A 53-year-old man, Usman Ahmadu, has been nabbed by the Police in Adamawa State for allegedly assaulting a mentally challenged minor. Usman Ahmadu, said to have hailed from Maiduguri in Borno State, resides as an internally displaced person, IDP, in…
By Esther Olalekan The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Monday has confirmed that a terrorist attack on the convoy of Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State was foiled in Borno State. The attack occurred on Saturday while the convoy was…
UNICEF on Friday in Maiduguri urged Borno to accelerate the stoppage of open defecation. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Manager of UNICEF, Maiduguri Field Office, Mrs Mamita Thakkar, made the call in a presentation as part of events to…
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…
