The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerns over the state of youngsters’ welfare in the North-East, noting that 72 per cent of pupils, who complete primary school in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, cannot read basic text. Chief of UNICEF Maiduguri Field Office, Joseph Senesie, who disclosed this to reporters, described ...
The deputy governors of Borno and Yobe States, Dr Umar Usman Kadafur and Idi Barde Gubana, respectively, met to discuss the sharing of remaining assets between the two states. The meeting, held at the Government House in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, aimed to finalise the modalities for sharing the previously undiscovered assets, reports...
•Nigerian troops The Senate today asked the military to urgently redeploy personnel and advanced equipment to Borno and Yobe states, following a resurgence of attacks by Boko Haram terrorists in the areas. The resolution followed renewed insurgent attacks in the North-East region, including the killing of over a dozen soldiers in Marte town of...
Dozens of members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and vigilantes have died between January 2024 and April 2025 while defending their communities against the outlawed Boko Haram group in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. The terrorists killed Civilian JTF operatives through ambush and by locating their residence in the three states, repor...
•Terrorists Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked the newly resettled Yamtake community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, killing two soldiers and an undisclosed number of civilians. Security and local sources confirmed the attack, saying the assailants invaded the communities around 11:15pm yesterday, reports Daily Trust....
•Terrorists Boko Haram terrorists have taken over three communities in Borno State, according to Senator Ali Ndume. The Borno South lawmaker said this when he was featured on Channels Television last night. According to him, there are no civil authorities in those areas, which he said are being governed by the terrorists. “Yes, three,” he [&he...
•Nigerian soldiers A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amachree, says the troops deployed to enforce emergency rule in oil-rich Rivers State should be moved to fight bloodthirsty non-state actors in insurgent-ridden Borno State in North-East Nigeria. “There is no serious problem going on in Rivers Stat...
•Governor Zulum and terrorists Governor Babagana Zulum has broken his silence, insisting that the renewed Boko Haram attacks and kidnappings in many communities almost on a daily basis without confrontation signalled that Borno State is losing ground. The governor stated this today at a Special Expanded Security Meeting (ESM) attended by the G...
•Terrorists Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have abducted the Dean, Faculty of Engineering of the Nigerian Army University Biu (NUAB) and other passengers near Kamuya village, along Damaturu -Biu road, Yobe State. Some officials of the university who confirmed the incident to journalists, said they were not in position to speak on the developm...
•Terrorists Unspecified numbers of Nigerian military personnel have been missing in a recent ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in Baga, at the fringes of the Lake Chad. Personnel of the armed forces, who spoke to our correspondent in anonymity, said soldiers were ambushed while trying to recover dead bodies of 40 residents killed by the [&hellip...
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