Featured Headlines

Borno to punish COVID-19 lockdown violators

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2020 0

Borno State government said it would no longer tolerate violators of the total lockdown order imposed on non-essential movements in a bid to contain influx of COVID-19. READ ALSO: Real reason no brand made me their ambassador-Terry-G The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, gave

News

COVID-19: Zulum distributes food, cash to 11,000 IDPs

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2020 0

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state on Monday, distributed assorted food items and cash to 11,000 Internally Displaced Person (IDPs) in Magumeri Local Government Area of the state. Speaking while supervising the distribution of the items in Magumeri, Gov. Zulum said the gesture was to alleviate their hardship amidst the Covid -19 lockdown in the […]

News

Borno sanctions 10 filling stations for hoarding petroleum products

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2020 0

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state on Thursday temporarily withdrew the right of iccupancy of 10 filling stations in Maiduguri for hoarding petroleum products. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Usman Jidda, in a statement in Maiduguri, said the withdrawal was in line with the powers vested on the governor under the state’s Land […]

Covid-19 News

Covid-19: Borno Govt. enforces restriction on passengers, vehicular movement, March 31

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2020 0

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno says the ban on passengers and vehicular movements into the state would take effect from Tuesday, March 31. Zulum made this known in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri. He, however, said that vehicles transporting food items, medicine, fuel, and other humanitarian goods would not be affected by the ban. […]

News

NAF takes out ISWAP logistics facilities in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2020 0

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has knocked out some logistics facilities and other structures belonging to elements of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) at Bukar Meram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno state. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a […]

News

Zulum restates commitment to free, credible LG poll

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2020 0

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has reiterated the commitment to facilitate the successful conduct of free and credible local government council election in the state. Special Adviser to the governor on Public Relations and Strategy, Isa Gusau, said this in a statement on Monday in Maiduguri. Gusau said the governor pledged to provide necessary […]

News

NAF destroys ISWAP hideout in Mina, Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2020 0

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) hideout and neutralised some of the insurgents’ fighters at Mina along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe axis in the northern part of Borno state. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore, Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a […]

News

Zulum plans repatriation of 120, 000 refugees from Niger Republic

Ihesiulo Grace 16 February 2020 0

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has visited Niger Republic to discuss modalities for the safe and dignified repatriation of 120, 000 refugees. Special Adviser to the governor on Public Relations and Strategy, Isa Gusau, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri. Gusau said that the governor had on Saturday, visited Diffa […]

News

Group thanks President Buhari over visit to Maiduguri

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2020 0

…expresses confidence in military’s commitment to peace in Borno state The North-East Network for Peace has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for his prompt and compassionate visit to Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday. According to the group, it is a testament of the president’s focus and unwavering commitment towards restoring lasting peace to the state

News

Borno booing: Learn lessons, stop chasing shadows, PDP tells Presidency

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2020 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has counselled the Presidency to stop chasing shadows, end its resort to falsehood and blackmail as well as take a lesson from the widespread booing that greeted President Muhammadu Buhari during his failed media stunt visit to insurgency ravaged Borno state on Wednesday. The party’s position was predicated on the allegation […]

Featured Headlines News

Boko Haram kills 30, abducts many in Maiduguri

Ihesiulo Grace 11 February 2020 0

…Gov. Zulum lambasts military for withdrawing from town …Buhari condemns Auno attacks, says FG will bring Boko Haram operations to an end Boko Haram terrorists killed at least 30 people and abducted many women and children in a raid near Maiduguri, in Borno State, a government spokesman said on Monday. The attack Sunday evening targeted […]

News

Army Nabs 11 high profile Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province logistics suppliers

Ihesiulo Grace 11 February 2020 0

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it has arrested 11 high profile Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province logistics suppliers within Biu LGA of Borno State, during a well-coordinated sting operation conducted by troops of 231 Battalion in conjunction with elements of 331 Artillery Regiment between 1 – 3 February 2020. This, the army said […]

Politics

The situation in the Northeast, particularly Borno State is terrible – Ndume

Ihesiulo Grace 3 February 2020 0

‘The situation in the Northeast, particularly Borno State is terrible. I can tell you that the situation is getting worse. There is a resurgence of the insurgency in the northeast’ the lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume has said. Ndume speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, decried the

News

Insurgency: Borno indigenes laud Buratai, Army for re-opening Damboa- Maiduguri road

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2020 0

…declare total support for the military Some indigenes of Borno State, under the aegis of Borno Peace Ambassadors Forum (BPAF) has heaped praises on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai and his gallant troops on the frontline for ensuring the reopening of Damboa-Maiduguri road in Borno State. This singular act, according to […]

News

NAF destroys ISWAP staging area at Gashigar in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 27 January 2020 0

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) staging area at Gashigar in Borno state and neutralised several of the insurgents. NAF said it also took out terrorists’ hideouts at Tumbun Rego on the fringes of Lake Chad and at Bula Bello near Sambisa Forest all in Borno […]

Featured News

12-year-old killed as B/Haram suicide bombers hit Borno mosque

Ihesiulo Grace 26 January 2020 0

Twin suicide bombers linked to the Boko Haram sect attacked a mosque in Gwoza, Borno state on Sunday, killing a 12-year-old child and leaving many people injured. A security source, who disclosed this, said that the suicide bombers forced their way into the mosque while prayer was ongoing. According to the source, before some persons […]

Labour News

Zulum pays N30, 000 minimum wage to civil servants in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 24 January 2020 0

The Borno state government on Friday began the payment N30, 000 minimum wage to civil servants in the state. Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Bulama Abiso, disclosed this in an interview in Maiduguri. Abiso said that the organised labour in the state appreciated the governor, Babagana Zulum, for keeping to his pledge that […]

News

NAF neutralises ISWAP fighters, destroys base in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2020 0

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed portions of an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) tactical headquarters at Kollaram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno state. The NAF said it also neutralised some ISWAP fighters in the same area. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, […]

News

Re: Furious Borno governor accuses soldiers of extortion

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2020 0

The Nigeria Army has described a report credited to Gov. Babagana Umar Zulum of Borno State published on the 6th January 2020 by the Premium Times with the headline; “FURIOUS BORNO GOVERNOR ACCUSES SOLDIERS OF EXTORTION” as counterproductive and indeed capable of reversing the gains recorded so far in the ongoing fight against insurgents and […]

News

Nigerian Army conduct free medical outreach in Borno community

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2019 0

…Weed out more criminal elements Nationwide The Nigerian Army said troops of the 5 Brigade in conjunction with the elements of the 5 Brigade field ambulance has conducted a free medical outreach in Mobbar Local Government Area in Borno state. In a statement by the Nigerian Army Operation Media Coordinator, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, the medical […]