Boko Haram has taken responsibility for the recent killings of rice farmers in Kwashebe, Zabarmari, in the Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, Daily Times gathered. The factional leader of the terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau confirmed it, while threatening to deal with those giving
The emir of Biu emirate in Borno state, Alhaji Umar Mustapha Aliyu is dead. READ ALSO: Emir of Daura finally returns home after battling with an undisclosed ailment The monarch died at the Federal Medical Center Gombe after a brief illness on Monday night, September 14, 2020. Leaving behind four wives and over seventy children with close to […]
Federal Government has donated assorted food items for distribution to 26,067 households who were victims of Boko Haram insecurity and floods in Borno. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, said this at the weekend while briefing the state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Kadafur in Maiduguri. Farouq was in
At least three local government councils in Borno State have been left deserted because of the deteriorating security situation in the areas, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Abdulkareem Lawan, stated on Thursday. The local government areas are Guzamala, Marte, and Abadam, all in the northern part of Borno State, which suffered serious devastations […]
One hundred and six persons have reportedly escaped from Boko Haram captivity. Daily Times Nigeria gathered that they ran into the troops of the Multinational Joint Taskforce. READ ALSO: NAF neutralises scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP leaders in… Reports also said about ninety-four of the escapees who identified as Nigerians were said to have been released […]
Insurgency -Following the persistent security challenges in Borno state, the Nigerian Labour Congress Borno State Chapter has called on the the Federal Government to consider implementation of insurance packages for aid workers. READ ALSO: Breaking News: Multiple explosion rocks Maiduguri… Recall Daily Times reported that Maiduguri, the state capital experience last
Following the Boko Haram attack on the convoy of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum: Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Elkanemi, the Shehu of Borno has said the leaders and people of Borno State are no longer safe. He stated this when he paid his Eid-El-Kabir visit to the governor on Friday. The monarch was reacting on […]
The death toll of Thursday’s mortar attack in Maiduguri by Boko Haram has risen from two to six, Borno State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, said on Friday in Maiduguri. Daily Times has it that, Aliyu said 27 persons were injured from the four mortar attacks by Boko Haram which affected Gwange, Custom, and […]
A newly married military officer, Lieutenant Babakaka Shehu Ngorgi of the 202 Battalion, has been discovered to have been killed by a fellow soldier in Bama, Borno State. It was earlier reported that he was killed by Boko Haram insurgents but further checks have now revealed that Ngorgi was talking to his wife when one […]
Abuja – The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed Boko Haram’s logistics base and killed scores of terrorists in an air raid in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, said the successful air interdiction mission was executed on June […]
The Borno State Universal Education Board says it discovered some primary school teachers with fake certificates in its ongoing screening exercise. Dr. Shettima Kulima, Executive Chairman of the board, announced the discovery while briefing newsmen on activities of the board in the past one year on Wednesday in Maiduguri. Kulima, who did not give the […]
The Chief Imam of Kofar Dumi Mosque in Bauchi metropolis, Ustaz Rabi’u Shehu has counseled President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the raging destruction of lives and properties in the four states of Borno, Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto. The Islamic scholar in a sermon described as intolerable, the current destruction of human lives and properties […]
Borno State Government has discharged 135 COVID-19 patients. The patients, who initially tested positive for the virus, later tested negative twice upon treatment. READ ALSO: Perennial power problem to be a thing of past – Lai Mohammed Speaking on Friday at the Abba Kyari COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Maiduguri, Deputy Governor, Usman Kadafur, said the […]
.Troops overpower terrorists in Geidam The Defence Headquarters said on Monday that several key Boko Haram terrorists/ISWAP leaders were killed and their structures destroyed in air strikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE at Durbada in Borno State. The Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche, who
Abuja – Several key Boko Haram Terrorists/ISWAP leaders have been killed in multiple air strikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole at Durbada in Borno, the Defence Headquarters has said. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, added that structures belonging to the […]
The Bauchi State Government says it will adopt stringent measures to enforce the closure of borders in the state. Alhaji Baba Tela, the state Deputy Governor, who also doubles as the Chairman of the task force on COVID-19 and Lassa fever, stated this while briefing journalists after assessment tour of borders in Bauchi state, on […]
.Buhari mourns victims, orders investigation No fewer than 14 persons were burnt to death with 1,250 shelters destroyed in a fire outbreak in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. Rep. Zainab Gimba, representing Bama/Ngala/Kalabalge constituency in Borno, made this disclosure in an interview with the Dailytimes in Maiduguri
Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has refuted alleged reports of killing of civilians in an airstrikes of Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) at Shokotoko Village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Enenche said that […]
The Borno state government on Sunday said it would resettle 28 displaced communities from Lake Alau back to their homes following the return of relative peace. Governor Babagana Zulum disclosed this during a working visit to Alau Village near Maiduguri. Gov. Zulum said that his trip to the agrarian communities was to explore how irrigation […]
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has unveiled plans by the state government to establish four mega filling stations to enhance fuel supply in the state. Zulum disclosed this on Saturday in Maiduguri when the Zonal Operation Controller of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Northeast, Mr Ibrahim Ciroma, with some stakeholders in the oil business […]