Several people lost their lives in a bomb blast in Yobe and Borno States and several more were injured in multiple explosions and shooting at the gubernatorial campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State
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The statement said that residents of Maiduguri were free to go about their business as from 6am on Monday
Recent successes by the Nigerian Military against the raging insurgency in the North-East seem to inspire confidence that the nation can, after all halt the loss life of innocent persons and of territory to a needlessly protracted conflict
Parents of abducted schoolgirls of Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state have vowed to go to Sambisa forest in search of their daughters If government fail to rescue and bring back by September ending this year.
The Defence Headquarters has said that the “alarmist” report on foreign and online media on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was “clearly intended to cause panic in the city and the nation”.
President Goodluck Jonathan has promised not to interfere in the ongoing investigation into allegation of terror sponsorship against a former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.
The Jega Local Government Area of Kebbi State has received 130 people who fled from Boko Haram attacks in Borno State.
The Federal Government on Tuesday cautioned Nigerians against buying used cell phones and pre-registered SIM cards, saying that they might have been used by terrorists for untoward activities.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has apologized to the people of Maiduguri, Damboa, Biu and the environs in Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria for the power outage being experienced there since mid-July, 2014.
No fewer than 20 police officers are still missing following the recent attack on the Police Mobile Training School in Gwoza, Borno State, by the Boko Haram sect.
Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar has called for an urgent meeting of critical stakeholders in Adamawa State to ensure a free and fair governorship election in the state on October 11.
Fear has gripped mobile policemen living at Mopol 24 barracks, Mpampe, FCT, Abuja after they allegedly received a letter from suspected members of the Boko Haram sect, that the barrack would be the next to be attacked.
Borno state will soon be reconnected to the national power grid as the Military and the Federal Ministry of Power have reached agreement on security protection for engineers who will repair the vandalised power lines, Technical Assistant to Minister of State, Power, Engr. Umar Baba Mustapha has disclosed.
Bodies remain littered on the streets of a northern Nigerian town two days after it was seized by militant Islamists, a lawmaker has told the BBC.
A former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has reacted to allegation that he is one of the sponsors of the dreaded insurgents, Boko Haram.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) like many well-meaning Nigerians had resolved long ago that the issue of the Boko Haram insurgency should not be politicized
Islamist Boko Haram insurgents have overrun much of a north eastern Nigerian town after hours of fighting that has killed scores and displaced thousands of residents, several security sources said on Tuesday.
Governor Kashim Shettima made the pledge in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, while addressing members of the Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the abducted students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok
Jonathan on Tuesday sent a request to the National Assembly seeking approval for an extension of the state of emergency
The Speaker, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, announced during plenary on Wednesday in Abuja after contributions by some members on the issue that the matter would be put to vote