Tag: Borno
Borno spends N1billion on hospital equipment destroyed by Boko Haram
The Borno Government on Sunday said it spent about N1 billion to procure hospital equipment for 38 secondary health facilities that were destroyed by...
Osinbajo honours displaced school age children in Aso Rock
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday honoured 18 school age children who are the winners of the maiden Protecting Education Advocacy Challenge (PEACH) competition...
5,000 IDPs infected with HIV/AIDS in Borno – Official
No fewer than 5,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 27 camps in Borno are currently living with HIV/AIDS.
Coordinator on HIV/AIDS in Borno, Hassan Mustapha,...
Car explosion kills 9 in Borno
A car bomb targeting a military checkpoint on a road leading to Maiduguri exploded Tuesday, killing all nine people in the vehicle, police and...
Soldiers missing, 13 injured as Boko Haram attacks troops
An unspecified number of Nigerian soldiers went missing after an attack by the Boko Haram in Gashigar, a northern Borno community that borders Niger...
8 killed in Maiduguri female suicide bomb attack
No fewer than eight people were killed and 15 wounded on Wednesday when a car bomb, believed to be the handiwork of Boko Haram,...
Military helicopters rush polio vaccines to Borno
Emergency military helicopters on Friday rushed polio vaccines to dangerous parts of north-eastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram operates and two paralysed toddlers were recently...
25 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Borno gun battle – Army
The Nigerian Army said 25 bodies of Boko Haram terrorists had been recovered after Troops of 119 Task Force Battalion stationed in Kangarwa northern...
2 suicide bombers kill selves, 6 others in Borno mosque attack
Six people were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Borno State, the army said, in the...
Soldiers, Boko Haram terrorists in fierce gun battle
Boko Haram fighters on Monday attacked Nigerian soldiers in Borno, where the jihadists have been waging a seven-year insurgency, the army said.
"Boko Haram terrorists...