By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday said the Air component of the Operation Hadarin Kai (OPHK), has executed a precision airstrike on the hideouts of ISWAP terrorists, killing over 30 of their fighters within Kolleram village along the shores of Lake Chad. The...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai has opined that Nigeria has performed below its founding expectations: and is yet to achieve economic take-off because it is faced with poverty and poor human capital development indices. El-Rufai also said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As Nigeria marks 10 years since the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls in the Northeast, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for action to secure children’s education in Nigeria. It also said that 90 girls remain in captivity, and the country...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has demanded the release of the remaining Chibok girls from captivity 10 years after. A statement by the CAN National Director for Education, Youth and Women Development, Rev. Ozumba Nicodemus, said the pain and anguish experienced by the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to massively boosting Nigeria’s infrastructural needs, saying the President has his eyes on the basic needs and requirements of the nation. VP Shettima spoke on Tuesday at his residence in Maiduguri when...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, a locally based Non Governmental Organization (NGO) has organized a one day workshop which focus on strengthening capacities and will for transitional justice and reconciliation in Borno State. In her welcome address, Executive Director of the Foundation,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have killed six terrorists, after an ambush, along Buratai-Buni Gari road, Borno. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Maj. Gen. Buba said that while...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Fire Service and Borno SEMA are currently conducting on-the-spot assessment of an inferno at Gamboru Market Maiduguri with a view to determine the root cause(s) of the inferno, steps to avoid future occurrence and government to take all the necessary...
Former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Malam Ali Chiroma, who died on Tuesday, was buried in Maiduguri on Wednesday. Chiroma died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), after a brief illness. He was aged 91. The former labour union leader, who was a member...
The police in Borno confirmed the arrest of eight suspects in connection to the alleged murder of Dr Kamar Abdulkadir, a Lecturer of the Department of Physical Health Education, at the University of Maiduguri. Abdulkadir was murdered in his office on campus on Sunday by unknown attackers...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, Brigadier General Abubakar G. I. Haruna has commended troops of Operation Hadin Kai JTF North East Theater Command for their sacrifices and efforts in the counter insurgency fight in Borno...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said it is on the trail of illegal miners in Borno who have been defying the ban on mining activities in the state. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Farouq Musa-Boyi, made this known in an interview with the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Traditional leaders have called on the Federal Government to assign specific constitutional roles to them so as to contribute their own quota to national growth and development. They made the call on Thursday in Maiduguri during a workshop organized by Allamin Foundation for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Director of Department State Security (DSS), Adamu Ahmed Umar has commended Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development for its rehabilitation, deradicalization and skills acquisition programmes for victims and survivors of Boko Haram insurgency. Alhaji Umar also assured to liaise with...
Two Boko Haram commanders, Ibrahim Muhammed and Auwal Muhammed, alias “Wanka’’, surrendered to troops of Sector 3 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in Monguno, Borno on Monday. The MNJTF is a combined multinational formation comprising military units from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. It is...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army have rescued 78 hostages comprising 35 women and 43 children during an aggressive clearance patrol in terrorists’ enclaves in Borno State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, announced this in a statement on Saturday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairperson of Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), 7 Division Chapter, Mrs. Aishat Hatuna has called for more action to bridge strength, synergy among womenfolk in the country. Mrs. Aishat made the call on Friday at Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri during an event...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Only 4 per cent of the population of Borno State use safely managed water according to the National Outcome Routine Mapping (NORM) 2021. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Maiduguri Field Office, Ms. Phuong T. Nguyen, stated this at the commemoration...
Borno State Police Command on Monday confirmed that a suicide bomber injured two persons in Biu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Faso Nahum confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday. Nahum, said that the incident occurred...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri, – Member representing Kaga/Magumeri/Gubio Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives from Borno State , Hon. Usman Zannah, has distributed food items to 5,000 heads of households. Other beneficiaries of the gesture include stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, families of Civilian...