Tag: Borno
Nigerian Army colonel killed by Boko Haram buried
The remains of the late Nigerian Army Col. Dahiru Bako who was killed in an ambush by Boko Haram fighters in Borno State have...
Soldier kills senior officer over frozen salary account
A soldier serving in 2 Battalion of 21 Special Armoured Brigade in Bama, Borno State, believed to be suffering from depression, shot and killed...
Boko Haram: Borno governor, others crawled to escape – Aide
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum and others who were with him when his convoy was attacked by Boko Haram fighters en route to Baga...
Boko Haram ambushes Borno governor
Boko Haram fighters attacked the convoy of Borno State Governor Prof. Babagana Zulum on Wednesday on Baga highway.
A faction of the Islamist group, Islamic...
Borno governor, Zulum, loses chief of staff
Babagana Wakil, the Chief of Staff to Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has died.
The state government announced this in a statement on Wednesday, although...
Boko Haram abducts three aid workers, soldier in Borno
Suspected Boko Haram fighters have abducted at least three humanitarian workers and a Nigerian soldier in the northern part of Borno State.
The aid workers...
Borno governor suspends entire hospital staff for abandoning patients
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has suspended all paid staff – resident doctors, nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians – at the General Hospital in...
Nigerian soldiers ambush 20 Boko Haram fighters in Borno – Official
No less than 20 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP) fighters have been killed in Baga town in Borno, Defence...
Borno recovers fleeing male coronavirus patient, female still at large
Borno State Government has said that the 24-year-old man who fled after testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) has been returned to the state’s isolation...
87 new coronavirus cases in Nigeria push total to 1,182
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 87 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country.
The agency said on Saturday...