Browsing: Borno State

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Monday.

The U.S-based journal alleged in its publication that NAF paid the money in exchange for its anti-aircraft gun allegedly seized by bandits.

The election, conducted through affirmation, was led by the Chairman of the Borno Congress Committee, Alhaji Uba Maigari.

They were presented to the governor in Maiduguri by the Commissioner of Women Affairs, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that many residents of the town had fled to neighbouring Cameroon when insurgents overran the town in 2014.

The troops repelled the insurgents who stormed the Borno State town in a convoy of gun trucks on Saturday.

The sources, who are deployed in the North East Theatre Command in Borno State, revealed this to PRNigeria.

The soldier and civilian were killed when Boko Haram terrorists attacked a military formation in Njimtilo on Monday.

The DPR North East Operations Controller, Agada Jerome, made this known on Friday in a statement in Maiduguri.

Zulum made the call on Thursday in Maiduguri during a Town Hall Meeting on power and telecommunications infrastructure security.

Alhaji Yusuf Dikko, the state PDP secretary, disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen in Maiduguri, adding that a complaint had been sent to the party’s zonal and national headquarters on the matter.

Musa gave the explanation in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

They made this known during a media tour to one of the holding and screening facilities for the surrendered terrorists in Borno State on Tuesday.

The Governor wielded the big stick when he paid a surprise visit to the institution on Tuesday in the state capital.

Besides, the 13 percent oil derivation fund from offshore fields accruing to littoral states may also be forfeited to the federal government.  Over 80 percent of riverine communities play host to offshore acreages in the Niger Delta region.

PRNigeria gathered that the relocation followed the approval of the Nigerian Navy Board at its most recent meeting.

ASP Geoffrey Atsache, the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Friday.

Prof Zulum talked about the nexus between economic development and security.

PRNigeria gathered that Boko Haram militants who had planned to surrender came under heavy attack by their angry ISWAP counterparts in the Gusuriya community, located in Dumbawa village.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that available statistics indicated that Borno State had a population of 5.6 million people as at 2016