Borno News, Photos and Videos

Naija news headlines & latest celebrity gists from Nigeria, covers subjects of sports, politics, celebrities and latest news headlines
  • Police Arrests Two Suspects For Drug Peddling In Borno

    . Police Arrests Two Suspects For Drug Peddling In Borno

     The Borno State Police Command has arrested 2 suspects for drug peddling, attempts to bribe a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), and 22 others for various offences which include possession of illicit drugs as well as dangerous weapons among others.Briefing journalists at the Police headquarters, in Maiduguri on Thursday, the command’s, Police Publ
  • How Nigerian Troops Neutralise Four More Terrorists In Borno

    . How Nigerian Troops Neutralise Four More Terrorists In Borno

     Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised four additional Boko Haram militants in the Bama axis of Sambisa Forest, Borno State as part of their huge offensive on terrorist camps.The troops from the 21 Armoured Brigade Forces of Operation Hadin Kai collaborated with the Civilian Joint Task Force to accomplish this feat on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.A
  • ISWAP Founder's Son Surrenders To Nigerian Security In Borno

    . ISWAP Founder's Son Surrenders To Nigerian Security In Borno

     The eldest son of Mamman Nur, founder of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP), Mahmud Mamman Nur Albarnawy, has surrendered to the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Maiduguri, Borno State.Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, that Mahmud, 22, surrende
  • Alleged Notorious Boko Haram Terrorist Surrenders To Army In Borno

    . Alleged Notorious Boko Haram Terrorist Surrenders To Army In Borno

     An alleged notorious member of Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, also known as Boko Haram, Alhaji Wosai, has surrendered to the Nigerian troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State.At the weekend, Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said Wosai surrendered to the army on Saturday.Wo
  • How Terrorists’ Explosion Devices Kill Seven Civilians In Borno

    . How Terrorists’ Explosion Devices Kill Seven Civilians In Borno

     Another Improvised Explosive Device, IED, planted along Maiduguri-Dikwa-Gamboru Ngala road has killed seven people, including a telecommunication expert, Mallam Abbashuwa Bulamarwa.It was gathered that the incident happened over the weekend, when their vehicles drove on the planted IED in-between Dikwa and Logomani village, about 80kms drive from
  • How Repentant Boko Haram Members Attack Police Station, Checkpoints In Borno

    . How Repentant Boko Haram Members Attack Police Station, Checkpoints In Borno

     Some repentant Boko Haram insurgents have attacked a police station in Maiduguri the Borno State capital in an attempt to free their arrested colleagues.It was gathered that some of the repentant terrorists were arrested by operatives of the state police command for allegedly indulging in nefarious activities.The Police Public Relations Officer in
  • Operation Hadin Kai Captures Suspected Boko Haram Logistics Suppliers In Borno

    . Operation Hadin Kai Captures Suspected Boko Haram Logistics Suppliers In Borno

     In a significant operation, troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have arrested six individuals suspected of supplying logistics to the terrorist group Boko Haram. The arrests took place in Mafa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno state on April 13.According to Zagazola Makama, a publication that monitors activities in the Lake Chad region, the mi
  • Boko Haram Murder 27 Fishermen In Cameroon, Kill Abducted Police Officer In Borno

    . Boko Haram Murder 27 Fishermen In Cameroon, Kill Abducted Police Officer In Borno

     Atleast twenty-seven (27) fishermen were slaughtered and three (3) others abducted by suspected members of Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, a.k.a Boko Haram terrorists group at the fringes of Lake Chad in the border between Cameroon- Nigeria.The incident took place last Sunday (few days ago), as it was gathered that the terrori
  • Court Orders Release Of 313 Suspected Terrorists In Borno

    . Court Orders Release Of 313 Suspected Terrorists In Borno

     About 313 suspected terrorists arrested by the military have regained their freedom, courtesy of a Federal High Court in Maiduguri, Borno State, which ordered their release. The court ordered their release for lack of evidence to nail the suspects after investigation. The Director, Defence Media Operations, MajGen. Buba Edward, disclosed this duri
  • 2 Boko Haram Commanders Surrender To Military Troops With Arms In Borno

