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One Civilian Killed, Another Injured As Nigerian Army Repel ISWAP Attack In Borno

At least one civilian was killed and another injured as troops of Operation Hadin Kai repelled attacks by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Gajiganna, the northern part of Borno State.ISWAP fighters in four Hilux trucks attacked the town with heavy weapons at 9:30 pm on Tuesday in an attempt to wreak havoc.It was learnt that the tr

Borno Gov Zulum's Former SSG Mysteriously Dies Less Than A Week After Leaving Office

Alhaji Usman Jidda-Shuwa, the immediate past Secretary to the State Government (SSG) of Borno state, is dead.Shuwa, who was Governor Babagana Zulum’s SSG until May 28, 2023, passed away after a brief illness on Saturday at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).The Deceased was at the Muhammadu Buhari Airport in Maiduguri when he w
Not Less Than 82 Fleeing ISWAP Terrorists Drown With Their Families In Borno

No fewer than 82 Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) fighters and their families have drowned in a river in the North East axis of Damasak in Borno State, northeast Nigeria.It was gathered that the terrorists and their families from the Lake Chad axis drowned in a desperate attempt to escape massive troop incursions between June 2 and 3

Renewed Military Onslaught, 73 ISWAP Terrorists, Families Surrender To Troops In Borno

Following renewed military onslaughts by troops of Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, 73 ISWAP terrorists, including their family members, reportedly surrendered their weapons to the Nigerian Army in Borno State.It was gathered that 42 of the insurgents and their family members, comprising four males, 10 females, and 28 children, from Bula Bello, Zara
Nigerian Troops Rescue Two More Chibok Girls In Borno

The Nigerian Army said it had rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their abduction by Boko Haram in 2014. The Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, disclosed this on Thursday, May 4, 2023, while briefing newsmen at the Maimalari Cantonment in Mai

Two Humanitarian Workers Who Were Abducted in Gamboru, Borno Have Been Rescued

Nigerian troops of Operation Desert Sanity 2 have rescued two out of three abducted humanitarian staff working with the Family Health International (FHI360). The humanitarian workers were abducted on April 26 in Gamboru Ngala, Borno. Two of the aid workers were rescued after a gun battle between troops of the 21-Armoured Brigade Bama and the terr
Are There Plans To Reintegrate Repentant B/Haram Fighters Into Borno Communities?

The PUNCH reports that all the repentant Boko Haram fighters in Borno State may not be reintegrated into their home communities any time soon. According to the state’s Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Mustapha Gubio, the state government and the United Nations Development Programme are still developing the best p

How ISWAP Abduct 3 Humanitarian Workers And 2 Security Guards In Borno

The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) has abducted three humanitarian staff working with the Family Health International (FHI360), and two security guards in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State.FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people of the North East.
Borno Hisbah Officials Forcefully Shave Youths For 'Immoral' Haircuts (Photos)

The Borno State Hisbah Board have forcefully shaved the heads of some youths including underaged boys in the state for not being modest. The Deputy Commander-General, Mal. Abdurahaman Musa, in a statement posted on the board's Facebook page on Monday, April 24, 2023, said the youths' hairstyles is immoral, un-Islamic and against the cult

"Tinubu, Shettima’s Emergence Will Lessen My Pain In Borno" – Gov. Zulum

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, has said he is relieved that president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, the vice president-elect, are the ones taking over from President Muhammadu Buhari.Zulum who said this on Friday when he hosted Shettima at an Eid-el-Fitr lunch at the government house in Maiduguri, described the victory reco
How EFCC Arrests 11 Suspected ‘Yahoo Boys’, Recovers Two Cars, Others In Borno

A total of eleven (11) suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as “Yahoo Boys” were on Wednesday, arrested by operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).The fraudsters were nabbed in Jere and Maiduguri Local Government areas of Borno State.This was disclosed in a statement issued by

Boko Haram Invade Community, Kills Pastor, Injures Wife, Others In Borno

Members of the Boko Haram terrorist sect, Tuesday evening, invaded Mathdaw village in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, where they shot dead a pastor (name withheld), who was in charge of Church of Brethren in Nigeria, also known as EYN Church in Hausa parlance.The insurgents, according to a source, also shot and injured the wife of the pa
Boko Haram Collaborator Arrested While Trying To Cast Vote During Guber & HOA Election In Borno

Troops of Sector 3 MNJTF in conjunction with local vigilantes arrested the suspect at Federal Government Girls College Monguno while trying to cast his vote during the Saturday, March 18 Governorship and State Assembly Elections.A suspected Boko Haram collaborator, Umar Goni, has been arrested by Troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force in Mo

Borno Gov. Umara Zulum Conveniently Secures Second Term

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has been declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Borno state.The governor secured his second term with a landslide victory. Zulum polled a total of 545,543 votes out of 649,855 votes cast.His opponent, Mohammed Ali Jajari of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 82,147 votes.12 political parties
Again Nigerian Soldier Go Wild Kill Colleague Over an Argument in Borno

Another internal breach has been recorded among the North-East troops of the Nigerian Army after a yet-to-be identified soldier fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East opened fire on his colleague and killed him.The deceased soldier was identified as Private Diko.According to military sources, the duo were troops of Operation Desert Sanit

