Tag: borno
Multiple blasts kill 50 as bombs rock Maiduguri
No less than 50 persons may have been killed this afternoon as different bombs have gone off in different parts of Maiduguri, the Borno...
Gov. Shettima declares Monday as public holiday in Borno for Buhari’s...
The Borno Government on Sunday declared Monday, Feb. 16, as a work-free-day ahead of the visit of the All Progressives Congress , APC, Presidential...
Seven killed as female suicide bomber hits Borno market
A female suicide bomber on Thursday struck at a market in Borno State, killing at least seven people.
Over 20 others are said to be...
Nigeria Army rescues Chibok girls
Two Toyota Hiace buses ferrying girls suspected to be some of the abducted girls of Chibok Government Secondary School, Borno State, just drove into...
Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashes in Bama
A Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 attack helicopter on a mission has crashed.
The chopper crashed due to a technical fault at a location South of...
Bomb hits Nigeria’s Maiduguri market
At least 18 people have been killed in an explosion at a market in Maiduguri, north-eastern Nigeria, a medical worker has told the BBC.
The...
President Jonathan will not visit Chibok -Presidency
Reports that President Goodluck Jonathan will be visiting Chibok, Borno State, on Friday are not accurate, TheCable has learnt.
Reuters had reported on Thursday that...
NSA, service chiefs in surprise Chibok visit
National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has visited the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, for an on-the-ground assessment. He went along with...
Nigeria local authorities say most of abducted schoolgirls still missing
Authorities in Nigeria's northeast Borno state denied on Thursday a statement by the armed forces which had said most of the more than 100...
Boko Haram kills 20 in Yobe mosque
No fewer than 20 worshippers who had gone to pray at a mosque on Saturday morning were killed by gunmen suspected to be members...
Borno, Yobe, Adamawa governors are bad leaders – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday described governors of states where there are prevailing security challenge as bad leaders, saying they have failed the people.
The...
Boko Haram attacks UNIMAID and Giwa Barracks in Borno
Maiduguri, Borno State capital has come under siege from members of the islamist sect known as Boko Haram in an early morning assault. According...
Armed Forces better equipped than Boko Haram – Presidency
We note the recent attacks of Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State and some comments about them in the media by some leading Nigerians.
For...
Suspected Islamists attack Borno barracks again
Scores of suspected Islamist gunmen stormed a military barracks in northeast Nigeria on Friday, spraying gunfire on the troops inside before torching the compound,...
Boko Haram abducts motorists in Borno highway raid
The militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Monday razed down two trucks loaded with oranges and a Toyota Hilux vehicles, and abducted their drivers.
This...
