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Adamawa, Borno, Headlines, State News, Yobe
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
FROM ISAAC ANUMIHE, Abuja No fewer than 1,000 Nigerians have been killed in the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe in the last three months. Similarly, about 249,446 persons have been displaced and over three million people have been affected and economic activities destabilised in the sustained violence. Speaking at the […]
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Benue, Borno, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Ten persons were killed in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Tuesday, when two suicide bombers rammed their cars into a police patrol vehicle. Also, 27 people were reportedly killed on Tuesday in Benue State after a brutal attack which took place in Agena Village in Gwer-East Local Government […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, March 24th, 2014
Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade | credits: www.ynaija.com The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the killing of 18 insurgents suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect in a shootout with troops in some settlements in Bama and Ngurosoye in Borno State. The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in an […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
MAIDUGURI (AFP) – Public secondary schools in northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers and parents said Saturday.The closure reportedly affects 85 secondary schools, catering to some 120,000 students across the troubled state, a stronghold of the militant sect waging a five year insurgency in Nigeria.The […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 1st, 2014
Boko Haram No fewer than 35 persons were killed after twin bombs exploded in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Saturday. Boko Haram’s wave of terror attacks on people and public institutions has gone up in recent times. The sect on Tuesday attacked Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State, killing no fewer than 43 pupils. […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima | credits: www.bornostate.gov.ng For the second time in about 48 hours, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Wednesday met with President Goodluck Jonathan over Boko Haram attacks in his state. Shettima told State House correspondents that he was at the Presidential Villa to update Jonathan on a fresh attack […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
Latest information on Maiduguri bomb blast indicates that no fewer than 30 people lost their lives while twenty vehicles and many roadside tents destroyed. A police traffic warder, women selling bean cake; many motorists and a popular suya meat seller and four of his boys who were all by the road near a mosque at […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, December 30th, 2013
From MOLLY KILETE. Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), yesterday announced the killing of about 70 Boko Haram members in its operation in Borno State to flush out the terrorists group in the North- East. A total of 56, terrorists, were said to have died during a military ground and air operations in the forest of […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, General Politics, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
No fewer than 70 persons, including 15 soldiers, died in the military operations to track down the insurgents who carried out the last Friday’s pre-dawn attacks on Mohammed Kur Barracks in Bama, Borno State. The remaining 55 comprised of 50 insurgents and five villagers. The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, who made this […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 13th, 2013
Boko Haram members Fear has gripped the residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital, as the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic Sect has again threatened to attack selected areas of the city. It was gathered that the Boko Haram Sect singled out the University of Maiduguri as the next target of its planned attacks on […]
