NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
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Shetiima told newsmen when he visited the over 80 victims of the attack on treatment at the Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri that the attack indicated high level of atrocities committed by the insurgents.
This is contained in a statement by Abiodun Banire, the National Public Information Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Abuja.
The former Vice President said he was concerned by the senseless attacks on innocent citizens even after reports that government has opened window of talks on the prospects of a ceasefire with Boko Haram.
Fatima Usman, a final year student of Department of Nursing, University of Maiduguri was attacked with corrosive fluid by suspected tricycle operators in Maiduguri on March 16.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said nine billion dollars (about N3.2 billion) would be used to provide life-saving aid for some 60,000 people displaced by ongoing Boko Haram crisis in Borno.
MSF, otherwise called Doctors without Borders, said the children were treated at its medical facility at Fori area of Maiduguri.
The meeting, which was held in Sokoto, had in attendance NSGF Chairman, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, Governpr Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State.
The UN relief wing said the resumption of aid operations in the community followed several security assessments by the UN and non-governmental organisations.
Dr Muhammad Bulama, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, said this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Maiduguri.
Joseph Kwaji, the Police Public Relations Officer, said in a statement in Maiduguri that the incident occurred on Wednesday when two suspected female suicide bombers tried to infiltrate the area in the night.
The command advised residents to be vigilant and report any suspicious persons or objects to security agencies.
Edward Kallon, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, disclosed this at the inauguration of 300 residential homes constructed by the UN agency under its community recovery programme, in Ngwom near Maiduguri.
The Commandant of the Corps, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who disclosed this during the training, said the drills were part of efforts to enhance the operatives’ proficiency in the counter insurgency operations in the North-East.
Gutti told the News Agency of Nigeria that the candidates would participate in the conduct of Computer Based Test in eight designated centres in the state.
The minister said this when she received the proposed university’s implementation committee led by Maj.- Gen. Lawal Faskari in Abuja on Friday.
Shettima said this at the third Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum in Maiduguri.
The Commissioner of Police, Damian Chukwu, gave the order at a monthly police briefing on Thursday in Maiduguri.
Joseph Kwaji, the Police Public Relations Officer, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri that the incident occurred at about 8: 30 pm at Muna Delti area in the outskirt of Maiduguri.
On Thursday, Boko Haram militants mounted an attack on a military base in Rann, located in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno.