By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Borno State Government under the leadership of Governor Babagana Zulum has clarified the allegations purportedly circulating in some media platforms (Not Vanguard), that a wooping sum of N4 billion was approved for reconstruction of railway project in Maiduguri metropolis and Jere local g…

…for unlawfully carrying a pistol and other firearms. In March this year, tension rose in Borno State following the circulation of a viral video showing 18 underage children in military-style uniforms celebrating in an isolated forest. At the time, the Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Z…

…a massive 12MW installation at the University of Maiduguri and its Teaching Hospital in Borno State. Building directly upon this momentum, Phase III of the EEP adds another 36.5MW of clean capacity across eight additional university campuses. This ongoing expansion injects 5MW of solar hybrid capacity into the Modibbo…

…economic prosperity in Nigeria. Among dignitaries who at the event were the Governors of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum; Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni; Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, as well as former Governors Usman Sa’idu Nasamu Dakingari and Tanko Al-Makura. Others included the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abu…

…State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorist group during a routine patrol operation in Borno State. This was made known in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region. Makama revealed that the suspect, Umar Isah, 37, was apprehended by troops of the 154 Task Force B…

…tricycles in Numan, Adamawa State In her goodwill message, Dr Nafisa Tijani of the Borno State Investment Promotion Agency, who represented Governor Babagana Zulum at the summit, said Borno State is ready for the scheme, as the state has designed its investment system in such a way that ATRaS and any investor can key i…

…an accidental shooting that left a fellow soldier injured at a military position in Borno State. In a post shared on X by security analyst Zagazola Makama, he cited military sources who disclosed that the incident involved a soldier serving with the Army’s 25 Brigade and occurred at about 6:00 a.m. on June 20 at Sierra…

…of ISWAP terrorists during an operation in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. This was made known in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region. Makama disclosed that the suspects were apprehended following intercepted communication indicating a planned m…

…in captivity after they were abducted by terrorists from their schools in Oyo and Borno states. Of the figure, 45 are from Oyo while 42 are from Borno. Some teachers were also abducted by the terrorists in the Oyo incident. One of them, Michael Oyedokun, a mathematics teacher, was later beheaded by the captors and the…

…cannot do it alone." Despite the horrific abductions in Oyo, Ekiti, Kwara, Kogi, Borno states and in other parts of the country, government activities have proceeded apace and politicians - even in the directly affected and afflicted states - have not slowed down on their partisan political activities, giving the impre…

…half of Nigeria's 3.5 million total internally displaced people remain concentrated in Borno State, highlighting the lingering, heavy impact of more than a decade of insurgency in the northeast. 6. Somalia - 549,000 new displacements Somalia's displacement crisis reflects a dangerous, overlapping intersection of confli…

…funds used for weapons toward infrastructure development. Despite public outcry, Borno State Government on Democracy Day, June 13, 2026 reintegrated another batch of 720 men, 992 spouses, and 2,050 children who had repented and surrendered to the troops, after many of them were deradicalized, disarmed, rehabilitated at…

…ISWAP terrorists on military positions in Buratai, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by the Acting Military Information Officer of OPHK, Captain Mohammed Goni. The statement read, “The Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI has once again demonstrate…