Officer of New Marte in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State has been killed by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). It was gathered that the DPO, a Superintendent of Police, was killed on Monday night while defending the police...
The Acting General Officer Commanding, 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Haruna, has commended the troops for their recent victory in dislodging Boko Haram insurgents in Sambisa Forest. Haruna, who is also the Commander Sector 1 of the Nigeria Army, stated this on Sunday during a visit to...
No fewer than 386 people, mostly women and children, have been rescued by the Nigerian Army troops in Sambisa forest ten years after their abduction. The acting GOC 7 Division, Brig. Gen. AGL Haruna, made this known while speaking to newsmen at the outskirts of Sambisa forest in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The media’s role as a societal watchdog is vital to the success of Operation Lake Sanity II, according to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Spokesman. Operation Lake Sanity II, initiated on April 23rd by MNJTF troops under the command of Major General...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A total of 47 individuals associated with Boko Haram and the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) have surrendered to troops of 403 Amphibious Brigade of MNJTF Sector 3, Nigeria. The group includes: 7 men, 9 women, and 31 children, who turned themselves...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has paraded 44 suspects arrested for various crimes ranging from burglary, possession of illicit drugs, handsets snatching, theft, among others. The state Police Commissioner, CP Muhammad Lawan Yahaya at a press briefing held at the Command Headquarters in Maiduguri...
Troops of the Sector II Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) based in Bagasola, Chad have neutralises one Boko Haram terrorist in an ambush in Litri Island, situated on the border between Chad and Nigeria. Chief Public Information Officer of the MNJTF in N’djamena, Chad, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, made...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army (NA) has arrested a soldier in possession of illegal ammunition and explosives during a routine search operation by the Military Police K9 Team in Maiduguri, Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partner, Monclub International are using the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) programme to ensure that no child dies of malnutrition, cholera or water borne diseases in New Marte. “UNICEF has been saving lives and supporting children suffering...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has intensified operations to eradicate remnant of Boko Haram terrorists and ISWAP on the shores of Lake Chad basin. The Chief Military Public Information Officer, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri on Wednesday....
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Borno State chapter, has said that some retirees in the state were still being paid N4,000 monthly as pension. The NLC Chairman, Mr Yusuf Inuwa, said this in an address to mark the 2024 May Day celebration, on Wednesday in Maiduguri. He advocated for...