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Reports from Biu local government area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria, on Monday evening, revealed that suspected Boko Haram fighters have attacked three villages, bringing down houses, shops and places of worship. DAILY POST reports that residents of the areas said about 90 residential houses, Read More …
Don Silas The Borno State Government has suspended the lockdown imposed on non-essential movement, following significant progress recorded in the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. Alhaji Umar Kadafur, the Deputy Governor of the state, who doubles as the Chairman of the state’s Read More …
Borno State government has confirmed that sixteen health workers tested positive for Coronavirus. Usman Umar Kadafur, the State’s Deputy Governor and chairman of the response team disclosed this on Saturday during a press briefing in Maiduguri, the State capital. He added that so far, a Read More …
Borno State has lost six persons to COVID-19 in the last two days. The Commissioner of Health, Dr. Salisu Kwaya-Bura said six persons were lost between Tuesday and Wednesday increasing the mortality to nine. He said the number of positive cases as at Wednesday stood Read More …
Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri Three new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Borno, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 15. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Salisu Kwayabura, announced this on Friday. He said, “The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Read More …
Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has ordered the total lockdown of the state from Wednesday. This is coming after the state’s index case of COVID-19 died on Sunday. The PUNCH reports that a nurse with the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) otherwise called Doctors Without Borders died Read More …
The Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai has vowed that he will not leave the theatre of Operation Lafiya Dole until he gave a final blow on the Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast. The Nation reports that General Buratai had earlier Read More …
Two Nigerian soldiers have tested positive for Coronavirus in Monguno, Borno State, SaharaReporters can confirm. The duo, who returned to camp after they were issued administrative passes, have been quarantined at Sector 3 Mission Headquarters for observation since Saturday March 28, 2020. It is unclear Read More …
At least 100 soldiers were killed, others still missing when fighters ambushed the Nigerian troops on “Clearance Operation AYISO TAMONUMA” against Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) positions in the Alagarno area of Borno State on Monday. HumAngle gathered that fighters ambushed the rear section Read More …
By Duku JOEL, Maiduguri An unspecified number of people including security personal have been reported killed by a Boko Haram attack on Damboa Village. A local vigilante source told The Nation , that the insurgents had earlier written to the communities of Damboa of Read More …