    . 2 Boko Haram Commanders Surrender To Military Troops With Arms In Borno

     Two Boko Haram commanders, Ibrahim Muhammed and Auwal Muhammed, alias “Wanka’’, surrendered to troops of Sector 3 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in Monguno, Borno on Monday.The MNJTF is a combined multinational formation comprising military units from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. It is headquartered in N’Djamen
  • BREAKING: Borno Gov. Zulum Approves N1b For Training Of Teachers & Cars For Workers

    . BREAKING: Borno Gov. Zulum Approves N1b For Training Of Teachers & Cars For Workers

     Governor Zulum approves N1 billion for the training of basic-level teachers across the 27 LGAs in Borno State, gifts 58 Hilux vehicles, Volkswagen Golf 3 Wagons to local government education secretaries in the stateZulum noted that over 1,000 teachers who have O-Level certificates as their highest qualification will undergo additional training tha
  • Two Persons Injured As Suicide Bomber Detonates IED Near Mosque In Borno

    . Two Persons Injured As Suicide Bomber Detonates IED Near Mosque In Borno

     Two people were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) strapped to his body near a mosque in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. Spokesperson for the State Police Command, ASP Nahum Kenneth Naso, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday, March 18, 2024, said the suicide b
  • Two Children Feared Killed As Fire Guts IDP Camp in Borno

    . Two Children Feared Killed As Fire Guts IDP Camp in Borno

     There was a fire outbreak at the Muna Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in the Muna area of Borno state, leading to the death of two children.The cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained. The Borno State Police Command or the state government are yet to comment on the incident.Borno has been ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency f
  • Deji Adeyanju Urges Tinubu To Order Service Chiefs To Relocate To Kaduna, Borno Over Kidnapping

    . Deji Adeyanju Urges Tinubu To Order Service Chiefs To Relocate To Kaduna, Borno Over Kidnapping

     On Saturday, human rights lawyer and Concerned Nigerians convener, Deji Adeyanju, urged President Bola Tinubu to instruct all service chiefs to move their operations to Kaduna and Borno, where approximately 800 children and women have been abducted by bandits in the past week.Adeyanju made the call while condemning yesterday’s invasion of a mosq
  • UPDATE: UN Condemns Attack By Boko Haram In Borno State Over Abducted 200 Persons

    . UPDATE: UN Condemns Attack By Boko Haram In Borno State Over Abducted 200 Persons

    The United Nations has expressed strong condemnation for the reported abduction of internally displaced persons (IDPs), including numerous women, boys, and girls, in the Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a release on Thursday obtained by SaharaReporters said though the e
  • EFCC Intercepts 21 Trucks Exporting Food To Chad Republic, Cameroon From Borno

    . EFCC Intercepts 21 Trucks Exporting Food To Chad Republic, Cameroon From Borno

     Amid the lingering food crisis in Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intercepted 21 trucks conveying food to neighbouring countries.The anti-corruption agency announced this on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, via its official Twitter handle now known as X.The EFCC said the food items were being taken to N’djamena, Chad Repu
  • Governor Zulum Begins Distribution of Food Items to 100,000 Families in Borno Amid Hardship

    . Governor Zulum Begins Distribution of Food Items to 100,000 Families in Borno Amid Hardship

     Borno Governor Zulum Flags Off Distribution of Food Items to 100,000 Families To Mitigate The Hardship Triggered By The Rising Cost of Food Items and Other Essential Commodities.Each of the 100,000 households received one bag of 25kg rice and another bag of 25kg maize.Professor Zulum is another Governor that deserves national recognition.Days ago,
  • I Needed Money to Pay House Rent & Bring Back my Wife - Arrested Borno Car Thief Confesses

    . I Needed Money to Pay House Rent & Bring Back my Wife - Arrested Borno Car Thief Confesses

     The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a car snatcher, Ahmed Mohammed, who stole his employer’s Toyota Highlander in Maiduguri, Borno State.A suspected Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, said the suspect stole the car with the intent to sell it at N2m and u
  • Suspected Boko Haram Terrorists Attack Travellers On Borno-Yobe Express, Kill 1, Kidnap Others

