Tag Archives: Maiduguri

By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, inaugurated the newly renovated Officers’ Lounge and Cafeteria for personnel of Sector 3, Operation Hadin Kai, in Monguno. The twin facilities, renovated under the supervision of the Sector Commander, Major General Suleiman Saidu Tilawan, are designed to provide a functional, dignified, and conducive environment for rest and …

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General Manager, Chad Basin, (NNPC), Mr Mohammed S. Ali, Group General Manager, Frontier Exploration Services, (NNPC), Mr. Abdullahi Bomai, NNPC GMD, Mallam Mele Kyari, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, Honorable Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, and General Manager, Security, (NNPC), Mr. Abba Kaka Mohammed, after a meeting with the COAS at Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri

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In a desperate bid to defeat the insurgents, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen TY Buratai has relocated fully to the North East to oversee and direct the overall operation in the theatre and other Nigerian Army operations across the country.

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  After more than a decade of armed conflict, outbreaks of severe malnutrition, malaria, measles and cholera, approximately 1.5 million internally displaced people in Nigeria’s Borno state now face the spectre of COVID-19. Many displaced people live in vastly overcrowded camps with poor water and sanitation facilities, limited supplies of hygiene essentials such as soap and water, and often no individual space …

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Multiple explosions were heard in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in Northeast Nigeria on Saturday morning as people are setting out for elections. Ahmad Salkida, a journalist believed to know the workings of the insurgents and with sources among them, said the explosions were more  10 and that the attacks started around 5:50am. He also reported on his verified Twitter …

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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said it is horrified by the killings of at least 12 farmers in Kalle village, Borno State, last weekend.  “The level of violence registered lately in Northeast Nigeria is alarming. Farmers have been easy targets. These attacks risk making people too afraid to cultivate their land and may worsen the existing food crisis,” said …

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The United Nations (UN) said on Friday it welcomed as an “important milestone” the release of 833 children by the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF). The group was formed in 2013 to protect communities and support the country’s security forces against Boko Haram extremists, but it also recruited young boys and girls into its ranks. “This is an important development …

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Nineteen people have now been confirmed dead after four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, police said. In a monitored report by AFP, Borno State Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu said the bombers had targeted mourners at a funeral ceremony in the suburb of Molai Kolemari on Tuesday night. Most of the victims were from a vigilante …

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The Police Command in Borno on Wednesday confirmed that 19 people were killed in the latest deadly Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri in Nigeria’s troubled North East. The attacks, which occurred late on Tuesday, claimed the lives of 12 Civilian Joint Task Force members and seven civilians, according to the Borno State Commissioner of Police Borno, Mr Damian Chukwu. No …

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Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has warned northern youths on the threats issued against Igbos living in the northern part of Nigeria. Kalu who was guest on a political program on Africa Independent Television (AIT) on Tuesday said Nigeria is a country governed by rumour where someone would cook up a thought, circulate it and people …

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