…As COAS’ pays condolence visit to fallen heroes’ families By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Joint Task Force, North East(NE) Operation HADIN KAI(OPHK) have neutralized over 50 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and destroyed several of their combat equipment in a fierce counter offensive in Askira...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Deputy Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon.Engr Abddullahi Musa Askira has sympathized with the people of his constituency, Askira Emirate who are mourning the brutal killing of Brigadier General D. K. Zirkushu, the Commander of 28 Task Force Brigade in Chibok...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A senior officer and three soldiers have been killed in a fierce battle with Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP terrorists) a splinter Boko Haram group in Borno State. A statement issued by the Army spokesperson, Brigadier-General Nwachukwu, said the encounter took place in...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Terrorists belonging to The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have engaged in a heavy gun duel with troops at a military base in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. Sources said the ISWAP terrorists were sighted in a long convoy of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Hon Umar Kadafur on Friday chaired the High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting with Humanitarian and Development partner on the returning of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes as Governor Babagana Zulum planned to close all IDPs camps...
Save the Children International (SCI), the world’s leading independent organisation for children, on Thursday said that a staggering 78 per cent of girls in northern Nigeria get married before the age of 18. The report, titled “State of the Nigerian Girl Report: An Incisive Diagnosis of Child Marriage”, and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in an ambush in Pulka Town in Gowza LGA of Borno State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has hosted a send off dinner in respect of Edward Kallon who was the UN Residents Coordinator in Nigeria since 2016 and now transferred to Zimbabwe. Governor Zulum, who was represented by Borno’s Deputy Governor, Hon Umar Kadafur at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has said it would continue to enhance border cooperation with neighboring Niger Republic, particularly in the area of peace and security, economic and infrastructural development. Governor Babagana Zulum stated this on Monday in Maiduguri, while declaring open The Local Bilateral...
Nigeria military troops have repelled an attack on a military base in Tamsukawu, a village in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno state on Monday. The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), a rival terrorist group to Boko Haram is the prime suspect for the attack. The attack...
The Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, have abducted a 50-year-old man identified as Mohammed Askira, alongside his two brothers who belong to the royal family of Askira Uba Emirate of Borno State. PRNigeria gathered that they were kidnapped while travelling to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital after...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Borno and Yobe states, have called for government’s intervention to ensure the payment of N6 billion in outstanding bridging claims by their members. Secretary of the association, Alhaji Abbas Yakubu, made the call...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As a mark of peaceful, cordial and harmonious working relationship between the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum and his Deputy Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur, the governor paid an unscheduled visit on his deputy in the office and met him on seat ....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday disguised his convoy and visited some Government healthcare centres unannounced, during which he found some officials collecting between N8,000 to N10,000 from patients, whereas the services are meant to be provided free of charge. Zulum summoned...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A total of 25,929 prospective voters in Borno, have so far registered in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The INEC Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity in Borno, Mallam Adamu Gama, told newsmen in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – With full participation of the Nigerian military, Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday, reopened the 65km Bama-Banki boarder road which links to Cameroon and parts of Central Africa. The road had been shut since around 2014 arising from activities of Boko Haram. Zulum,...
The Nigerian Hunters Council (NHC) has renewed its commitment towards detecting and combating crime and criminality in the country, as it seeks official recognition as a security agency. Commander-General of the council, Joshua Osatimehin, stated this in Abuja on Monday, at the end of a five-day capacity training for...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has said the Joint troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated scores of Boko Haram/Islamic States West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in recent encounters in Borno. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday...