The Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) fighting against the Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria, has released 833 children from its own ranks. The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), which made this known on Friday said some of the children are as young as 11 years-old. UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac, said the task force is […]
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Over 35,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have so far returned to their ancestral homes from various camps in Borno North in the last two weeks, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN quoted the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai as giving the figure of returnees in an address during the closing ceremony […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday arrived in Maiduguri, Borno state, for a one-day state visit. Buhari arrived the Maiduguri International Airport at 10.30 a.m. in company of his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari. Buhari was received by Gov. Kashim Shettima, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Air Staff, Air […]
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Boko Haram jihadists killed eight people in a series of raids on farming communities in northeast Nigeria, civilian militia members and local residents told AFP on Friday. The attacks were carried out by gunmen travelling in pick-up trucks and on motorcycles outside the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, on Wednesday and Thursday. Homes were razed, and […]
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Multiple explosions have rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital amid celebrations to mark the Eid-El-Fitr Muslim celebrations. The incident which occurred on Sunday night was said to have come from the direction of the University of Maiduguri and accompanied by gunfire. So far, there has been no response from military authorities in the area. (UPDATED) […]
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The European Union has announced a support package of nearly $160 million for recovery and reconstruction in Nigeria’s Borno state, which has been devastated by attacks from homegrown Islamic extremist group Boko Haram. The EU said Thursday the northeastern state is facing a worsening humanitarian crisis. The United Nations has called Nigeria one of four […]
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The Army General Court Martial in Borno State has sentenced a soldier to death for killing a suspected Boko Haram terrorist. Lance Corporal Hillary Joel was said to have carried out the murder during a cordon and search operation by the army in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. He reportedly set the suspect […]
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[su_dropcap]B[/su_dropcap]orno State Governor Kashim Shettima said yesterday that ex- President Goodluck Jonathan did not call him for 19 days after the abduction of the Chibok girls, almost two years ago. He spoke yesterday when ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is on a two-day visit to the University of Maiduguri, visited him at the Government House. According to […]
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A suicide bomber attack killed 22 persons and injured 11 others at mosque in Borno State this morning. A member of the youth vigilance group told our correspondent that the suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Molai-Umarari village, behind the Molai Hospital, on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the state capital. According to the source, who […]
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NIGERIAN Security and Civil Defence Corps in Borno State arrested a man for allegedly defrauding Internally Displaced Persons in the state to the tune of N2.7m. The Corps State Commandant, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim, said the suspect was arrested while selling fake forms to some IDPs in Maiduguri, claiming to use the form to provide relief […]
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