By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army has arrested a soldier for allegedly killing a truck driver at a checkpoint along Maiduguri – Dikwa- Gamboru road. The incident occured following a misunderstanding between the soldier and the truck driver at the checkpoint....
Borno state
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has awarded contract for the construction of two 330KVA power towers in Yobe to end blackout in the state. The Secretary to the Yobe State Government (SSG), Alhaji Baba Wali, disclosed this in a statement issued in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced seven pilot communities for his administration’s irrigation plan that aims to key into the national food security initiatives of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The seven irrigation schemes are to be sited at Gajibo in Dikwa,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – His Royal Highness, the Shehu of Dikwa Alhaji Ibrahim Ibn Umar Ibrahim El-kanemi, CON, has appealed to his subjects across his Emirate to make their children available to health workers for polio immunization. The monarch made the appeal while flagging off the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director, Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin has said the transitional justice project has made a significant impact in the past decade of the post Boko haram insurgency era in Borno State, “We have measured the community...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Community stakeholders from Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere Local Government Area of Borno State at a one day town hall meeting held at Women Development Centre Maiduguri on Wednesday alleged that most repentant women and girls that have passed the process of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Bola Tinubu has said he will continue to work assiduously and provide the military with the necessary support to keep the troublers of the nation at bay. Speaking at the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference 2023 in Maiduguri, Borno State,...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Maiduguri inaugurated 107 Mass Transit vehicles including 50 electric taxis purchased by the Borno Government. Speaking at the ceremony, the President lauded Gov. Babagana Zulum for his foresight and people oriented policies and projects. He disclosed that the Federal Government was planning...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have commenced the distribution of 5000 livestock to 2,500 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Pulka town of Gwoza LGA of the state. The State Deputy Governor, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development Maiduguri has organized a one day training workshop on transitional justice, reconciliation and reintegration for Mafa Community stakeholders on Thursday at Hajja Manga Memorial Hall Giwa Barrack Area Maiduguri. The facilitator of the training, Dr....
The Police Command in Borno State said it successfully diffused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the entrance of the University of Maiduguri on Monday. The Borno Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development on Thursday in Maiduguri organized a one day media training for journalists on conflict sensitive reporting on transitional Justice and reintegration in Borno State. The Project Manager, Allamin Foundation, Mr. Samuel Orahii said the training was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of the 2023 celebration of the 16 Days of Activism., Save the Children has launched tree planting campaign on Thursday at Modusulumri area of Mashimami orchard and pure water plant along Biu road near Bakassi Housing Estate, Maiduguri. Save the...
The troops of Sector 3, Multi-Naltional Joint Task Force(MNJTF), said it had neutralised four Boko Haram terrorists in Malam Fatori in northern part of Borno State. Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, Chief Military Public Information Officer of MNJTF, who disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Released detainees from military detention camp and safe corridor camp at a one day training organized by Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Maiduguri on Tuesday said the acceptability, reconciliation and reintegration processes have strengthened their self esteem and confidence. They also...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Stakeholders at a community dialogue in Maidugiri over the weekend have called for the adoption of traditional system, pattern and protocol of administration of the ongoing process.of reintegrating the deradicalized and rehabilitated repentant Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.. The stakeholders...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that unsafe water, poor sanitation and hygiene are responsible for the deaths of about 1,000 children under five years annually while about 2 billion people globally lack basic hand washing facilities. “Globally, there are 3.5...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Theatre Command, North East, Operation Hadin Kai, (OPHK) has organized a one day training workshop for journalists and military personnel on media engagement and national interest. Declaring the workshop open on Thursday at the NUJ Press Center Maiduguri, The Theatre Commander, Joint...
Community stakeholders in Konduga LGA of Borno State have appealed to government and humanitarian partners to alleviate their poverty, by providing the youths and women with job opportunities and vocational skills acquisitions. They also called on the government to provided adequate security especially in the remote areas and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said the air component of the joint military taskforce, “Operation Hadin Kai’’ has eliminated several terrorists in Ajigin and Banki Junction areas of Borno in two major air strikes on Nov. 8 and Nov. 11....