By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Search For Common Ground has organized a two day training workshop for Borno and Yobe State journalists and social media influencers on sensitive conflict information and communication strategies and programing at the grassroots level. The capacity building training workshop...
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The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Maj.-Gen. A.K. Ibrahim, has urged troops to prepare for renewed operation on the shores of Lake Chad. Maj. Gen. Ibrahim made the call when he paid operational visit to troops of Sector 111 in Baga, to boost their moral in preparations...
The United Nations (UN) said funding was required to implement the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) to address humanitarian needs of people in the Northeast Nigeria. UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric, at a news conference on Tuesday in New York, said 1.1 billion dollars would be required to fund the...
The United Kingdom (UK) said on Tuesday it had donated 15 million pounds for the provision of vital food and nutrition for vulnerable people in the Northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe. The UK High Commission in Nigeria which announced this in a statement said the amount was...
Sen. Kashim Shettima, the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Vice-Presidential candidate, has assured Nigerians of getting experienced leaders who will hit the ground running immediately from May 29, 2023. According to a statement issued by Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, on Monday...
President Buhari directs Humanitarian Ministry to address menace of explosive remnants in North-East
President Buhari directs Humanitarian Ministry to address menace of explosive remnants in North-East
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and its agencies to address urgent threats posed by explosive remnants in the North East region of the country. Buhari gave the directive on Thursday while delivering his address...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The presidential bid of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, received further boost on Monday, in Yobe and Borno States where the VP received strong expressions of support from the Governors of Borno, Yobe States, as well as the traditional rulers. On Arrival in Yobe...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAy) States in collaboration with UNICEF on Tuesday organized a one day official dissemination of Manual on building resilience in the education sector with support from the global partnerships for education functionaries and related sectors. UNICEF Chief of Field Office...
About 1.2 million people are at risk of explosive mines action in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States in North East region of Nigeria. The declaration was made on Monday in Abuja by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Matthias Schmale. Speaking at the 2022 International...
In simultaneous airstrikes, fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force have eliminated over a hundred terrorists at Sangeko Forest in Zamfara, New Kusawa in Kaduna and Tumbuns in Borno State. In the Northeast, and after days of intelligence gathering, a ‘spy operative’ of the Nigerian military told PRNigeria that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The European Union (EU) and UNICEF have built the capacity of 50 government education officers in north-east Nigeria to improve the quality of data and evidence available to formulate impactful policies and drive targeted investments in the education sector in the region. A statement...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Sunday led key stakeholders on humanitarian visit to Gwoza LGA to assess reconstruction works in Kirawa, ahead of the resettlement of IDPs in the border community. Zulum was accompanied by personalities from Gwoza who included Senator Muhammad Ali...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than four hundred and fifty thatch and leather tents were destroyed by fire outbreak at Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) designated IDPs Camp in Mafa LGA of Borno State. The fire outbreak also destroyed the IDPs properties including foodstuffs and other valuable...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, chaired the inaugural meeting of a Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East, which was recently constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari to facilitate safe return of displaced Nigerians mostly from...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Thursday led Borno’s delegation to the Yobe State Government Education Appeal Fund Raising, held in Abuja. The event which was chaired by Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, was co-hosted by Governor Mai Mala Buni and the Senate President, Senator Ahmad...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Director -General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh on Tuesday donated relief items, COVID-19 Personal Protection Equipments (PPEs) and other rapid testing kits worth millions of naira to Borno,...
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 – The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday inaugurated 10 governors, including Governor Babagana Zulum and some Federal officials as members of the National Blue Economy Project Committee. Governors of Rivers, Lagos, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Ondo, Cross River, Bayelsa, and Edo States, as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force(JTF) North East(NE) Operation HADIN KAI(OPHK) have dealt decisively with Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province(ISWAP) terrorists, who made frantic attempts to infiltrate the ancient town of Biu, Borno State. The Army’s spokesman, Brig. General Onyema...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has applauded the Nigerian military for their doggedness and resilience in bringing peace to the ravaged North East region, particularly, Borno State, the epic center of Boko Haram Insurgency. He also assured the Nigerian...