Tag: Borno

  • Borno No Longer Safe – Monarch Declares

    By: Ali Musa Biu- Maiduguri Borno State is no longer safe, Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Elkanemi has declared. The Shehu, in response to attack the convoy of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s convoy, spoke on Friday in Maiduguri, when he paid traditional sallah homage on Governor Babagana Umara Zulum at the Government…

  • Again, Nigerian troops hit terrorists’ meeting venue, kill several fighters in Borno

    The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has scored a precise hit on Boko Haram terrorists’ meeting venue and neutralised several terrorists at Mainyakare on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Friday, said the air…

  • Military raid destroys terrorists’ logistics base, kills scores in Borno

    The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed Boko Haram’s logistics base and killed scores of terrorists in an air raid in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, said the successful air interdiction mission was executed on June 25 at…

  • Borno recovers COVID-19 patient who fled isolation centre

    The Borno State Commissioner of health, Salisu Kwaya Bura, has confirmed that Abbas Kaka Hassan, a 24 year-old male, who tested positive for Covid-19 has been traced around 2am in Maiduguri. The patient who was tested at UMTH’s COVID-19 laboratory was declared at large yesterday, after his phones and that of his mother were off.…

  • 7 HEALTH WORKERS TESTED POSITIVE TO CORONAVIRUS IN BORNO

    7 HEALTH WORKERS TESTED POSITIVE TO CORONAVIRUS IN BORNO

    Dr Salihu Kwaya-Bura, Secretary, Borno High Powered Response Team on Convid-19, has said that seven well-being laborers tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Kwaya-Bura, who is additionally the Commissioner for Health, made this known on Friday in Maiduguri while giving a report on the COVID-19 in pandemic in the state. He said…

  • NAF neutralises several insurgents in Borno

    NAF neutralises several insurgents in Borno

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has neutralised dozens of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) at Bula Korege on the fringes of the Sambisa forest in Borno. ALSO READ:ENHA seeks compulsory entrepreneurship studies in secondary schools Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in…

  • NAF destroys ISWAP training camp in Borno

    NAF destroys ISWAP training camp in Borno

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) training camp at Kirta Wulgo on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Northern Borno. READ ALSO: Alleged N32.8bn Pension Fraud: Court grants EFCC leave to amend charge Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known…