Tag: Borno
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...
7 health workers test positive for coronavirus in Borno
Secretary, Borno High Powered Response Team on COVID-19, Salihu Kwaya-Bura, has said that seven health workers tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the...
Abba Kyari’s family, Borno governor hold post-funeral prayers in Maiduguri
The family of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, has held the post-funeral prayers for him in Maiduguri, Borno State...
Aid worker dies of coronavirus in Borno
An aid worker in an international humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Border, has died of coronavirus (COVID-19).
This was...
Top Boko Haram commander, Abu Usamah, ‘killed’ in Borno
A top commander of Boko Haram, Abu Usamah, has been killed by troops in Gorgi, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, the military...
Boko Haram burns 30 passengers to death, abducts others in Borno
At least 30 people were killed in Borno State after suspected Boko Haram terrorists set ablaze several trucks carrying passengers, according to multiple eyewitness...
ISWAP releases five kidnapped aid workers in Borno
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has released
five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State.
The aid workers were seized along with...
Buhari, United Nations condemn killing of aid workers in Borno
President Muhammadu Buhari and the United Nations
(UN) have condemned the execution of four aid workers by the Islamic State West
Africa Province (ISWAP) in Borno...
DJ Cuppy auctions artwork detailing first trip to Borno
Celebrity disk jockey, DJ Cuppy, says she is auctioning a handmade artwork that tells the story of her first trip to Borno State.
In a...