Tag: Maiduguri
Minister presents foodstuffs to Chibok girls, ex-Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI- The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has presented foodstuffs to Chibok girls and some repentant Boko Haram members.
Presenting...
Mass surrender rocks Boko Haram camps – MNJTF
MAIDUGURI- The Multinational Joint Tasks Force (MNJTF) combating insurgency in the Lake Chad region said it has continued to record mass surrender of insurgents.
A...
Army rescues two more Chibok girls in Borno
MAIDUGURI- The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it had rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their...
Time to relocate Maiduguri Monday Market, By Hassan Gimba
Maiduguri, the capital and the largest city of Borno State, was founded in 1907 as a military outpost by the British colonial authority. It...
Buhari pleased with troops` performance in North East – Gen. Irabor
MAIDUGURI- The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, says that President Muhammadu Buhari is happy with the troops performance in the fight...
Repentant Boko Haram insurgents exonerate military of rights abuses
MAIDUGURI- Repentant Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday in Maiduguri dismissed Reuters news agency’s reports of rights abuses by the military in the northeast.
Reuters had...
Troops foil attack on Monguno town, says military
By YAKUBU UBA
MAIDUGURI- Troops of Sector III of the Operation Hadin Kai and the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have foiled attempt by...
I am contesting to end poor representation of Maiduguri people –...
By YAKUBU UBA
MAIDUGURI- Ms Aisha Nyako, contesting for Maiduguri Metropolitan Council Assembly seat under Young Progressives Party (YPP), said her desire is to ensure...
Soldier runs amok, kills humanitarian worker before he was neutralised
By HAMZA SULEIMAN
MAIDUGURI- A soldier of the 25 Task Force Brigade in Borno ran amok on Thursday and shot a female humanitarian aid worker...
Gov. Zulum directs immediate unsealing of opposition party’s office in Maiduguri
By YAKUBU UBA
MAIDUGURI- The Borno Urban Development Board unsealed the Maiduguri office of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) on Friday on the orders...
All set for Buhari’s visit to Maiduguri on Thursday
By YAKUBU UBA
MAIDUGURI- All is now set for President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday visit to Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Post Insurgency: NHRC calls for true reconciliation
By YAKUBU UBA
MAIDUGURI- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged for true reconciliation for a lasting solution to the insurgency crisis in north...
UN Secretary-General in Maiduguri, visits rehabilitation centre, IDP camp
By YAKUBU UBA
Maiduguri- The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on a visit to Nigeria on Tuesday in Maiduguri, visited a rehabilitation centre for victims...
COAS urges troops to remain dogged, unrelenting in the fight against...
By HAMZA SULEIMAN
Maiduguri- The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has charged troops in the ongoing counter terrorism and insurgency Operations...
MNJTF eliminates 22 ISWAP terrorists, recovered arms in Lake Chad
By HAMZA SULEIMAN
Maiduguri- The Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed about 22 Boko Haram/Islamic State of the West African Province...
Terrorists overrunning our states, Zulum, Matawalle cry out
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State and his Zamfara counterpart, Bello Matawalle, have cried out that terrorists are overrunning their states.
While Zulum said fighters...
Heartbreaking! Young Girl Reportedly Killed By Stray Bullet While Asleep In...
The family of a young girl identified as Maryam Mustapha, are seeking justice after she was reportedly killed by a stray bullet while asleep...
22 newly promoted Brigadier Generals decorated in Maiduguri
The Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force (Nortn East) “Operation Hadin Kai”, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, on Tuesday decorated 22 Colonels in theatre promoted to the...
Christmas: COAS, CAS celebrate with troops in Maiduguri
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya and Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Isiaka Amao feted troops of the Joint Task...
Buhari: discovery of crude in Northeast will balance oil politics
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the discovery of oil in two Northeast states of Bauchi and Gombe will balance the politics of oil...