Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has called on residents of Maiduguri not to be deterred by the early morning explosion, but should come out and vote in the election. Shetima told newsmen shortly after he cast his vote at Lamusula Ward of Maiduguri, that the people needed to defy the insurgents’ threat and participate massively […]
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PROTOCOLS: I am delighted to be here in Maiduguri for the opening ceremony of the Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference 2018. I know that the venue of this Conference was moved from Benin to Maiduguri at very short notice. 2. However I can see that so many of the very senior officers in the […]
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Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 7 Division, Col. Kingsley Samuel, made the clarifications in a statement issued in Maiduguri. Samuel said that the military did not enforce restriction on travellers, adding that the report was mischievous and designed to cause breach of peace in the state. “The attention of the Nigerian Army, 7 Division, has […]
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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 killed 20 people and wounded scores of others in coordinated attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which they also tried to infiltrate across a defensive trench, officials said Monday. The brazen operation — which unfolded around the very city where Boko Haram was […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday charged the Armed Forces to remain loyal to the Nation in the face of agitations from various sections of the county. The President, who addressed troops fighting the Boko Haram terrorists in the North East as part activities marking the Nation’s 57th Independence anniversary, said such loyalty was imperative to […]
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The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that over 2,295 teachers lost their lives and 19,000 people were displaced in the North-East since the Boko Haram insurgency started in 2009. Also, the organisation, in a statement issued by its Deputy Executive Director, Justin Forsyth and obtained by our correspondent, noted that over 57 per cent […]
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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 […]
Read More The Borno Government on Tuesday said about one million houses and public structures were destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in the 27 local government areas of the state. The insurgents also destroyed properties worth over N1.9tn in the past six years. Alhaji Yerima Saleh, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Resettlement, disclosed this […]
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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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At least 16 people died in a double suicide bombing near a large camp for people made homeless by years of Boko Haram violence, Nigeria’s emergency services and locals said Monday. The bombing was one of a series of attacks in the conflict-hit region on Sunday which killed a total of 24 people, most of […]
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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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