About 285,000 children orphaned by the Boko Haram insurgency and children of the vulnerable have been taught basic literacy and numeracy under UNICEF’s Teaching at the Right Level initiative in Borno State over the last three years. The initiative was funded by the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office of the British government. UNICEF said the project, which is currently in its …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State has won all the 27 chairmanship and 312 councillor positions in Saturday’s council polls in the state. This is even as the newly elected chairmen and councillors of Konduga, Jere and other local government areas have lauded what they described as the “open-door, grassroots politics” of the APC Deputy National Chairman …

One of the existing most notorious Boko Haram commanders, Abu Asad has been killed at the Mandara Hills axis of Borno State. According to reports, Abu Asad was killed with scores of his combatants at Tungushe in an air raid by the air component of Operation Hadin Kai Theatre Command between midnight of Saturday and early morning of Sunday, 25 …

Amidst reported threats by terrorists to attack Monguno in northern Borno State, Governor Babagana Zulum, has announced the closure of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the Government Senior Science Secondary School, Monguno. The closure of the Monguno camp brings to about 13 IDP camps that the state government has closed since 2018. The Monguno IDPs camp, about 120 …

The air component of the joint military task force, “Operation Hadin Kai’’ knocked out several terrorists in the Ajigin and Banki Junction areas of Borno in two major air strikes on 8 November and 11 November. Director of Public Relations and Information at the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the interdictions were …

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked Zabarmari rice farmers in the Mafa local government area of Borno State and killed over 15 of them. A rice farmer, who confirmed the incident yesterday to LEADERSHIP in Maiduguri, Awali Casa, said there was fear among the rest of the farmers as they were still searching for the bodies of their members killed …

The Borno State Government has banned street begging and loitering in Maiduguri city and environs. This is contained in a public notice issued by the Borno State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prof. Usman Tar, on Sunday in Maiduguri. Tar said street begging and aimless loitering were not part of the culture of the Borno people. “In Borno State, street …

United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) under its Rapid Response Mechanism in collaboration with UN Central Emergency Response Fund and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) have embarked on the treatment of 14,000 malnourished children in Government Girls Arabic Secondary School (GGASS) in Mafa local government area of Borno State. The GGASS has a unique population of people …

Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital have commended the member representing Jere federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon Ahmed Satomi for selling 100,000 litres of fuel at the rate of N430 per litre as against N637 per litre in Maiduguri. The residents made the commendation yesterday during the dispensing of 100,000 litres of fuel by the lawmaker …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on Tuesday, sealed the premises of Stockmatch Investments Limited in Maiduguri, Borno State, over allegations on illegal investment activities. In a statement, SEC said the move was part of its commitment to ensure that unregistered entities were not allowed to carry out capital market functions According to the commission, the office of the company …