A man, Muhammad Kulloma has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri for alleged fraud of N40.5 million. Kulloma, who was arraigned on Friday, was said to have committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud […]
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, says he has the responsibility of telling President Muhammadu Buhari the truth about the security situation in the north-east. Speaking with journalists after a meeting with the president on Monday night, Zulum said there is a need to seek support to address insurgency in the region. The governor expressed regret […]
Borno state governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, has said there are white men, Asians and Christians in the ranks of Boko Haram militants. For over a decade, Borno and other states in the north-east have suffered attacks from Boko Haram insurgents, where thousands have been killed and over two million people displaced. Islamic scholars and Muslims […]
A total of 1,163 children of Internally Displaced Persons have been enrolled into primary schools during the 3 days humanitarian trip of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum to Damasak, within the shores of Lake Chad. The pupils, who hailed from Guzamala and Abadam local government areas in northern Borno, had been out of school since the […]
Governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Zulum, , says he is disappointed that security operatives cannot secure a distance of 20 kilometers along the Maiduguri-Damaturu expressway in the state. On Friday, Boko Haram insurgents abducted 35 commuters near Garin Kuturu in Jakana along Damaturu-Maiduguri road. Speaking on Monday when he visited the location of the […]
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has insisted that the attack on his convoy was carried out by soldiers. The governor’s convoy was attacked in Baga last Wednesday while on tour to some internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Kukawa local government area of the state. The attack was initially believed to have been carried out […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the families who lost their loved ones in the terrorist attack that left 81 persons dead in Faduma Koloram village, in Gubio Local Government Area (LGA), Borno State on Tuesday. The state governor who visited the scene on Wednesday confirmed that 81 persons were killed when the terrorists invaded […]
By Amidu Arije The Mulsim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged Muslims to exercise resistant in reopening of the mosques as the COVID-19 pandemic still rages on. The Islamic Human Right organisation spoke on the background of orders given by some Northern state governors for reopening of religious activities in their states. Three Northern StIses – […]
Nigerian Army troops on Sunday killed 20 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP) terrorists at the north west of Baga town in Borno. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche said the troops of 130 Battalion with […]