Boko Haram fighters have abducted a staff of the United Nations (UN) along Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Borno State. Held captive is Abubakar Garba Idris, aka Alooma, a Senior Protection Assistant…
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BOKO HARAM KILLS 20 SOLDIERS IN BORNO IN FRESH ATTACKS
At least 20 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and several others remain missing after two separate attacks by Boko Haram’s Islamic State-backed faction, military sources have told SaharaReporters. Sources said…
WE HAVE LOST 13 DISTRICT HEADS TO BOKO HARAM , SAYS SHEHU OF BORNO
The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn-Garbai Elkanemi has disclosed that the Emirate lost about 13 district heads in addition to many ward heads (Bulamas) to the Boko Haram crisis…
BOKO HARAM TAKES OVER KUKAWA IN BORNO STATE HOIST THEIR FLAG IN THE COMMUNITY
Boko Haram insurgents have again attacked Kukawa town in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, killing many civilians, who returned to the community last week, military sources have told…
INSECURITY: BUHARI HAS DISAPPOINTED US SAYS BORNO TRADITIONAL RULER
A Borno traditional chief, Zanna Boguma, has said that despite claims, President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to tackle the issue of insecurity especially in the North East. Mr Hassan who…
DEATH TOLL IN MADUGURI MORTAR ATTACK NOW 6, POLICE SAYS
By Duku JOEL, Maiduguri The death toll in Thursday’s mortar attack in Maiduguri by Boko Haram has now risen from two to six, Borno State Police Commissioner Mohammed Aliyu said…
UPDATED: 2 KILLED 16 INJURED AS BOKO HARAM FIRE MORTARS AT MAIDUGURI
File photo of terrorists By Kingsley Omonobi No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead and 16 others fatally injured, as gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists, fired…
BORNO GOVERNOR ACCUSES MILITARY OF SABOTAGE SAYS’ THERE’S NO BOKO HARAM IN BAGA’
Duku Joel, Maiduguri BORNO State Governor Babagana Zulum on Thursday accused the military of sabotage in Tuesday’s attack on his convoy. The governor was on routine inspection when his…
RESIDENTS PANIC OVER TWIN BLASTS IN MAIDUGURI
There have been at least two bomb blasts within Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, within the last 10 minutes. A resident told TheCable that the first blast occurred around Gunge,…
HOW BORNO GOVERNOR’S AIDES, OTHERS CRAWLED FOR SOME DISTANCE TO ESCAPE BOKO HARAM GUNFIRE- MEDIA AIDE
Special Adviser to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Media, Isa Gusau, said his principal embarked on a trip to the Baga area of the state based on information…
BORNO GOVERNOR SURVIVES BOKO HARAM AMBUSH BY WHISKERS
Abdulkareem Haruna The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, today survived an ambush by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, sources and his spokesperson said. The governor was on a trip to Monguno…
9 BORNO LOCAL GOVTS INACCESSIBLE AFTER BOKO HARAM ATTACKS SAYS UN
No fewer than nine local government areas in Borno State cannot be reached with humanitarian aid due to the suspension of air operations by the United Nations, following a Boko…
SOLDIERS WHO VIOLATED LOCKDOWN KILLED PEOPLE YET SHOWED NO REMORSE- BORNO DEPUTY GOVERNOR
Alhaji Usman Kadafur is the Deputy Governor of Borno State and also Chairman of the state’s COVID-19 committee. In this interview with KAYODE IDOWU, he speaks on how the state…
HOW ISWAP KILLED MANY IN BORNO, DESTROYING UN PROPERTIES
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has said that many civilians were killed during the Saturday attack on Monguno by members of ISWAP, a breakaway faction of…
SOLDIERS ATTACK BORNO CORONAVIRUS COMMITTEE AS THEY ENFORCE BAN ON INTERSTATE TRAVEL, ONE DEAD, SEE PIX
At least one person has been confirmed dead and many others injured after Nigerian soldiers attacked officials of the COVID-19 Committee in Borno State. The soldiers, disregarding ongoing interstate travel…
BOKO HARAM ATTACKS BORNO COMMUNITY
Boko Haram terrorists are currently attacking Goni Sulemanti Village under Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State. Though residents said they had notified security agencies of the situation, the insurgents…
BOKO HARAM KILLS 69 IN BORNO
Jude Egbas Reuters reports that the attack occurred in the village of Faduma Koloram, in Gubio local government area of Borno state. The terrorists reportedly arrived in vehicles and on motorbikes, shooting sporadically with AK-47s,…
ISLAMIC TERRORIST GROUP KILLS ANOTHER 6 NIGERIAN SOLDIERS IN BORNO
Rasheed Sobowale ISWAP members Jihadists have killed six Nigerian troops in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria, army sources said Sunday. Fighters from the Islamic State West…
BOKO HARAM KILLS 13 PEOPLE IN BORNO
Thirteen people including a female suicide bomber were killed in several attacks across four local government councils of Borno in the northeast, Nigeria. The attacks, according to residents took place…
DESPITE ALLEGED ARMY ONSLAUGHT, BOKO HARAM RAZES 90 HOUSES, CHURCH AND SHOPS IN BORNO
Reports from Biu local government area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria, on Monday evening, revealed that suspected Boko Haram fighters have attacked three villages, bringing down houses, shops and places…