Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has thanked the people of Borno State for the solidarity and support given to him in the last seven years, promising not to interfere with the forthcoming All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primaries in…
Governor honours Jamb 2018 ‘king’
Kashim Shettima, the governor of Borno state, on Tuesday, honoured Galadima Isreal, the 2018 highest score JAMB candidate, with a full scholarship to study Electrical Engineering at Covenant University. Israel Galadima from Borno State emerges first in the Joint Admission…
8 killed at Borno mosque suicide attack (Punch)
Eight people were killed at a mosque in northeast Nigeria on Monday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, a civilian militia member and a local resident said. The blast happened in the Mainari area of Konduga, in Borno state,…
Policemen protest as Osinbajo summons IGP (SUN)
Mobile policemen in Maiduguri, Borno State, yesterday, staged a protest over non-payment of their allowances. The protesting policemen barricaded the command’s headquarters located on Maiduguri-Kano Expressway. The protest disrupted traffic on the road. One of protesting policemen, said they were…
Borno APC finally receives Ali Modu Sheriff (SUN)
Ruling party All Progressive Congress (APC) has finally received former Borno State Governor and its leader Sen Ali Modu Sheriff a week after he announced his return to the party after he left nearly four year ago. Sheriff who was…
4 persons killed, 8 wounded in Bama mosque suicide bomb attack (Nation)
No fewer than four persons were killed and eight others wounded in a suicide bomb attack on Sunday at a mosque in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the attack came…
Police to establish Explosives Ordinance Training School in Borno (Guardian)
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, yesterday disclosed that the Police plan to establish an Explosive Ordinance Training School in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to train more personnel to address life-threatening issues relating to explosive ordinance handling…
