One hundred and four members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their families have surrendered to troops, the Nigerian Army has said. The army disclosed this on Monday via its verified Facebook page where it shared photos of some of the repentant terrorists and their relatives....
Borno state
Family members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) are relocating after military airstrikes killed four high-ranking commanders of the terrorist group in Marte, Borno State. An intelligence source in the axis told PRNigeria that the senior Commanders were eliminated during recently coordinated airstrikes targeting the terrorists’...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has commenced an operational tour of the North East(NE) Theatre of Operations, where troops are currently leading the onslaught against Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province(ISWAP) terrorists. The COAS arrived Headquarters Theatre...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Thursday launched 610 taxis, tricycles and buses to enhance urban mass transportation in Maiduguri and parts of Jere and Konduga Local Government Areas which fall under the metropolis. The newly launched vehicles comprise of 100 Toyota LE cars...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Registrar/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Examinations Council (NECO) , Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi has commended Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum for his regular payment of NECO examinations fees since he assumed office in 2019 to date. Professor Wushishi also requested Borno State...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Borno State Government has promised to render all necessary support and assistance to the National Examinations Council (NECO) to enable her deliver on its mandate. The Governor of the state, Babagana Zulum made the pledge during a courtesy visit by the Registrar/Chief Executive of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor of Borno State and chairman of Northeast Governors forum, Babagana Zulum, was in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Monday on behalf of governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States to show empathy and solidarity over recent attacks on communities by armed bandits....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) in consolidating on their operational feat against Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province Terrorists (ISWAP) have eliminated the criminal elements in a fierce encounter at Goniri, Yobe State on Saturday 29 January 2022. A statement issued...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) Borno State Command has commended Peace Ambassadors Center for Humanitarian Aid and Empowerment (PACHA) and Managing Conflicts in Nigeria (MCN), British Council for their peace building, conflicts resolution and community policing to the society sequel to the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army on Saturday attacked Boko Haram terrorists’ enclave in Douro area near Damasak in Borno State, prompting the insurgents to flee for their lives. The Nigerian Army disclosed this on Sunday via its official Facebook page, saying the insurgents abandoned...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning to the release the sum of seven hundred and seventy million naira (N770 million) for the payment of three years leave grants arrears of civil servants . Governor...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Bonro State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday flagged off the construction and expansion of over 20 kilometer dual carriage way worth about N10.8 billion . The contacts which were contracted to Eighteenth Engineering Company (EEC) and Obtuse Tech Engineering Company limited have duration...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to enhance the capacity of private health institutions to complement government in healthcare delivery, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved N50m naira grant, ambulance, drugs, and other medical facilities to Sunni Hospital, Maiduguri. Governor Zulum announced the donation on Wednesday...
The Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has urged other governors in the northeast to support the stabilization and development master plan project in the region Zulum made the call at the consultative meeting with Federal Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) and security agencies on the North-East stabilization and development...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Controversies have rocked The Borno State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as the union’s four (4) 100x 50 square meter plots of land allocated by the state government to develop its secretariat and press center were sold without due process, proper...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum was in Chibok town on Monday following a recent attack on three communities: Kawtakare, Korohuma and Pemi in the LGA in the state. The Governor met families of 22 women and two men abducted by Boko Haram/ISWAP during the attack. Zulum...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Commissioner, Abdu Umar has confirmed the arrest of four political thugs who attacked and brutalized a female resident of Maiduguri, Ms. Fadila Abdulrahman at her restaurant situated at Shehu Sanda Kyarimi Park on Sunday evening. Parading the suspects before the newsmen...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A female resident of Maiduguri, Fadila Abdulrahman, was on Sunday evening ‘brutalized’ by suspected hoodlums in Maiduguri which drew the attention of Govenro Babagana Zulum, who ordered for the arrest of the perpetrators and full investigation into the matter by the police The thugs...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The former Managing Director of FSB International PLC, Alhaji Mohammed Hayatudeen has revalidated his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) membership on Sunday in his ward in Jere LGC of Borno State. Hayatudeen picked his renewed PDP membership card No. 133 at Gudda Khaddamari Ward of...