No fewer than three explosions on Thursday rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit, Newsmen reports. Details of the incidents, which occurred a few hours before Buhari’s visit to the state, are currently sketchy. Efforts…
Security has been beefed up in Maiduguri and environs as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the town. Reports state that the President would inaugurate viable projects executed by Gov. Babagana Zulum’s administration during the visit to the state.…
The Commissioner of Police, Borno State, Abdu Usman, has revealed that four children, two aged four, six and seven, and a Fulani pasteurised milk seller were raped within the last quarter of 2021 by one Abubakar Baba, 27. He said…
The Federal Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday commenced the construction of a 50 megawatts gas power plant for the supply of electricity to Maiduguri and environs. The construction of the plant which is an emergency…
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 arraigned one Bukar Mohammed before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a one-count charge of obtaining by false…
The newly appointed Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Zone 15, Mr Bello Makwashi, has assumed office in Maiduguri. ASP Geoffrey Atsache, the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Friday. “This is to inform the…
Borno is to participate in 13 sports in the coming National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled for April 2 in Benin. The Information Officer of Borno Sports Council, Mr Ibrahim Tukur, made this known on Wednesday in an interview with the…
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) restored power supply to Maiduguri, Borno State and its environs, on Wednesday, 24th March 2021 at about 3:51pm. Bulk power supply is presently being transmitted through a diversion using 33kV HT poles as by-pass transmission…
By Ayo Fadimu Hours after military troops successfully recaptured Marte and cleared its environs from ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists, heavy explosions have rocked some parts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. Our Correspondent gathered that suspected Boko Haram fighters launched…
About 15 persons have been sent to their early graves in a fatal motor accident involving two buses along the Maiduguri – Damaturu road on Friday. The Borno Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Sanusi Ibrahim,…
