Maiduguri

At least three explosions have rocked Maiduguri, Borno State Capital on Thursday ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit. According to ChannelsTV, the explosion occurred in three different locations – Bulumkutu, Ajilari Cross and…

Chairman of Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, says he is more at ease when visiting Maiduguri than Abuja, the nation’s capital. Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, is closer to Nigeria’s insurgency war in the North-East which …

Maiduguri, the Borno capital, and some communities have been thrown into darkness after Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday destroyed another electricity tower supplying power to the city. The attack comes about three days after Yola…

Boko Haram Commander, Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s multiple bombing attacks in Maiduguri state. Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, stated that at least ten persons were killed and several others were…

Several residents of Maiduguri state are feared after multiple sources reported gunshots and explosions near Adamkolo and Gwange areas in the state, it has emerged. According to ChannelsTV, some residents say they also heard multiple…

A soldier in the Nigerian army’s operation Lafiya Dole in Borno state has allegedly killed a nine-year-old boy in Shehuri area of Maiduguri, the state capital. According to TheCable, the soldier was shooting sporadically in celebration…

Borno State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu has said the death toll from Thursday’s attack in Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram has risen to six. Gunmen suspected to be insurgents had on Thursday, fired four mortars in the city…

Borno State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu, has on Thursday confirmed the death of one person with 16 others injured following three explosions in Maiduguri metropolis. Aliyu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the…

L-R: Member of Network of Civil Society Organisations, Ambassador Usman Ibrahim; Senior Staff, Simba TVS, Mr Sajid Saifi; Commissioner for Transportation, Borno State, Honourable Abubakar Tijani; and Chairman, Network of Civil Society…

A University of Maiduguri Mass Communication student, Fatima has been identified as one of the 30 people killed by Boko Haram terrorists in an attack launched in Auno village, Borno on Sunday February 11.  According to reports, Fatima…

On Sunday night, a raging fire at the popular Baga Fish Market in Maiduguri destroyed dozens of shops, fish stock and other property. Malam Muhammad Labo, a trader in the Market, told NAN that the fire, started at about 10.30 p.m.,…

There was pandemonium at the Maiduguri international airport in Borno state last night as angry soldiers shot indiscriminately into the air to protest their deployment from the state capital to another local government. The Cable…

Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has drected the Commissioner of Police In-charge of Police Mobile Force to relocate to Borno State to resolve the non-payment of policemen’s allowances for seven mnths. The mobile…

There is confusion in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as police officers deployed to the state on special duty took to the streets, barricading the highway to protest six months of unpaid allowances. The police officers were said to…

Last night, four suicide bombers struck Mairanti, a village near Maiduguri in Nigeria’s Borno state. According to reports, an explosion was heard at about 10:00 pm when most residents were indoors, but no casualties were recorded…