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Buhari gives Borno youths plaudits for not looting

Buhari Gives Borno Youths Plaudits For Not Looting

October 29, 2020 9:16 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the youths in Borno State, for their decorum in the wake of looting and destruction of property occasioned by the #EndSARS protest.

Alhaji Baba-Shehuri, the Minister of State for Agriculture said the President made the commendation in a goodwill message to a Peace Stakeholders Forum on Wednesday in Maiduguri.

According to Baba-Shehuri, Buhari said the youths in Borno State demonstrated high sense of decorum and maturity by not participating in the wanton looting and destruction of public and private property in the name of protest.

He said the president also lauded Gov. Babagana Zulum and …

Buhari gives Borno youths plaudits for not looting

Attack On Governor Zulum A Sabotage – Buhari

September 27, 2020 4:49 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the ambush on the entourage of Umar Babagana Zulum, the Governor of Borno State as an orchestrated sabotage against the long planned return of displaced persons to their local communities.

Africa Daily News, New York reported earlier that the attack led to the death of security men and some operatives of Civilian-JTF.

This was the second attack on the Governor’s convoy by the Islamic terrorist group.

In a statement signed by Garba Shehu, the President’s Spokesman and made available to Africa Daily News, New York on Saturday, Buhari said the attack ‘was an orchestrated sabotage …

700 Ex-military Officers Amputated, Dismissed Over Boko Haram

Boko Haram: Terrorists Asked To Release Bodies Of 5 Aid Workers

July 25, 2020 8:35 am

The international NGO community in Nigeria has demanded for the release of the remains of the five aid workers executed by terrorists in Borno State to their families and calls for the unconditional and immediate release of other two aid workers whose whereabouts remain unknown.

A statement by Moshood Raimi, Senior Information Management Officer, Nigeria INGO Forum and made available to DAILY POST on Friday, said, since the beginning of 2019, eight aid workers were executed following their abduction, while the whereabouts of two others remain unknown.

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Governor Zulum Extols Igbo Spare-Part Traders, Promises Financial Support

Governor Zulum Extols Igbo Spare-Part Traders, Promises Support

July 22, 2020 1:16 pm

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum extolled automobile spare-parts’ traders, mostly Igbos, for their courage in not running away from Borno State and remaining in business despite the boko haram challenges since 2009.

The Governor gave the commendation on Tuesday, when he visited ‘Bola’, Maiduguri’s most popular market for automobile parts.

Zulum had recently constructed roads in the market to end difficulties faced by the traders and their customers.

The Governor, trekked for 30 minutes through the market, assured the Igbo traders that his administration would soon come up with a package to boost their business in the state.

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Boko Haram Attack Adamawa Community, Kill 5 People

Boko Haram: 5-Yr-Old Killed In Damasak As Troops Repel Insurgents

July 3, 2020 3:56 am

Troops in Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State on Thursday repelled attacks by Boko Haram militants who stormed the area at about 2:30 pm.

The battle which lasted for over two hours left a five-year-old, who was hit by stray bullet dead, while a young also hit by a bullet is currently receiving treatment at the hospital in Mobbar.

Some NGO officials who spoke with DAILY POST on phone said they were supposed to have traveled to Maiduguri by air but had to postpone due to the incident as the chopper which was supposed to carry them had

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Gun Duel In Borno: 20 Boko Haram Terrorists Terminated

Boko Haram: Local Hospitals Overwhelmed With Monguno Attack

June 14, 2020 9:25 am

Residents and NGO staff in Monguno local government area of Borno State, in the northeast Nigeria, on Sunday said the attack on the town by Boko Haram would have been deadlier than that of Faduma village in Gubio.

They said the situation was saved by the prompt action taken by the Nigerian military with the swift strike by a fighter helicopter.

According to the residents, the insurgents burnt down the UN humanitarian hub to the ground and were targeting other NGO infrastructure.

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They also said, the fighters

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B-Haram Preached To Us Before Massacring 80 - Borno Survivor

B-Haram Preached To Us Before Massacring 80 – Borno Survivor

June 11, 2020 9:37 am

One of the persons who witnessed the attack on Faduma Kolomdi village in Gubio local government area of Borno state on Tuesday has narrated how the insurgents deceived villagers before they struck.

Africa Daily News had reported how over 70 people were killed in the attack.

The survivor, who spoke when Babagana Zulum, governor of the state, visited the village on Wednesday, said 81 residents were killed, 13 persons injured and seven others, including village head, were abducted.

“The insurgents in gun trucks and armored tanks, came around 10am. They operated for about six hours and left around 4pm,”

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Boko Haram Are Kidnapping Doctors To Work For Them

Boko Haram Are Kidnapping Doctors To Work For Them

March 12, 2020 6:15 am
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Dambao/Gwoza/Chibok federal constituency of Borno State has revealed that Boko Haram group are kidnapping Doctors, ex-military, and bright students, not for ransom but forcing them to work for the insurgents.

The lawmaker on Wednesday during the debate on a bill to prohibit discrimination against victims of insurgents and militants revealed that four doctors are currently with Boko Haram who are perhaps compelled to work for the group.

He revealed that Boko Haramm have started kidnapping ex-military men who can operate guns and young sharia scholars for interpretation work.

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Suspected Boko Haram Attacks Dapchi Town, Burns Houses

March 5, 2020 5:43 am

Report coming from Dapchi, the headquarters of Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State revealed that Boko Haram attacked the town on Wednesday evening. According to Channels Television, the suspected Boko Haram members attacked the town which is 100 kilometers from Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.

Report from locals revealed that the attackers came to the town where Leah Sharibu and about 100 students of Government Girls Science Technical College were abducted in February 2018, through neighboring Jumbam village Channels Television has reported.

Some suspected Boko Haram members have attacked Dapchi town, the headquarters of Bursari Local Government Area of …

Zulum Visits Remote Kala-Balge, Shares ₦100m

February 20, 2020 4:22 am

Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, spent the most part of Tuesday in Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge, Local Government Area, remotely located around a Nigerian border abutting Cameroon and Chad.

Governor Zulum flew from Maiduguri to Kala-Balge aboard a helicopter because it is impossible to access the LGA by road due to massive waterlog caused by discharge from a dam in Cameroonian territory in July 2019.

The Governor, who returned at night, supervised the distribution of N100m in cash to the residents in Rann, whose only option is to trek about 10 kilometres to border communities in order to …

Presidency Opens Up On Booing Of Buhari In Maiduguri

February 13, 2020 9:03 am

Nigeria’s presidency has opened up on the booing of President Muhammadu Buhari by residents of Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday.

Buhari was in Maiduguri on Wednesday to sympathise with the people and government of Borno after Boko Haram terrorists killed 30 people at Auno village.

Residents of Maiduguri lined up the streets to boo the president as his convoy drove past.

But the presidency has accused opposition politicians of sponsoring thugs to carry out the dastard act to score cheap political gain.

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity told the BBC Hausa service on …

Students

Boko Haram: Nigerian Army Rescues 3 Students In Borno

February 11, 2020 12:01 am

The Nigerian Army on Monday rescued three students of Federal Government Girls College, Maiduguri from the insurgents in Borno State.

Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), disclosed this while presenting the rescued victims to their families in Maiduguri.

The commander said that the students, including two females, were abducted alongside one male student on Maiduguri-Gubio Road on Sunday.

The rescued students were identified as Wommi Laja, Ammo Laja and Kingi Laja,

The commander added that the students were rescued after a gun duel between the insurgents and Lt. Col. Idris Yusuf, Commander of the 158

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