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Insurgency: Borno Lawmakers Honour Ex-SARS Chief

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The Borno State House of Assembly, has honoured CSP Ibrahim Mohammedfor fighting insurgency, kidnapping and armed banditry that claimed many lives and property. The over a decade long Boko Haram terrorism, has also claimed 36,000lives with property worth about N3.42 trillion in Borno, Adamawa andYobe states. Presenting the award at plenary session Thursday in Maiduguri, Continue Reading
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Low Output: Zulum Directs Upgrade at 5 Borno Factories, Targets 9

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Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday directed the immediate upgrade of 5 factories currently operating at low production output. The factories are the Neital shoes which processes animal skin to leather, and finished shoes, and four factories located at an industrial hub established along Maiduguri-Damaturu by then governor Kashim Shettima, in which 16-chain of Continue Reading
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Boko Haram: How SARS Helps Borno People- Civil Society Group

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The Borno state Network for Civil Society Organisation (NCSO); has kicked against the ‘disbandment’ of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The positive roles of SARS in the state and Northeast, has reduced Boko Haram insurgency in protecting people’s lives and property in the last decade. While protesting the disbandment in a peaceful march Tuesday in […]Continue Reading
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Borno Sets to Re-Open Schools With COVID-19 Preventive Measures, Others

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The Borno State Government is set to reopen 84 secondary schools withcoronavirus (COVID-19) preventive measures among students andteachers. While announcing re-opening of schools Monday in Maiduguri; the StateCommissioner of Education, Bello Ayuba disclosed that; “We’ve takenvery strong preventive measures with regard to spread of COVID-19 inschools to be reopened on Continue Reading
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Zulum Reads Riot Act to Principals over Borno Schools Reopening, others

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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state, has begged principals unfoldchallenges of coronavirus (COVID-19) to re-open 84 secondary schoolsacross the state. According to him, the 84 principals be ‘honest and tell the truth’ onconditions of re-opening the schools, seven months after closures. While addressing principals Sunday in Maiduguri, the state capital,Zulum disclosed: Continue Reading
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Hunger Hits 600,000 People Over COVID-19 in Northeast

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The new Country Representative for Food and Agricultural Organisation(FAO) of UN, Fred Kafeero has said that 600,000 people have been addedto category of those hungry over coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic inNortheast. The over a decade long Boko Haram insurgency, has claimed 32,000 liveswith property worth $9.2 billion (about N3.42 trillion) in Borno,Adamawa and Yobe Continue Reading
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‘Take war to B’Haram hideouts of Sambisa, Lake Chad region’ says Zulum

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Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has urged Nigerian Armytake the war to Boko Haram hideouts of Sambisa Forest and Lake Chadregion. According to him, troops should not wait for terrorists; to launchattacks on them and civilians in Borno state and Northeast.Zulum spoke on Tuesday, while declaring opening the Chief of ArmyStaff Combined four-day Conference […]Continue Reading
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Zulum Tasks Two Panels on IDPs Return to Borno Communities

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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state, has inaugurated two panels toreturn Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to six border areacommunities with Cameroon. The half a dozen communities; in Gwoza and Marte councils, wereseverally attacked by Boko Haram insurgents in the last decade. READ ALSO: Zulum Disburses 80 Million To IDPs They include Marte, Kirawa, Ngoshe, Continue Reading