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FG approves N2.24bn rehabilitation, water system upgrade in Adamawa

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2019 0

The federal government has approved N2.244 billion for the rehabilitation and upgrading of water supply in eight towns affected by insurgency in Adamawa state. Adamawa state Project Coordinator, Maurice Vunobolki, made this known in Yola on Thursday during the contract signing agreements with

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New Minister for Humanitarian Services receives 133 Nigerian Refugees from Cameroon, assures them of FG’s welfare

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2019 0

Nneka Nwogwuwu The newly sworn-in Minister for Humanitarian Services, Disaster Mangement and Internally Displaced Perons, Sadiya Faruk, while receiving a total of 133 Nigerian refugees from Cameroon in Nigeria, has assured them of government welfare. Faruk, stated that the refugees will continue until all those who are willing to return are brought back home. The […]

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Dangote Cement bags of Goodies: Laborer wins first saloon car promo in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 30 July 2019 0

Temitope Adebayo A laborer at a block moulding site in the Lagos Island on Monday emerged the first saloon car star prize winner in Lagos State in the on-going multi-billion Naira, Dangote Cement National Consumer Promotion tagged, “Bag of Goodies”, just as several other winners had their winning scratch cards redeemed. The winner, Mujahid Shiabu, […]

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44 political parties sign peace accord in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 15 February 2019 0

Forty-four political parties in Borno state on Thursday signed a peace accord to ensure peaceful conduct of the forthcoming elections in the state. The accord was signed by representatives of the parties and their candidates under the supervision of the state command of the police. State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Damian Chukwu, said the signing […]

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Air Force jets bomb Sambisa forest

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2019 0

The Nigerian Air Force’s Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has raided and destroyed a Boko Haram’s logistics base in Sambisa forest, Borno state. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said on Tuesday in Abuja that the operation was carried out on Monday. The operation was carried out […]

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Nigerian Army confirmed presence of foreign fighters amidst Boko Haram terrorists

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2018 0

…Says 23 soldiers killed, 31 others injured in Metele attack The Nigerian Army has confirmed the infusion of foreign fighters in the ranks of Boko Haram terrorists that attacked its Metele’s 157 Battalion base in northern Borno in which 23 soldiers were killed on November 18. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, […]

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PDP Accuses Borno governor of sustaining Boko Haram, harassment of opposition members

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2018 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima on exhibiting deeds and actions that sustain the festering of Boko Haram insurgency in the State. A delegation of Borno State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who were at the PDP national secretariat on Wednesday alleged that the deeds and misdeeds […]

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Protesting police officers from Imo command transfer to Borno state

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2018 0

Police high command have transferred officers of the Counter Terrorism Unit(CTU) from Imo State command who protested over accommodation and ill-treatment by police authorities to Borno state to fight against Boko Haram insurgents. No fewer than 100 police officers penultimate weekend took to the streets to protest their planned eviction from their new base in […]

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Boko Haram: Human rights report condemns use of manipulated videos, pictures of military fighting insurgents

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2018 0

The Coalition of CSOs on Human Rights and Good Governance has released a preliminary report on the recent attacks by Boko Haram on military posts in Borno State. The coalition, however, faulted the use of manipulated videos, still images to depict the attack on the troops by the insurgents. According to a report released by […]

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Buhari departs Abuja for Maiduguri

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Maiduguri, Borno State, to attend the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference. The conference was earlier scheduled to take place from 26 -28 November 2018 in Benin, Edo state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the change in the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference […]

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Group endorses Dalori as APC national secretary

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2018 0

A socio-political group, APC Youth Intellectual Forum has endorsed the Borno state APC Chairman, Alhaji Ali Bukhar Dalori to be the new National Secretary of the Party. The endorsement came following the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretary, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni as governorship candidate of the party in Yobe state. Speaking […]

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Attack on military: We’ll prevail over Boko Haram, Buhari assures

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep shock over the killing of military personnel in Metele village of Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists, assuring that immediate measures are being taken to ensure that the loopholes which led to the fatalities are blocked once and for all. Reacting to the tragic incident, the President said that […]

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Senate shuts down in honour of 44 slain soldiers

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2018 0

…Asks Committees on Army, Defence to probe killings, condole with Army Chief, …To give financial support to grieved families, visit soldiers at war front The Senate on Thursday suspended proceedings in honour of the 44 officers and men of the 157 Task Force Battalion, Metele, Borno State killed by Boko Haram insurgents. It stood down […]

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‘Your probe panel’s report missing in chapter four,’ Shettima replies Jonathan

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2018 0

In clever attempt to sweep under the carpet, incontrovertible facts surrounding the April 14, 2014 Chibok abduction, former President Goodluck Jonathan has deliberately omitted in chapter four of his new book, an investigative report submitted to him in June 2014, by the presidential fact-finding committee he constituted in May, 2014, which was mandated to gather […]

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Fraud: Senior lawyer gets 7 years jail terms

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2018 0

Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Thursday sentenced a senior lawyer, Ahmed Mai-aji, to seven years imprisonment after it found the convict guilty on three count of cheating to the tune of N3 million. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Maiduguri Zonal office had arraigned Ahmed Mai-aji, on a-three count charge before […]

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Gov Shettima meets pensioners, gives c’ttee 2 weeks ultimatum to address bottlenecks over biometrics

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2018 0

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima on Thursday held emergency meeting with the State Chairman of the NLC, executives of Nigerian Union of Pensioners and some representatives of pensioners facing problems with payment over bottlenecks arising from ongoing data capturing and standardization of pensioners’ payments in the State. The Governor set up a committee made up […]

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Boko Haram sacks two communities in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2018 0

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday night attacked Mairari and Femari communities in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the insurgents attacked the communities at about 8:30 pm; killed one person, set houses ablaze and carted away food items. The attack came barely 12 hours after the […]

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Literacy by radio: Commission distributes 800 radio sets, mobile telephones, to learners

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2018 0

The National Mass Education Commission, North East zonal office, said it distributed no fewer than 800 radio receivers and mobile telephones to 400 informal learners in Bauchi and Borno States under its “Literacy by Radio” pilot programme. The Zonal Coordinator of the Commission, Mr Mohammed Musawa said that the literacy programme was conducted using radio […]

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Governorship: Civil societies applaud Borno APC primaries

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2018 0

…Say election standard compare to Presidential primaries in Abuja The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primaries in Borno State was one of the “most highly organized and credible” from nationwide assessments of governorship primaries held by political parties nationwide, a coalition of civil societies which monitored conduct of the election in

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Borno Gov orders recruitment of 2,000 teachers, 300 others

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2018 0

Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima has given approval for immediate recruitment of 2,000 teachers who will teach in more than 40 newly built and other reconstructed schools, Architect Yerima Saleh, the State’s head of service has announced. Saleh, in a public announcement, said forms are already available at the State civil service commission in Maiduguri which […]