President Bola Tinubu said on Saturday his administration would complete the Eastern Rail line connecting Port Harcourt to Maiduguri in Borno State. Tinubu, according to a...
The Borno State Urban Planning and Development Board has announced a sweeping ban on street hawking, tricycle operations, and other activities it deems disruptive to Maiduguri’s...
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), led by Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged the Federal Government to identify and publicize flood-prone areas...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has announced that 281 inmates are missing following the evacuation efforts prompted by recent flooding in Maiduguri. Officers, supported by other...
Residents of Maiduguri, especially those living around the Alau community of Konduga local government area of Borno State, have been placed on red alert following heavy...
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, secured the conviction and sentence of one Isiyaku Ibrahim...
Gamboru market in the Customs area in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital has been gutted by fire for the third time on Wednesday. Earlier, on March...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. INEC declares Tinubu winner of Nigeria’s presidential election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
Something that has become abundantly clear to me following the about seven years that I covered the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s north-east, is that nothing...
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC, has arraigned two men; Goni Muhammad and Seidu Seriki Haman before Justice Kumaliya of...
About five persons have been confirmed dead and many injured after multiple explosions suspected to have emanated from the Boko Haram insurgents rocked Maiduguri, the Borno...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday confirmed the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) attack on Maiduguri, Borno State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen....
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai of the Nigerian Army, have arrested a suspected terrorist known as Wida Kachalla, who is said to be the “errand boy”...
Claim: A viral video showing a massive crowd of people welcoming President Muhammadu Buhari was during his visit to Maiduguri on June 17, 2021 Source: The...
The Borno State government has shut down the Mohammed Goni Islamic and Legal Studies (MOGOLIS) Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri. The state’s Commissioner for...
The Nigerian Army has released a statement claiming that troops of the ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ killed nine Boko Haram insurgents who attempted to carry out terror...
Boko Haram insurgents are reportedly setting houses on fire in Maiduguri, Borno State, as troops of the ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ battle to push them out of...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has stated that insurgents have again vandalised two towers on the Damaturu – Maidugiri 330KiloVolt (KV)Transmission Line. TCN’s General Manager,...
Dean, Borno Elders Forum, Professor Khalifa Dikwa has said that aside Maiduguri no other part of Borno State is safe from Boko Haram attack. Dikwa, a...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed when four new molecular diagnostic laboratories for testing the COVID-19 in Kano, Kaduna, Jos and Maiduguri will...
Despite the outbreak of the pandemic viral infection in Nigeria, Borno state government says work will continue at the construction site to erect a N4 billion...
Lawmakers from South-East, both at the Senate and the House of Representatives, have decried alleged non-inclusion of the region among those to benefit from the $22.7...
Over 25 passengers were killed en route to Maiduguri in an atttack by suspected members of Boko Haram terrorist group on Sunday night. The passengers were...
Few hours after the murder of chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Adamawa chapter, a student of the University of Maiduguri, Daciya Dalep has...
The United Nations said on Friday that at least 1.2 million civilians are trapped in two local government areas controlled by Boko Haram. The civilians, according...
The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, insisted on Tuesday that the security agencies, monarchs and some members of the public in the North-East know the...
The GSM Market in Maiduguri, Borno State was razed by a fire late on Thursday night. However, the source of the fire has not been ascertained...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday urged the residents of Maiduguri and environs to disregard reports that some Boko Haram members were planning to attack the town....
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said it had arrested four vehicles that were on their way to supply logistics to Boko Haram terrorists. The Theater Commander,...
Nigerian Army on Wednesday said troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, foiled a plan by terrorists to plant Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in massive potholes dug on...
One Ali Kawu was, on Monday, arraigned before the Borno State High Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Maiduguri zonal office, over an...
In what appears like a volt face, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday, denied accusing commanders and soldiers of lack of commitment...
Amnesty International, AI, has said that the proper administration of justice holds the key to ending the protracted Boko Haram insurgency ravaging the Northest geopolitical zone....
No less than 11 persons were killed at the weekend following a twin bomb blast carried out by two teenage girls, said to be Boko Haram...
Five farmers were killed on Wednesday after their vehicle hit a landmine near the city of Maiduguri. Residents and militia disclosed that a truck transporting farmers...
The Kano State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a 50-year old man for allegedly smuggling 77...
There was chaos in Kukawa and Guzamala local government areas of Borno State as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) took to the streets to protest lack of...
Some residents of Baga, who fled from Boko Haram attacks to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Monday, narrated their ordeals to The PUNCH. The residents,...
Boko Haram insurgents have stepped up their campaign on Borno State with an attack on two villages Saturday night. The attack on Mairari and Femari communities...
Six Nigerian soldiers have been injured in a clash with Boko Haram insurgents on Friday in the Arege area of Borno State, the Nigerian Army has...
The Nigerian Army has said its troops on Sunday neutralized an attack by armed Boko Haram terrorists on the Maiduguri Bama road in Borno State, North...
A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Mr. Akin Oshuntokun has hit back at the Special Adviser to the President on Media...
Jimoh Moshood, public relations officer of the Nigeria Police, has blamed the strike action by men of the force in Borno State on the delay in...
Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), was said to have been summoned by the presidency on Monday following protest by some policemen in Maiduguri, the Borno...
The streets of the Borno State capital of Maiduguri, was taken over by protesting mobile policemen this morning who were demonstrating over their six months unpaid...
Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital is currently under attack by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect. The attackers came through Damboa Road,...
The Nigeria military Monday said at least 15 persons including a soldier, were killed and about 83 others seriously injured on Sunday night which saw soldiers...
The 105 girls released by Boko Haram have been flown from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to Abuja. They were airlifted from the Maiduguri Air Force...
The Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Lawal Daura, has given more details of what it cost the Nigerian government to secure the release...
Despite continuing attacks by the dreaded terror group, Boko Haram, the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, Sunday said the insurgents had been defeated and the...
