Tag: Borno
How I survived two Boko Haram bomb attacks – Amputee
Yahuza Mohammad, a 22-year-old amputee, has narrated how he
survived two separate bomb attacks by Boko Haram suicide bombers in the Muna
Garage area of Maiduguri,...
Buhari wins in Borno with 836,496 votes
President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) has won the presidential election conducted in Borno State.
The state collation officer, Prof. Saminu Ibrahim, announced
after...
#ElectionDay: Ealy morning explosions rock Maiduguri, Yobe
Explosions have rocked Maiduguri, Borno State, and Geidam town in Yobe State in the early hours of Saturday as Nigerians march to the polls...
Buhari meets El-Rufai, Bindow, Shettima, others at Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with governors of Adamawa, Borno and Kaduna States, Jibrilla Bindow, Kashim Shettima, and Nasir el-Rufai respectively.
Also at the meeting...
Soldiers, two others killed as Boko Haram attacks Shettima’s convoy
A soldier
and at least two aides lost their on Tuesday night when Boko Haram ambushed the
convoy of the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima.
Shettima was
on...
I travelled to Boko Haram camp to beg my son to...
An 80 year-old man, Malam Baba Modu, has
called on his son, a Boko Haram commander, popularly called ‘Ba-Ana’, to
surrender and embrace peace.
Modu made the...
Soldiers shut down Daily Trust Borno office, arrest editor, reporter
Armed soldiers have invaded the Daily Trust regional office in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Regional editor, Uthman Abubakar, and a reporter, Ibrahim Sawab, were arrested on...
Ezekwesili condemns killing of soldiers, wants independent verification
Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of
Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili, has expressed concern over reports that 700
Nigerian soldiers were killed in Baga, Borno...
Why not flag-off your campaign in Yobe, Borno or Zamfara? Fayose...
Former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose has wondered
why President Muhammadu Buhari planned to flag-off his 2019 presidential
campaign in Akwa Ibom State, instead of Zamfara,...
UN chief deplores terrorist attacks on Nigerian soldiers
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has condemned the attacks in Nigeria by terrorists and other extremist groups that have taken a toll on security forces...