Two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have died and more than 1,000 houses burnt when fire swept through Muna Alamdari IDP camp in Maiduguri. The fire began at about 6am and lasted for over an hour before it was brought under…
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has deployed 9.3 million doses of diphtheria vaccines to affected states in Nigeria following the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history. A statement by UNICEF communication assistant, Nchekwube Nwosu-Igbo, said the doses…
The Borno Police Command has reiterated its commitment to partner with the State Government and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in combatting Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Yusufu Mohammed, made this known on…
Borno, Adamawa and Yobe governments have embarked on measures to ameliorate the current hardship on citizens caused by the removal of petrol subsidy. Citizens of the three states worst affected by insurgency in North East have been experiencing hardship which…
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has announced the donation of N36 million to be shared at N30,000 each to the 1,215 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to the state. A statement on Saturday by the Special Adviser to…
The Nigerian Army on Monday said it had rescued another Chibok girl, Mary Nkeki, 27, in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno. Nkeki was abducted alongside over 200 students from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, by Boko Haram insurgents…
The headquarters of Sector 3 of Operation Hadin Kai and Multinational Joint Task Force, has provided recreational facilities for residents of Monguno town in Borno. The facilities, comprising volleyball court, table tennis and other indoor sport facilities, were inaugurated at…
The governments of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe have started taking steps to contain the hike in transportation caused by removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. The state governments, which operate own transport companies, have continued to ensure that…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election, Abubakar Atiku, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to uphold the declaration of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that he (Atiku) won 21 states in…
A man identified to be in his 30s has been arrested following the death of his six-year-old son in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. Nigerian NewsDirect gathered according to security reports that the suspect, Mohammed Jubrin, is a staff member of…
