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 [...]
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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 [...]
The Nigerian army says an insurgent who sought to attack an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri, Borno, has been killed by an army sniper. In a statement released on Sunday, Sani Kukasheka Usman, acting director army public relations, said the "vigilant" sniper shot the male suicide bomber as he made his way to the fence of the IDP camp. "At [...]
The Borno state government has employed 1, 000 women among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as street vanguards to boost sanitation in the state capital. Nasiru Surundi, the sole coordinator of the Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA), stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. Surundi said the IDPs, who were selected based on their [...]
Lalai Nkeki, father of Kauna, one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, has been killed by Boko Haram. Hosea Tsambido, chairman of the Chibok community in Abuja, told TheCable that Nkeki was killed at Kubumbalah, a village near Chibok, on Monday, when insurgents attacked some villages in Borno state, killing at least eight people and hoisting their flag. The Nigeria army, though, countered [...]
Bodies of Nigerian soldiers killed on April 18 in a Boko Haram ambush in Gubio, Borno state, are yet to be retrieved, a soldier on the war front has told TheCable. The soldier said Gubio, a local government, is the "nemesis" of Nigerian troops as the insurgents are still fully in control, despite the successes recorded since President Muhammadu Buhari came to power. He said only 15 bodies [...]
The Borno state government says 450 have people died of diseases and malnutrition across the internally-displaced-persons' (IDPs) Camps in the state. According to PRNigeria, Haruna Mshelia, Borno state commissioner of health, disclosed this at press briefing to correct a report that 450 children had died of malnutrition. Mshelia said:"Contrary to media report, statistics shows that, a total of 54,000 children under the [...]
The Nigerian military has arrested two Boko Haram suspects, Audu Umar and Hassan Umar, who "sneaked into the midst of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)" conveyed from Pulka to Gwoza Camp in Borno state. According to PRNigeria, the suspects are currently undergoing interrogation by the military and intelligence operatives. Meanwhile the military is yet to confirm reports of an arrest of a Boko [...]
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