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It also paraded other suspects for committing various other crimes ranging from vandalism, theft, phone snatching, and illicit drug dealing in Maiduguri, the state capital.

The spokesman for the Agency,  Abdulkadir Ibrahim, stated this in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri.

This was one of the resolutions contained in the communique made available to newsmen by the chairman of the forum, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, at the end of the fifth meeting of the forum in Jalingo.

Zulum’s spokesperson, Malam Isa Gusau, who announced the Governor’s directive, said the French iNGO was found using toy guns and simulators in training exercises at a hotel located off circular road in Maiduguri.

Also passed was a bill to establish the Federal College of Education, Gwoza in Borno State.

He also lauded Governor Babagana Zulum for his resilience and relentless efforts at rebuilding the state.

The President, whose visit is to assess security situation in the North East, will address troops at Maimalari Cantonment, and also inaugurate some completed Federal and State Government projects.

The state governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, stated this in a special broadcast to the people of the state on Wednesday.

PRNigeria learnt that scores of armed terrorists, suspected to be ISWAP militants who recently defeated Ibrahim Shekau’s Boko Haram elements, stormed the Borno State town in a convoy of gun trucks.

The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

The agency said it had received a series of complaints that some restaurants in Maiduguri, Borno State, are using paracetamol to cook cow tail and legs.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 580 two bedrooms houses were constructed by the state Ministry for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement.

The governor made the call in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri by his Special Adviser on Communications and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau.

Ms Umar on Saturday May 15, 2021 bagged a Master’s degree in Business and Science in Los Angeles, the day after the eighth anniversary of the May 14, 2013 terror attack in which she and her dad were shot by Boko Haram in their home.

The Director of Information in the Ministry, Theodore Ogaziechi, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

A cross-section of residents, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday said that they were excited with the news and prayed it was true.

The ISWAP, a splinter group of Boko Haram, who has grown in power and influence since it started operating from its territorial base on the banks and islands of Lake Chad has now occupied some section of Sambisa Forest following the latest development.

Abdullahi Ibrahim, the state NSCDC Commandant, said this when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Maiduguri.

Malgwi made this known on Saturday in Maiduguri while addressing workers during activities to mark the International Workers Day at state NLC secretariat.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Satomi Ahmed, at plenary.