The Senator, who represents Borno South in the Senate, said this at the News Agency of Nigeria forum in Abuja.
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Local divers have recovered six bodies out of nine people involved in a boat accident at Zabarmari area in Jere Local Government Area of Borno.
The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Abba Dikko, has asked troops of the operation to redouble their efforts in the ongoing counter insurgency operations.
The Borno Police Command on Thursday confirmed the kidnap of a four-year-old son of the Borno State Chairman of All Progressive Congress, Ali Bukar-Dalorin, while in Maiduguri Capital School on Wednesday.
Ibrahim Abdullahi, the NSCDC Commandant in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri that the command had noticed an influx of such thugs at campaign grounds.
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.