…been undergoing military-style weapons training inside a thick forest along the Adamawa-Borno axis. To test the credibility of his account, he was reportedly handed a rifle and asked to dismantle and reassemble it. He did so with a level of confidence and precision that would surprise many adults. This scenario is of c…

…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…

…Mr Okor Odey. Odey quoted the Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner (RACC) for Borno and Yobe States, Mr Linus Gubbi, as given the charge in Maiduguri, while speaking at a sensitisation lecture and interactive session, held at the Customs Command Headquarters in Maiduguri. Gubbi said that the charge formed part of the…

…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…

…factions have been associated primarily with Nigeria's North-East. States such as Borno, Yobe and Adamawa became synonymous with insurgency, military offensives and humanitarian crises. The Oyo school abduction has challenged that assumption. Security sources involved in the rescue mission have identified the kidnapper…

…No sacrifice is too big to make for the sake of the kidnapped children of Oriire and Borno, so one cannot condemn the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), which declared a strike until the kidnapped victims are back, but the government must take action so that the schools will not be closed for too long. We have to note t…

…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…

…to tackle the growing insecurity threatening schools. He cited recent incidents in Borno, Oyo, and Kogi states, including the killing of two teachers during the conduct of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations, as evidence of the urgent need for enhanced security around educational institutions. Con…

…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…

…held in the bush by their abductors. Same day, another set of students were abducted in Borno and they are also still in captivity. The story is the same all over the country. From Katsina to Zamfara, Borno, Niger, Kogi, Benue, Plateau, Kwara, Oyo, terrorists attacked communities, kidnapping residents many of whom died…

…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…

…fans after his side booked a place in the 2026 President Federation Cup final. The Borno Army edged out Wikki Tourists 3-1 in the semi-final at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, Katsina on Wednesday. Musa insisted that that the home crowd played a key role in his side’s victory. “We played as if we were in Maiduguri,” Musa…