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EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Fighters Sack Nigerian Army Base, Kill Newly Recruited Soldier
A newly recruited soldier identified only as Jamilu has been confirmed killed after a deadly ambush by militants belonging to the Islamic State-backed...
Police arrest “spirit” attempting to dupe victim of N22m
The Police Command in Borno has arrested a suspect who specialised in defrauding his victims by pretending to be a spirit with powers to make them wealthy....
Borno Governor, Zulum Gives N100million Business Grant To 152 ‘Repentant Thugs’
The Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, has doled out large sums of money to 152 reformed youths who were members of a violent political group known...
Teachers In Boko Haram-ravaged Borno State Lament Eight Months’ Unpaid Salaries
Some public schools’ teachers in Borno State have cried out over the non-payment of their salaries running into eight months. The teachers said they were...
ISWAP, Boko Haram: Why Borno is peaceful now – Zulum
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has said the State is relatively peaceful. Zulum explained that the relative peace being witnessed in the State was...
Fleeing gunmen kill youth, rob POS operators
Hoodlums on Sunday invaded the Bulumkutu GSM Village, aka Jagwal, in Maiduguri, Borno State, where they reportedly robbed a point-of-sale operator, Yusuf...
Govt won’t pay compensation for demolishing 15 worship centres – White paper
The Borno State Government says it will not compensate 11 mosques and four churches demolished for violating the State’s Land Use Act. Adam Bukar Bababe,...
Disgraced Cop, Abba Kyari, Obi Cubana Attend Wedding Of Inspector-General Of Police’s Son
Suspended Head of Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, and night life promoter, Obinna Iyiegbu better known as Obi Cubana, are among...
EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Soldiers Kick As Army Commander In Borno Delays Supply Of Arms Meant To Fight Boko Haram
Some Nigerian soldiers in Maiduguri, Borno State, have accused top officers in the Nigerian Army including the Theatre Commander, of their refusal to...
Police Arrest Hoodlums Who Brutalised Woman Over Facebook Post Criticising Borno Lawmaker
The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of political thugs who attacked and brutalised a female resident of Maiduguri, Fadila Abdulrahman,...
Teenager Stabs Sugarcane Seller To Death In Borno
The Borno State Police Command has arrested a 13-year-old boy identified as Abdullahi Sanusi for the alleged murder of a 19-year-old man named Mohammed...
How NGO staff raped 15-year-old female IDP to death
Aisha Umar, a female Internally Displaced Person (IDP) in Borno State, has been reported dead after allegedly being raped by an official of an...
Soldier, lover arrested over 90 rounds of ammunition
The Borno State Police Command has paraded a woman, Anita Yohanna, who was allegedly arrested with live ammunition while boarding a car to Yola from Askira...
UPDATE: Residents Flee As Boko Haram Terrorists Launch Fresh Attack
Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl...
Police rescue soldier, 15 others abducted by Boko Haram
A team of policemen patrolling Maiduguri-Damaturu road, on Monday prevented the abduction of a soldier and 15 travellers by insurgents. The...
Keep your blood money – Garba Shehu reacts as Omokri challenges him to spend weekend in Bama and get $50k
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has tackled the former presidential aide, Reno Omokri for...
Tension As Hundreds Of Repentant Boko Haram Terrorists Riot In Borno
The riot prompted residents in the Northeast city of Maiduguri to lay siege to the camp, wielding swords, daggers and clubs, and threatening to kill anyone...
BREAKING: Troops avenge general’s death, kill 50 terrorists in Borno
The Nigerian Army said the troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed no fewer than 50 Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists in Askira Uba Local...
BREAKING: Borno meets over surrendered Boko Haram fighters
Borno State Government is holding a stakeholders’ meeting on how to tackle the massive repentance and surrender of Boko Haram fighters. The meeting,...
Boko haram ambushes security operatives escorting APC stakeholders from ward Congresses
Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect on Saturday ambushed security operatives escorting APC stakeholders near Kareto village, who were on their way to...
