As least five lives have been lost in an explosion at Maiduguri, capital of Borno State on Thursday, ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit. A source in Ajilari, Maina Mohammed told PUNCH that a bomb exploded very close to his house, killing a lady and injuring two young boys....
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has distributed packages containing varieties of agricultural tools and implements to over 2,000 farmers for dry season farming activities in Damasak town in Mobbar LGA of the state Each pack consist of a water pump with accessories, NPK...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – At the end of their sixth meeting held in Damaturu, Yobe State, the Northeast Governors Forum on Tuesday night, issued a five-point communique, mostly bothering on security and power supply. The communique was signed by the forum’s chairman and Governor of Borno State, Professor...
Coordinated aerial strikes from the Nigerian military have eliminated a notorious ISWAP commander, Abou Sufyan, and scores of his fighters along the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno state. PRNigeria gathered that the strikes from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) component of the Operation Hadin Kai launched a series...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday night visited soldiers injured during a fierce battle, on Friday, between troops and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists at Rann, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon, in Kala Balge LGA of the state....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has visited the 1,000 Units Housing Estate in Maiduguri which was hit on Saturday morning by a rocket launcher believed to have been fired by Boko Haram/ISWAP terror groups. Governor Zulum said he has set up “a small committee”...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the allocation of land for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB’s) Computer-Based Test (CBT) center in Maiduguri. Govenro Zulum gave the directive on Thursday, when he received the registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede at the...
The Victims Support Fund (VSF), has presented starter-packs to 52 out-of-school youths related to 100 District Heads killed by Boko Haram in Borno. The VSF Chairman, Gen. T.Y Danjuma, made the presentation in Maiduguri on Thursday. Danjuma, who was represented by the Executive Director of VSF, Prof. Nana Tanko,...
Terrorists affiliated to The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have reportedly kidnapped no fewer than 5 government officials supervising some project in Borno State. It was learnt that the victims were said to be supervising the construction of Chibok-Damboa road when they attacked and forcefully whisked away...
Two soldiers have been killed in an encounter with Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this via a statement. He said the insurgents were killed at the Forward Operating Base...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno have engaged in war of words over on-going resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The IDPs are being resettled from their Maiduguri camps to their respective local government area headquarters. The PDP in a statement by...
A Super Tucano jet in the Nigerian Air force (NAF) fleet have eliminated ISWAP terrorists and destroyed their gun trucks in Gajiram, Borno State. PRNigeria gathered the terrorists in several gun trucks attempted to overrun the town when the aircraft arrived at the scene. During a coordinated military offensive...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Dr. Mohammed Abubakar has commissioned roads, drainages network as well as solar energy street light projects in Maiduguri city, the Borno State’s capital. The minister, who was epresented by the North East Zonal Director of FMARD,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In his third day of the commissioning tour of southern Borno, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Hawul LGA on Thursday, during which he commissioned five projects. At the commissioning of one of the five projects which is a secondary school owned by community...
Brigadier-General Zirkushu Dzarma and four other soldiers were buried in Yola, Adamawa state on November 26, 2021. The burial service of Brigadier-General Zirkushu Dzarma and four other soldiers who died fighting against Boko Haram terrorists was held on Friday at the Saint Stephen’s Protestant Church in Yola, Adamawa State....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Military troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have killed over 90 Boko Haram and Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in North East. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, stated this on Thursday in Abuja, while giving an update on military...
Life is ensconced in different strokes. Penultimate weekend, when many of our country men and women were enmeshed in revelry, savouring delicious meals and sipping choice wines with their families and friends at various events, it was heat for our gallant soldiers tucked away in the theater of operations...
At least, 366 soldiers, policemen and members of the civilian joint task force were killed in ambushes laid by terrorists in the North-East and the North-West between 2019 and 2021. A breakdown of the figures released by SBM Intelligence states that 337 soldiers, 29 cops and civilian JTF members...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Mrs. Mamita Thakkar, The Manager, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), UNICEF Maiduguri, has said Nigeria must invest at least $5.3 billion on WASH to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target by 2030. Thakkar said this known on Friday in Maiduguri at a One-Day Media...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on Nigerian governments and community stakeholders to build toilets in both public and private schools, markets, motor parks, office complexes, public places, business and other commercial places to promote behavioural change among the people in the society....