Borno State

The Army has confirmed that its troops neutralized seven Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday, in a fierce gun battle at Damasak in Mobar Local government Area of Borno.

The battle was raging at the time the News Agency of Nigeria filed the report.

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, says it will be difficult to conduct direct primaries in the state because of its peculiar security situation.

The Operation Lafia Dole of the Nigerian Air Force has destroyed some facilities of the Boko Haram terrorists, at Bukar Meram and Tumbun Allura on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that scores of jihadists in gun trucks and various caliber of arms, stormed the town and engaged in fierce battle that lasted for many hours with the troops.

The Nigerian Army on Saturday repelled a deadly attack on its troops by Boko Haram at Gudunbale in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State in the early hours of Saturday.

Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

The National Emergency Management Agency said on Wednesday that it had concluded plans to repatriate 56,000 Borno Internally Displaced Persons from Difa, Niger Republic.

The Northeast Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Bashir Garga, gave the advice at a humanitarian development and coordination forum held in Maiduguri.

The Nigerian Army on Sunday denied the alleged killing of 30 soldiers by Boko Haram at Zari village in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State on Friday.

The Queen of Hunters in the North-East, Aisha Bakari, on Friday lauded the efforts of the Nigerian military toward restoring peace in the North-East.

Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri.

Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Magaji, disclosed to newsmen in Maiduguri on Thursday.

Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director of Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri on Monday.

Operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad have arrested two private security guards over alleged theft of N5 million from the coffers of the Maiduguri Specialist Hospital.

Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri on Friday.

The Presidency on Thursday deplore at a newspaper columnist, Akin Oshuntokun, over his false claim that a bomb blast had gone off in Maiduguri, Borno, on August 21, killing about 88 people.

Guterres, in a statement by his Spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, condemned the killing of dozens of people in violence in Borno by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.

Damien Chukwu, the Commissioner of Police in the state, who disclosed this at a news conference said that the terrorists stormed the town at about 8 p.m.