The Borno state high court has sentenced Zanna Dalhatu, a lawyer, to 18 months in prison for demanding a N7million bribe.Delivering the ruling on Monday, Umaru Fadawu, the presiding judge, did not give an option of fine.The Maiduguri zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Dalhatu, a prosecuting counsel with the federal ministry of justice, on [...]
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Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, is currently chairing a retreat for commissioners, special advisers and other top government officials in Damask, an area reclaimed from the Boko Haram insurgents.Damasak located near Lake Chad that is less than 10 kilometres away from Diffa in Niger Republic.It was captured by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014 but recovered in 2016.Declaring the retreat [...]
Ali Ndume, chairman, senate committee on army, says the Boko Haram sect has killed 847 Nigerian soldiers from 2013 till date.He said the deceased officers were buried in the military cemetery located in Maiduguri, Borno capital.Ndume said the figure did not include soldiers killed by the insurgents but buried in other military cemeteries.The lawmaker addressed reporters after his committee returned [...]
Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect, has asked the people of Borno state to repent and seek the face of God.In an audio he released on Sunday, the sect leader said there were a lot infidels among the people of the state which has come under serious attacks in the last decade.He also tackled Babagana Zulum, governor of [...]
The spiritual warfare against Boko Haram has officially commenced in Borno state.Babagana Zulum, the governor, has secretly recruited 1,000 traditional hunters from different parts of the north-east and north-west.They are believed to possess supernatural powers to resist gun shots and also disappear and appear -- like Japanese ninjas.Zulum, a professor of engineering, has become apprehensive over the resurgence of Boko Haram in [...]
The Nigerian air force (NAF) says it destroyed a major Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) logistics base and training camp at Kusuma on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno.Ibikunle Daramola, NAF director of public relations and information, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.Daramola said the operation was executed on Wednesday by the air task-force of Operation [...]
The Nigerian army has shut down the offices of Mercy Corps, an international non-governmental organisation that operates in Borno and Yobe.This is coming five days after the army shut down the office of Action Against Hunger (AAH) in Damaturu, Yobe state capital, over allegations of providing aid to Boko Haram.“Mercy Corps is suspending operations in Borno and Yobe States, Nigeria, following [...]
Ahmadu Jaha, a member of the house of representatives from Borno state, says Boko Haram is occupying eight out of the 10 local government areas in the northern part of the state.The lawmaker, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and represents Damboa/Gwoza/Chibok federal constituency, said this during the plenary session of the house on Tuesday.Jaha, who [...]
The Nigerian army has sacked three soldiers for alleged kidnapping in Borno state.Olusegun Adeniyi, the theatre commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, made this known while handing over the dismissed soldiers to the police in Maiduguri, the state capital, on Sunday.He said the soldiers were arrested with 22 other suspects by a joint patrol team at a building on the outskirts [...]
Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission is working on fishing out those who use the National Social Investment Programmes in Borno and Yobe states for fraudulent activities.Magu spoke during a Hausa programme on Peace FM, a Maiduguri-based radio station.The N-SIP is coordinated by Maryam Uwais, special adviser to the president on social [...]
Residents of Yimirmigza village in Kautikari ward, Chibok local government area of Borno, took to their heels after suspected Boko Haram insurgents laid siege on their village.A Chibok resident told TheCable on Saturday that they started hearing strange gunshots around 6pm.The villager said they fled when they noticed that the gunshots were not the routine military gunshots."They came in this [...]
Residents of Borno say they have lost confidence in the military over the lingering Boko Haram crisis. In an open letter signed by Hassan Boguma, a traditional ruler, the residents accused the military of not doing enough, saying Boko Haram now attacks without any countermeasure. The letter comes after Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, blamed the military over recent attacks on Gubio and [...]
The Boko Haram sect burnt at least 73 houses and 28 shops in Borno within the last seven days, according to the state government.In his remark, Zulum assured residents and community leaders affected by the attack of immediate reconstruction of houses destroyed.He said the destroyed properties will be replaced by modern houses.The governor said he received assurances from President Muhammadu [...]
The Nigerian army says it repelled attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on communities in Gubio and Magumeri in Borno state.The insurgents had invaded Gubio around 5pm on Wednesday, setting ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other buildings.Ado Isa, a deputy director of army public relations at the 7 division, in a statement on Thursday [...]
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, has given out some parts of Sambisa forest, a stronghold of the Boko Haram insurgents, for the Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) programme.Zulum disclosed this on Monday when Garbai el-Kanemi, shehu of Borno, paid him Sallah homage at the government house in Maiduguri.The governor said forest areas mapped out for the programme cover Konduga, Bama, [...]
Kyari Ibn El-Kanemi, shehu of Bama, says residents of Bama community in Borno state, celebrated Sallah for the first time in five years as a result of the defeat of Boko Haram insurgents in the area.He expressed joy after his people marked this year's Eid-el-Kabir celebration in his domain, on Monday."Today we are celebrating Sallah in Bama which we were [...]
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