Victims of last Wednesday's Boko Haram attack in Ali Dawari village in the Jere area of Maiduguri, Borno state capital, have accused the Nigeria army of burning their village and looting their property.On June 7, Boko Haram insurgents invaded Maiduguri through Alidawari, killing two persons and injuring many residents, including minors.However, four village heads - Bulama Umar, Muhammad Malam, Goni [...]
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Kashim Shettima, Borno governor, has said the state will be massively developed within the next six months to one year.The Boko Haram insurgency of the past eight years has hindered development in the state.Speaking on Tuesday at the Summit for the Security and Development of Northern Nigeria, the governor said his government will particularly invest in girl-child education, job creation [...]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) says it has arrested the former wife of Mamman Nur, a factional Boko Haram leader in Borno state.Ibrahim Abdullahi, NSCDC commandant in the state, disclosed this while speaking with reporters on Tuesday.He said his men arrested two female suspects in Maiduguri, the state capital, on Friday.Abdullahi said at first they were suspected to [...]
The Borno police command on Wednesday said it arrested 13 suspected criminals who "terrorise" bank customers in the state.Damian Chukwu, commissioner of police, said this at a press conference at the command headquarters in Maiduguri.Chukwu said that some suspected criminals, who specialise in stealing phones and robbing commercial tricycle operators, were arrested at different locations in the state capital on [...]
Kashim Shettima, Borno state governor, has appealed to the international community to come to aid of millions of Nigerians affected by Boko Haram, saying they could cause more refugee crisis for the world.Shettima said this while addressing international donor countries and agencies at the ongoing humanitarian donor conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad in Oslo, the capital of Norway.He [...]
Kashim Shettima, Borno state governor, says anyone with links to Boko Haram must face justice.Shettima said this in a state broadcast on Friday.My dear brothers and sisters, the people of Borno State."In recent days and weeks, we have come under renewed attacks which horribly remind us, that our security challenges are still longing," he said."It is regrettable that this upsurge [...]
Kashim Shettima, Borno state governor, says anyone with links to Boko Haram must face justice.Shettima said this in a state broadcast on Friday.He said he had told security agencies not to spare even his children if they were found to have links to the insurgents.“I know that majority of you, the good people of Borno state; have remained sincerely committed [...]
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says consistent reports from residents and community leaders of Rann in Borno state, shows that 170 people may have died in the accidental bombing by the Nigerian air force.On Tuesday, an air force plane circled the community twice and dropped two bombs in the middle of Rann, which hosts thousands of internally displaced persons (IDP).“Outside of [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the accidental bombing of humanitarian workers and civilians in Borno state as "a regrettable operational mistake".He expressed regret at the tragedy, saying the federal government would lend a hand to the Borno state government in attending to it.Lucky Irabor, theatre commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, had disclosed the incident to journalists in Borno state on [...]
Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram group, has taken responsibility for the bomb blasts that occurred at the University of Maiduguri, Borno state, on Monday.On Monday, suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked a mosque and another location within the university.The blasts killed four people and injured 17 others, as of first count.In a audio recording published on YouTube, Shekau said [...]
One of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls has been found at an undisclosed location in Borno state, TheCable has learnt.Sani Usman, a brigadier general and acting director army public relations, confirmed this to TheCable on Thursday."Quote me, another Chibok girl has been found. That's all I can say now. I will send details later," he simply said.Usman subsequently issued a statement confirming the [...]
In October 2016, the senate began probing the alleged diversion of funds and relief materials meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno state. After disguising as a relief-aid donor — for eight straight days in November — in order to penetrate an IDP camp and the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), ‘Fisayo Soyombo, editor of TheCable, presents a [...]
Crude oil has been discovered in vast quantities in Borno state, according to Jamila Shua'ra, permanent secretary, ministry of petroleum resources.Shua'ra made the disclosure on Thursday at the presentation of the 2016 petroleum sector scorecard in Abuja.She listed the discovery of crude oil in Borno as one of the achievements of the ministry in 2016.“Our doggedness culminated in the discovery of oil in [...]
There was tension in Makalama, a village just 15 kilometres from Chibok in Borno state, during an attack by Boko Haram insurgents.Hassan Usman, a resident of the village, disclosed this to TheCable, saying it happened on Saturday.Usman said but for the intervention of the military, the entire village would have been burnt down."The attack happened two days ago, the road [...]
One Abba Kyari you already know, but this one you surely don't!It is dusk on May 14, 2016. And it is the eve of my departure from Borno state, after more than a week of unearthing some untold stories about Nigeria's war against insurgency and the abominable treatment of the soldiers prosecuting it.My guide and I run into a man who [...]
The Nigeria army on Sunday night said some Boko Haram insurgents killed five of its soldiers in an ambush in Borno state.Sani Usman, army spokesman, disclosed this in a statement.He also said three members of a local vigilante were killed in the attack, while 19 soldiers were wounded.Usman said the troops were attacked after clearance operations at the hideouts of [...]
