The Damboa attack is one of the deadliest the town had ever witnessed, she said in a statement issued in Abuja by signed Abiodun Banire, the National Public Information Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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The town, which is 125 kilometres north of Maiduguri, the state capital, was deserted by locals in the area following incessant attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.
The IDPs made the complaints in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday.
AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, who confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted on Friday.
Stevenson gave the assurance while addressing troops at Gubio and Damasak in Borno state.
The NBS, in its “Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch’’ released on Tuesday, said the price decreased by -0.3per cent year-on-year and -0.8per cent month-on-month.
According to a statement by the spokesman of the Borno State Police Command, DSP Edet Okon, the lone suicide bomber detonated his bomb at about 7:15pm when he saw the massive police deployment at Oando petrol station in Post Office area of Maiduguri.
Shantu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja said the exercise would be carried out in Maiduguri and Goza communities in Borno.
The Senate’s decision was sequel to a point of order raised by Senator Shehu Sani, who expressed dissatisfaction with the response of the Presidency to the allegations by Amnesty International.
The commissioning of the 200 housing units for IDPs in Borno State, which has been slated for later this month, according to the CEO of Aliko Dangote Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou, is coming as the Foundation has also completed the construction of a state-of-the-art hostel in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
The spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, said in a statement that the incident, which occurred in Gworza Local Government Area, happened when troops of 271 Task Force Battalion fought through an ambush staged by Boko Haram terrorists.
Biu took over the command from Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf, who had been posted to the Army Headquarters as Director, Consult of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre.
It was rather curious and intriguing to many people that the duo of Mustapha Shehu, a publisher and media consultant from Biu in Borno State, and Mustapha Betara Aliyu, a retired Deputy Director of the NIA, also from Biu, could collude to fight Dauda, their own brother.
An earlier Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance report had indicated the significant presence of terrorists in the camp, following which Mi-35M helicopter gunships were deployed to attack them on May 15, 2018.
Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri.
Ibrahim Abdulkadir, Zonal Information Officer of the National Emergency Management Agency in Borno State, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria.
Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, made this known at the opening ceremony held at the multipurpose hall of the Government House in Maiduguri.
AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, who confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted on Monday.
Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Monday.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Edet Okon, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri on Friday.