By Tom Okpe The Borno State Government has rejected the call for more states and local government creation, also, saying no to community policing as agitated by some quarters on the ongoing House of Representatives Committee on review of the 1999 constitution. The State Government at its Bauchi Zonal hearing led by Aminu Suleiman from […]
By Dilibe Michael The Borno State Government has ordered the closure of two tertiary institutions in the state following students’ unrest for two weeks. The affected schools are the Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, Maiduguri, and Umar Ibn Ibrahim El Kanemi College of Science and Technology, Bama. A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry […]
Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkareem Lawan, says several Local Government Areas in the name exist just in name with no people occupying them. Lawan, who opposed calls for the creation of additional states and local governments, spoke at the ongoing public hearing on the 1999 constitutional review held on Wednesday in […]
By Dilibe Michael Borno State House of Assembly has, on Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s request, approved Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, to serve as acting governor, from April 29 to May 19, 2021. The approval was conveyed by the Assembly’s speaker, Abdulkarim Lawan, in a letter dated April 26, 2021. Zulum had on April 23, […]
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno says he is not losing sleep over reports that the state’s lawmakers planned to impeach him. The Chief of Staff to the governor, Hussaini Marte, said Mr Zulum did not attach any seriousness to the House of Assembly’s rumoured impeachment. The assembly had, on Friday, conducted an extraordinary session to […]
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has concluded the training of 269 pioneer soil doctors and extension service workers in Borno, on Tuesday. The Executive Secretary of NALDA, Mr Paul Ikonne, who spoke at the closing ceremony in Maiduguri, said that the pioneer graduates, including 68 youth corps members, had been given requisite knowledge […]
By Dilibe Michael Two prominent commanders from the extremist Boko Haram group, Abul-Bas, and Ibn Habib were neutralized on their way to the Banki, around the Pulka axis. Both Abul-Bas and Ibn Habib were among the prominent Commanders of the Shekau faction of Boko Haram, operating in Sambisa forest and its environs. They have been […]
By Dilibe Michael Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum was on Friday, at a power site where insurgents destroyed a transmission tower which disrupted the power supply to Maiduguri. The site is along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway. Zulum’s visit was to support the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) to restore electricity […]
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has stated that the state would not give up on the war on terrorism, Daily Times gathered. Speaking at the Topflyers Magazine Award ceremony in Abuja, Zulum said he would never give up on the fight against the insurgency, saying while also providing the basic amenities to the […]
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 information on his group to the military. The information was […]
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 Maiduguri […]
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 week multiple explosions which […]
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 […]