    . Suspected Boko Haram Terrorists Attack Travellers On Borno-Yobe Express, Kill 1, Kidnap Others

     Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked travellers along the Damaturu-Biu highway near Mahdiya village in the Gujba local government area of Yobe State on Friday. One person was killed, and an unconfirmed number of passengers were kidnapped.It was gathered that the terrorists laid an ambush on commercial and private vehicles plying the highway on
  • Borno Govt Declares Monday Fasting & Praying Day Over Hardship In The Country

    . Borno Govt Declares Monday Fasting & Praying Day Over Hardship In The Country

     The Governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum has urged citizens of the state to fast and offer special prayers on Monday, as done in the past, for divine intervention over the current hardship caused by inflation.Zulum, in his broadcast to the people of the state, implored traditional rulers, clerics, and citizens to observe a one-day voluntary fas
  • ISWAP Terrorists Attack Police Headquarters In Borno State, Kill Four Officers

    . ISWAP Terrorists Attack Police Headquarters In Borno State, Kill Four Officers

     The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, now known as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, has carried out a midnight attack on a police station in Gajiram, Borno State, resulting in the killing of at least four policemen.Gajiram is located about 73 kilometers
  • Pandemonium As IED Which Was Mistaken For Scrap Explodes And Kills 6 Quranic Pupils In Borno

    .. Pandemonium As IED Which Was Mistaken For Scrap Explodes And Kills 6 Quranic Pupils In Borno

     An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded in the Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State, leading to the unfortunate deaths of six Quranic school pupils, commonly referred to as Almajirai in Hausa language.This is even as the Chairman of Gubio Local government area, Hon Mali Gubio Mali said, seven people were killed with two unidentified mu
  • Police Arrest Fake Herbalist For Defiling Two Minors Under Guise Of Casting Out Evil Spirits In Borno

    . Police Arrest Fake Herbalist For Defiling Two Minors Under Guise Of Casting Out Evil Spirits In Borno

     Isiyaku Adamu, a fake herbalist, has been arrested by the Borno State Police Command.He was arrested for allegedly defiling two minors under the guise of casting out evil spirits. Spokesperson of the command, ASP Nahum Daso Kenneth, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, January 19, 2024, said police operatives also foiled a robbery attack b
  • Borno Gov. Zulum’s Spokesman, Mallam Gusau Dies In India

    . Borno Gov. Zulum’s Spokesman, Mallam Gusau Dies In India

     Mallam Isa Gusau, the spokesman for Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has passed on.Gusau, who was also the spokesman for the present Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, when he was the governor of Borno State, has been on admission at an Indian hospital for over a month now.He took the final bow on Thursday in a specialist hospital in Ne
  • Nigerian Air Force Airstrikes Eliminate Scores Of Terrorists, Destroy Weapons In Borno

    . Nigerian Air Force Airstrikes Eliminate Scores Of Terrorists, Destroy Weapons In Borno

     The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says efforts by air and ground components of Operation Hadin Kai to clear the Northeast of remnants of terrorists within the Northeast region, have continued to record a series of successes.The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.Gabkw
  • Boko Haram Kidnaps UNIMAID Graduate, Hamman Bwala In Borno

    . Boko Haram Kidnaps UNIMAID Graduate, Hamman Bwala In Borno

     Boko Haram terrorists have abducted a graduate of the University of Maiduguri, Hamman Bwala, in Borno State.Security analyst and counter insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, who disclosed this on Saturday, January 6, 2024, said Bwala was kidnapped along the Biu-Maiduguri Highway. “Hamman Bwala was a graduate of UNIMAID. He was kidnapped by Boko H
  • "Borno Youths Drink Fermented Human Urine & Lizard Dung To Get High" - NDLEA

    . "Borno Youths Drink Fermented Human Urine & Lizard Dung To Get High" - NDLEA

     The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says youths in Borno State are drinking fermented human urine, preserved over 10 days, as an alternative to hard drugs.The Commander of Narcotics of the NDLEA in Borno State, Iliyasu Mani, revealed this in a statement in Maiduguri.Mani said abuse of psychoactive substances was common among the youth
  • Nigerian Army Arrest Three Soldier For Allegedly Killing Truck Driver At Check Point In Borno

