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No fewer than 16 persons were feared dead and 20 others injured when a commercial vehicle plying the Baga -Kukawa Road in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State drove over an Improvised Explosive Device suspected to have been planted by ISWAP terrorist group. Credible military intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and […]

Once again, a fire has destroyed the Gamboru market around the Customs area in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Before, on March 18, 2023 and November 13, 2023, fire also destroyed the market which is known as the largest perishable goods market in Maiduguri. The Borno State Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Alhaji Usman […]

At least 100,000 Nigerians who were displaced to Niger, Chad, and Cameroon due to terrorism in the Northeast have returned to their homes in the past seven years. Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, revealed this after a private discussion with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.

Personnel of the Nigerian Army have killed no fewer than five terrorists during clearance operations in Borno State. The clearance operations by the Combat Team on Friday resulted in the rescue of 78 kidnapped victims comprising 35 women and 43 children. Six villages where the terrorists were operating were successfully cleared by the troops. The […]

Two people got hurt after a potential suicide bomber set off a homemade bomb attached to his body near a mosque in Biu Local Government of Borno State. The state Public Relations Officer, ASP Daso Nahum, verified the event on Monday. Nahum mentioned that the victims have been taken to the hospital. He said […]

Almost ten years after the abduction of 276 female students at Government Secondary School in Chibok, a local government area in Borno State, families of the remaining 87 captives have remained hopeful that they will be released and return to the community. This was revealed by spokesperson of the affected community, Allen Manasseh, while paying tribute […]