Tag Archives: Borno

Farmers and other residents of Damboa in Borno State have started paying Zakat (taxes) to the dreaded members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) reports Daily Trust 

Mai Kanuribe of Lagos, Alhaji Mustapha Muhammadu, and other two persons died in a ghastly road accident involving their vehicle which accompanied the convoy of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State, according to a report by  Vanguard

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents are currently on rampage in three communities of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State, reports Daily Trust.

Boko Haram jihadists killed at least 11 people, burnt a church and seized a priest on Christmas Eve in Borno, local sources told AFP Friday.

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has visited Jakana, one of the major towns along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, during which he expressed serious anger over incessant attacks on travelers and villagers by Boko Haram.

Amidst renewed calls by North East Governors on the Federal Government to engage foreign mercenaries in routing Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa forest and other insurgents’ enclaves, the foreign military contractors earlier engaged by Nigeria have vowed never to return.

The Police Command in Cross River State has confirmed the killing of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Egbe Edum, by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday in Calabar.

Yet to be identified gunmen have kidnapped twelve assistant-superintendents of police (ASPs). They were said to be abducted on their way to Zamfara from Borno state.

Militants linked to the Islamic State group (IS) have used a donkey strapped with explosives to ambush the convoy of the governor of Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno state.

The death toll from a jihadist attack on the convoy of the regional governor in northeast Nigeria has risen to 30, security sources said Saturday.