    . Nigerian Army Arrest Three Soldier For Allegedly Killing Truck Driver At Check Point In Borno

     The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, has confirmed the arrest of a soldier for allegedly killing a truck driver at a checkpoint along Maiduguri – Dikwa- Gamboru road.The incident occurred because of  a misunderstanding between the soldier and the truck driver at the checkpoint.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
  • Comedian, Seyi Law Spends Christmas With Nigerian Soldiers In Borno

    . Comedian, Seyi Law Spends Christmas With Nigerian Soldiers In Borno

     Nigerian stand-up Comedian Lawrence Aletile, popularly known as Seyi Law, says he’s spending his Christmas holiday with soldiers in Maiduguri.The stand-up comedian, in a post via X on Sunday, said the budget for the Nigerian military is “actually meager compared to what is truly needed” to fight insurgency.He said his time in the capital of
  • ISWAP Reportedly Attack Police Station In Borno, Kills Policeman

    . ISWAP Reportedly Attack Police Station In Borno, Kills Policeman

     The Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists have killed one policeman and carted away one vehicle during an attack in Gubio Police Divisional Office in Borno State.This was made known on Friday by counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama, in a post on X.According to Zagazola, the gunmen came on two

News and Updates

Popular Stories Today

  1. DSS, Security Forces Surround Kano's Kofar Kudd Palace Housing Emir Muhammadu Sanusi

  2. Nigerian Army Officer, Charles Ogbonna Kidnapped Near Makurdi Barracks, N5m Ransom Demanded

  3. I Took Break From Acting Because I Was Perceived As A ‘Bad Guy'- Nollywood Legend, Segun Arinze

  4. Nigeria Customs Service Intercepts Illicit Wildlife Shipment To Vietnam

  5. "Nigerians To Enjoy Home Delivery Of Passports Starting June" - Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo

  6. NAFDAC Cracks Down On Drug Hawkers In FCT, Seals Three Shops

  7. Nigerian Football Stars Shine Bright: Lookman & Boniface Eye CAF Player Of the Year

Top Stories This Week

  1. Footballer,Kayode Olanrewaju's 3 Children Allegedly Belongs To Pastor Adegboyega As DNA Reveals

  2. CBN Governor, Cardoso Clears The Air on Revoking Licenses of Moniepoint, Opay, Others

  3. Watch Video Of Paul Okoye As He Traditionally Weds Girlfriend, Ivy Ifeoma Amid Pregnancy Rumors

  4. Rest Well! Nigerian Singer, Flavour Loses Father To The Cold Hand Of Death

  5. I Cannot Solve FCT Problems In 200 years – Wike

  6. PHOTOS; Young Woman Found 'Lifeless' Behind A Hostel In Ebonyi

  7. "As Long As I’m Alive, I Will Keep Contesting For Presidency" – Atiku Vows

  8. Married Corper Expelled After She Was Caught Bonking a Male Colleague 24hrs After Arriving Camp

  9. Abuja Shopping Complex Shut After Assault On Soldiers

  10. Nigerian President Tinubu Arrives In Chad

TOP MEMBERS:
  • gogoman1401
  • fineboy77 779
  • felicilin 701
  • kp45 280
  • kacylee 246
Read More

LATEST COMMENTS

  1. gogoman on: Nigerian Football Stars Shine Bright: Lookman &..
    8) 8) 8) (28 seconds ago)
  2. gogoman on: "Nigerians To Enjoy Home Delivery Of Passp..
    ::) ::) ::) (1 minute ago)
  3. gogoman on: Footballer,Kayode Olanrewaju's 3 Children Alleg..
    [quote author=fineboy77 link=topic=593757.msg5994693#msg5994693 date=1716641062]And she no fine o... (14 minutes ago)
  4. gogoman on: DSS, Security Forces Surround Kano's Kofar Kudd..
    ;D ;D ;D (19 minutes ago)
  5. gogoman on: Nigerian Army Officer, Charles Ogbonna Kidnappe..
    we dont have money (20 minutes ago)

SECTIONS

Popular Tags