Maiduguri

Hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who recently fled from Baga took over a major highway in Maiduguri to protest days of hunger. The protesting IDPs took to the Maiduguri-Damaturu road to protest alleged government neglect.…

The Maiduguri bureau chief of Daily Trust newspaper, Uthman Abubakar, who was detained by the Army on Sunday, has been released, the paper confirmed Tuesday. Mr Abubakar was arrested alongside a reporter for the newspaper by armed…

The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Tuesday said it had secured 25 convictions of human traffickers in 2018. Arinze Orakwue, the agency’s Director of Public Enlightenment, told the News Agency of…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday visited wounded soldiers fighting Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. Buhari was in the state to declare open the Chief of Army Staff annual conference in Maiduguri. He met with troops of the…

Boko Haram jihadists have killed four farmers near Maiduguri, in the latest bloodshed in the restive region, witnesses and a local militia leader said on Monday. Dozens of fighters believed to be loyal to Boko Haram factional leader…

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday travel to Borno State amid criticism from the opposition and a large section of Nigerians. Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, said on Twitter that the President had…

A female kidnap suspect, Fatima Muhammed, says she has no regrets kidnapping the four-year-old son of Bukar Dalori, the Borno Chairman of All Progressives Congress. Fatima made this known when she was paraded before newsmen shortly after…

The Federal Government has approved the appointment of Prof Ahmed Ahidjo as the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno. The appointment was announced on Thursday in Abuja in a…

Shehu Sani, a senator representing Kaduna Central, has reacted to the recent protest by some Nigerian soldiers at the Maiduguri airport. Recall that soldiers of the Special Strike Forces deployed to Operation Lafiya Dole on…

A male suicide bomber has killed seven worshipers during morning prayer in a Mosque on Monday in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno. Malam Ali Kolo, the Head of Vigilance Group in the area, disclosed on Monday. Kolo said seven…