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Zulum rewards soldiers’ gallantry with Christmas package
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Tuesday, a day after he tongue lashed the military for the inability to secure Maiduguri, the state capital beyond 20 kilometers, gave gifts to soldiers for…
Military, incapable of defeating Boko Haram, Zulum laments
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has said the military has dimmed the hope of their ability to defeat Boko Haram as they have continued to show they cannot secure 20 kilometers away from Maiduguri, the state capital.…
NEMA, FRSC launch Operation Eagle Eye to avert road carnage in Borno
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have launched Operation Eagle Eye to combat road carnage during Christmas and new year festivities in Borno State.…
Katsina Abduction: Garba Shehu tells #BringBackOurBoys Campaigners to Refund Monies Collected
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has urged the #BringBackOurBoys campaigners to refund monies collected for the movement.
He lamented that it was shameful that “merchants of fortune”…
Army, Police give conflicting figures of rescued Islamiyya students
The Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Police Force have given conflicting figures on the number of rescued students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, Mahuta village, Dandume LGA of Katsina State.
The rescue was said to have taken place on…
EU applauds Buhari on release of abducted Katsina Students
The European Union Human Rights Forum (EUHRF) has commended President Mohammadu Buhari for the release and safe return of the 344 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State.
The European…
Afenifere says Kankara schoolboys’ abduction, rescue is scam
Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Friday stated that the recent abduction and rescue of the Kankara school boys in Katsina State was a scam.
Over 300 school boys were abducted by suspected bandits said to…
Katsina Abduction: We are not willing to return to school — schoolboys
Schoolboys abducted at the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, have lamented the sufferings they went through in their kidnappers’ den.
Hundreds of the schoolboys were kidnapped by suspected bandits on…
Buhari meets rescued Katsina Schoolboys
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State.
Hundreds of the schoolboys were kidnapped by suspected bandits on Friday, December 11.
They were…
Eight killed as Suspected Gunmen attack Zamfara Emir’s convoy
No fewer than eight persons were feared killed and several others injured when suspected gunmen attacked the convoy of the Emir of Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Sanusi Muhammad.
The accident, according to an eyewitness…