Borno State

The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abdulkarim Lawan has come out to say that Lai Mohammed and Gabriel Olonisakin are wrong for saying that all the 27 Local Government Areas in the state have been liberated from the hands of Boko Haram. He recently revealed this ...

The Borno State government has come out to say that it is very committed to doing more to ensure the right wellbeing of legionnaires in the state. Gov. Zulum, represented by Deputy Gov. Umar Kadafur recently revealed that during the laying of wreath in Maiduguri to celebrate the end of ...

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has come out to say that more doctors should be employed in the state hospitals. He recently revealed this after Tuesday’s meeting with the chief executives of seven public hospitals and related institutions located in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and Jere Local Government Area. According ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has done well in handling Borno’s security challenges, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has said. Governor Babagana Umara Zulum recently revealed this while addressing northern elders from the Arewa Consultative Forum in Maiduguri, who were led by the chairman of the forum’s board of trustee, Ambassador Shehu Malami ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to blast the killing of over 40 rice farmers in Borno State on Saturday, November 28, 2020, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. Buhari recently had his say via a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. According to him, ...

Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum has come out to say that the deadly Boko Haram sect are still existing strongly in many parts of the state. He recently had his say after he attended the mass burial of rice farmers/fishermen slaughtered on Saturday in Koshobe in broad daylight at Zabarmari ...

Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum has come out to say that only qualified primary and secondary school teachers will be allowed to teach in the state henceforth. He revealed this during a media chat to celebrate his one year in office on Sunday in Maiduguri. According to him, his government ...

Deputy Governor of Borno State, Umar Kadafur has come out to say that there are people in the state who are yet to believe that coronavirus is real. Umar recently revealed that this was the same way residents behaved when Boko Haram insurgency first started in the state. According to ...

The Federal Government has approved the construction of 10,000 housing units in Borno to hasten the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR) programme in the troubled state. Gov. Babagana Zulum revealed this when he met members of the Borno/Yobe Elders Forum-Residents of Abuja in Maiduguri. According to him, this is Buhari’s ...

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has come out to say that it was shocked and saddened by the bad news of another murder of aid workers, including a woman, by the Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. According to the Forum, FG must do all they can to ensure the ...

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has blasted the murder of 4 aid workers by armed groups in Borno. The Head of Public Information, UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Eve Sabbagh revealed this in a statement on Saturday in Maiduguri. Describing the action as ...

After years of closure, secondary schools in Borno are finally opened for academic work to begin  Commissioner for education, Inuwa Kubo assured the students of stability and peace in the state

Islamic Militant, Boko Haram are getting more severe with their actions daily. The sect have taken over Bama, in Borno State. Bama happens to be the second biggest city in the state and it was attacked earlier this morning after initially being repelled by men of the Nigerian Army, SaharaReporters ...

In a recent interview with Arise News TV, Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, who was hired by the Nigerian government some months back to help negotiate with Boko Haram members to facilitate the release of abducted Chibok girls, mentioned the name of former Borno state Governor, Alimodu Sheriff as a ...

Reports coming days after the declaration of GWOZA town in the troubled northeastern state of Borno as an Islamic Caliphate and the recent takeover of Madagali by the Boko Haram insurgents, the extremists have reportedly beheaded every Christian man available in the areas, while their wives have been forced into ...