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Borno, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
A SUSPECTED Boko Haram factory house located in Kaleri and London Chiki area of Maiduguri metropolis in Borno State exploded around 10.30am yesterday, killing three persons said to be in the place at the time of the incident. The blast was heard about three kilometres radius. Other bomb-making materials recovered by the Joint Task Force […]
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Bauchi, Boko Haram, Borno, Plateau, State News, Yobe
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
GUNMEN suspected to be members of the Boko Haram yesterday continued their attack and killing of security agents and community leaders in Bauchi, Borno, Plateau and Yobe states. The Federal Government is not however helpless over the situation as it unveiled more measures to check the development. It also announced a three-day national conference on […]
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Akwa Ibom, Borno, National Politics, Oil Politics, Ondo, Rivers, State News, Top Stories, Yobe
Saturday, February 25th, 2012

Anger dripped from the reply of governors and stakeholders in the oil-producing states on Saturday to the 19 Northern governors’ demand for a review of the revenue formula to give more funds to them. The South-South governors said such a call smacked of insensitivity to the plight of the zone, evident in its over 50 […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, Kano, Niger, State News
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
A primary school situated at Abaganaram ward of Maiduguri metropolis was set ablaze on Wednesday night by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect, residents of the area alleged. When Nigerian Tribune went to the area at about 4.00 p.m., it was discovered that the fire started at about 12.00 p.m until the morning on […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, February 20th, 2012
By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI- Multiple explosions have again rocked the popular Fish Market of Baga Road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, killing eight suspected members of the Boko Haram sect while three persons were seriously injured. It was gathered that the blasts would have been more devastating but for the alertness of the traders […]
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Borno, Local Govt, State News
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Unidentified gunmen, disguised as mourners, on Friday night shot dead the former chairman of Damboa Local Government, Lawan Kabu. Eyewitnesses told newsmen in Maiduguri on Saturday that Kabu was killed at his family house in Damboa, some 100 kilometers from Maiduguri, while mourning the death of his father who passed away on Wednesday. “We were […]
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Armed Forces, Borno, Gombe, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The threat posed by Boko Haram to lives and property in the North has forced the General Officer Commanding the 3 Armourd Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Adamu Marwa, to relocate to Gombe, Gombe State. The division has jurisdiction over Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, Borno, Plateau and Taraba states. Our correspondent learnt […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Abuja — IN Continuation of its plan to Islamize Northern Nigeria, the Boko Haram Islamic Sect on Monday night invaded the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, barracks as well as a police station in Maiduguri, Borno State, killing five persons including a soldier, two policemen and two civilians. Also, two other civilians were reportedly injured, as […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
The Military-led Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno has killed another Boko Haram sect member barely a week after it gunned down 11 suspected members of the sect during an attack in Maiduguri, the state capital. Daily Sun gathered that some sect members had attacked the task force outpost located around the London Chiki in […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, Niger, Plateau
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Emergency: FG deploys more soldiers in Jos, Maiduguri January 2, 2012 by Oluwole Josiah, Abuja 14 Comments More soldiers have been deployed in Madalla, Niger State, Jos and Maiduguri, following the declaration of state of emergency in 15 local governments of the state by the Federal Government. Also, residents of Maiduguri reported a sharp increase […]