26 Fishermen Reportedly Shot Dead By Suspected ISWAP In Borno

No fewer than 26 persons suspected to be fishermen were shot dead in an attack by suspected Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) militants in Gamborun Ngala local government area of Borno, security. Sources said last Wednesday night.Gamboru Ngala is about 180km drive from Maiduguri, the state capital shares international border with

ISWAP Kills Over 200 Boko Haram Members And Their Families In Borno

The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) have eliminated no fewer than 200 members of the Boko Haram insurgents and their families in Borno state. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert disclosed this in a series of tweets, adding that ISWAP fighters had targeted Gezuwa camp – one of the terrorists’ dreaded enclaves in the

3 Person Burnt To Death In A Midnight Inferno That Engulf A Building In Borno

An eyewitness has narrated how two adolescents, 13 year-old Aliyu Usman, 12 year-old Kamal Ibrahim and an elderly woman, Hajiya Maryam Ali-Ahmadu were burnt to death in a midnight inferno that engulfed their room in Biu town of Borno State.The fire reportedly started from the ceiling of one of the rooms in the family house of the deceased.Narratin
29 Members Of Cultists Docked For Terrorism, Murder In Borno

The Police have arraigned 29 members of Black Axe and Red Skin confraternities in Ikpayongo Town in Gwer-East Local Government of Benue state on charges of criminal conspiracy, act of terrorism, membership of unlawful society and culpable homicide.The suspects were arraigned before Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.The Prosecutor, Insp

Gov. Zulum’s Loyalists Dump APC For Labour Party In Borno

Some All Progressives Congress, APC faithful from Northern Borno, on Friday defected to the Labour Party (LP) barely two weeks to the 2023 general elections.Receiving the decampees at NLC’s Multi-Purpose Hall amid funfair in Maiduguri on Friday, the acting secretary of LP in Borno State, Ishaku Yakubu said the defectors were loyalists of Governo
Gov. Zulum of Borno State Threatens to Revoke Lands of Banks Hoarding New Naira Notes

The governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum, has threatened to revoke the land of any building they occupy if they fail to dispense new naira notes via their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). Governor Zulum gave the threat on Friday afternoon Febriary 3, in Maiduguri after visiting branches of banks to assess problems being faced by residents in

ISWAP Distributes Old Naira Notes To Passengers On Borno Highway

Terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have distributed huge amounts of old Naira notes to scores of commuters in the Lake Chad Basin ahead of the deadline of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) for the Naira swap. The incident according to Daily Trust, occurred along Maiduguri/Monguno highway on Saturday, Janu
VID/PICS: Massive Crowd At Peter Obi's Rally In Borno State

The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi stormed Maiduguri, Borno State on Saturday to drum support for his presidential aspiration.Obi held his rally with sizeable number of people present.Watch video of Obi addressing the youths below:

How Nine-Man Gang Of Serial Ritualists A.K.A. Karangiya Were Arrested In Borno

A nine-man gang of serial ritualists known as “Karangiya” who specialized in dismembering their victims’ body parts, has been arrested by the Borno State Police Command.The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar, who disclosed this to journalists on Friday, said they were arrested on December 16, 2022, by
Mutilated Corpse Dumped In Drainage Was Discovered By Borno Residents

An official of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) has evacuated the corpse of a young man dumped inside the drainage in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.Our correspondent, who visited the scene on Saturday morning, sighted a young man covered with blood and dumped near a transformer unit at Old GRA, near the former International School on Damb

Borno Ex-commissioner, Inuwa Kubo Heartbroken Over Death Of His 2 Son Who Died In An Accident

A fatal motor accident has claimed the lives of Adamu and Audu, the biological son if the former Commissioner of Education and Ex-Speaker Borno State House of Assembly, Hon Inuwa Kubo.The incident which took place along the Kwaya-Kusar- Peta- Shani road on Wednesday evening, also left two others died when their car missed control and hit a constru

Suspected Bandits Killed Pregnant Woman While Attempting To Kidnap Her Husband In Borno

Suspected bandits have killed a pregnant woman, Mrs Mary Barka, during an attempt to kidnap her husband in Pelachiroma village, Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State.The Chairman of Hunters, Mohammed Shawulu Yohanna, who confirmed the incident in an interview with journalists on Monday, December 12, 2022, said the suspects have since bee
Female Teacher, Zarah Arrested For Putting Her Fingers Inside 5-yr-old Female Pupil's Sex Organ In Borno

A school teacher identified as Zarah has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old female pupil in Maiduguri, Borno State.She was accused of putting her fingers in the victim’s sex organ.The suspect, according to Fatmata security sources, is a divorcee in her mid thirties and one of the teachers in a primary school not far
Boko Haram Kills Over 20 Women Labelled As Witches In Borno

Members of the deadly terrorist group, Boko Haram, killed over 20 women labeled as witches in the Gwoza community in Borno state on Tuesday, November 15.Gistmania reports that the deceased women were labelled as witches following the death of the children of a Boko Haram commander, identified as Ali Ngulde. “Boko Haram commander, Ali Ngulde slau
Borno Police Command Debunks Claims Of Attack On Atiku's Convoy, Reveals It's False

Borno State Police Command has debunked the news of convoy of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, being attacked in the North-East state. The claim was made earlier today by PDP chieftain and member of the party's presidential council, Dino Melaye.Melaye said Atiku’s convoy was attacked when he was di