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Two suicide bombers have detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) at a wedding venue in Gwoza town, Borno State, killing six wedding guests and injuring many others. According to a survivor, the first bomber was carrying a baby…

The Borno State Governor Professor Babagana Zulum has raised the alarm that the Boko Haram insurgency is threatening to consume the nation if the humanitarian crisis in the North-East is not contained. Professor Zulum says the…

Police in Borno have arrested one Musa Dauda, a repentant Boko Haram member who allegedly killed and buried his ex-wife, Hafsat Musa, at a farm at Muhammed Goni Stadium, Maiduguri. Police spokesman in Borno, ASP Sani Kamilu, stated…

Two additional young ladies snatched from Chibok Region, Borno State, by Boko Haram in April 2014 have been rescued by troops of Activity Hadin Kai Theater Order. Esther Marcus and Hauwa Malta, the two of them 26, were safeguarded by…

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has secured a second term with a landslide victory at the March 18 governorship and state House of Assembly elections. Out of the 649,855 votes cast, Zulum, on the platform of APC, scored…

As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Rally holds today in Maiduguri, Borno State Capital, the PDP says it is certain that its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur…

Thirteen scrap-metal collectors in northeast, Borno state were killed when a bomb they excavated blew up. Sixteen metal scavengers from a displaced persons' camp in Bama found the bomb while digging for scrap yesterday in the bush on…

Aisha Wakil, also known as 'Mama Boko Haram' has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a high court in Borno State over fraud. Maiduguri zonal command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned…

Borno state government has banned non-governmental organisations from distributing food and non-food items to resettled communities in the state. The ban was issued in a letter signed by Babagana Zulum, the governor, and addressed to…

A senior officer and three soldiers have been killed in a fierce encounter with ISWAP terrorists in Borno, the Nigerian Army said on Saturday. ISWAP is an acronym for Islamic State’s West Africa Province, a splinter Boko Haram group.…

Borno state government has announced the commencement of COVID-19 vaccination in 87 sites across the state. The Acting Director, Disease Control in the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Goni Alhaji-Abatcha, made this known…

One of the 111 Chibok schoolgirls remaining with their Boko Haram kidnappers since 2014 has on Saturday turned herself over to the Nigerian military in Gwoza town of Borno State, officials said. A statement from the state government said…

Five children were killed when a disused grenade they were playing with exploded outside Ngala, a Borno community near the border with Cameroon, militiamen told AFP on Friday. Anti-jihadist militiaman, Umar Kachalla said; The five…

Nigerian Army (NA) has dismissed the report of alleged release and handover of over 1009 ex-Boko Haram fighters to Borno State government. Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement on Thursday,…

President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Borno state on Thursday, on a one-day official visit to the Northern state, it has emerged. The state governor, Babagana Zulum, stated this in a special broadcast to the people of the state on…