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EXCLUSIVE: Borno, Yobe, Adamawa To Give Lawmakers Over N7billion As Honorarium, Sitting Allowances In 2024

5 months ago823 min

SaharaReporters also found that a total sum of N23billion as budgeted for same items by 17 states.  A budget review of states fiscal estimates for the 2024 fiscal year has shown that over N7billion was budgeted by the Adamawa, Borno and Yobe state governments as honorarium and sitting allowances.SaharaReporters also found that a total sum of N23billion as budgeted for same items by 17 states. The states studied in this report are; Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo,...

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Police defuse grenades, as herdsmen chop off farmer’s hands in Borno
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Police defuse grenades, as herdsmen chop off farmer’s hands in Borno

5 months ago1013 min

The Borno Police Command said it has discovered six projectile grenades allegedly abandoned by terrorists at Ajilari Cross area in Maiduguri. The  Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Yusuf Lawal, who disclosed this on Saturday while providing a situation report to the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri, said the projectiles were discovered on Friday. Lawal said that the personnel of the Explosive Ordnance Device, Base 13, deployed to the scene to assess the...

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Nigerian Army Personnel Shoot Dead Four #EndBadGovernance Protesters In Borno

5 months ago1062 min

The Borno government had earlier imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state in response to hunger protests in the state.  Four residents of Borno State have been killed by soldiers during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Maiduguri, the state capital.   A youth-led nationwide protest against economic hardship had kicked off across the country on Thursday.    SaharaReporters gathered that the protesters were killed by the soldiers in front of Kime petrol station in Bolori area...

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Suicide bomber kills many in Borno market
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Suicide bomber kills many in Borno market

5 months ago1155 min

A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a marketplace in Kauri, a rural community in the Konduga area of Borno State, North East Nigeria. The incident occurred around 9 pm on Wednesday, July 31, at the market area, which operates at night every day and is usually bustling with people, Daily Trust reported. The areas, mainly settlements of roadside communities situated along the Bama-Maiduguri road, have been frequently terrorised by Boko Haram....

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Gunmen kill inspector in Borno police station attack
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Gunmen kill inspector in Borno police station attack

5 months ago1013 min

Some unknown gunmen in the early hours of Sunday, July 28, 2024, killed an Inspector of Police (name undisclosed) during an attack at the Jakaan Police Station, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. “We recorded a foiled attack by unknown gunmen at the police base in Jakana town. The gunmen tried to infiltrate into the police parameters but the efforts of the Police Mobile Force attached to the police station in Jakana were able...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Army Dismisses Six Soldiers For ‘Fleeing During Boko Haram Attack In Borno’ Over Alleged Lack Of Ammunition

5 months ago1023 min

The Nigerian Army has dismissed six soldiers from its service for allegedly fleeing from the scene of a Boko Haram attack, military sources told SaharaReporters.   The soldiers attached to the counterinsurgency operation in the North-East, known as Operation Lafiya Dole were said to have fled from the scene of a Boko Haram attack around Damboa, a community in Borno State during the month.    One of the sources added that over 10 soldiers were...

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BREAKING: Explosive Device Kills 7 Nigerian Soldiers On Mission To Save Borno Community From Boko Haram

5 months ago1284 min

No fewer than seven operatives of the Nigerian Army have been confirmed dead after their vehicle hit an explosive in Mugunu area of Maiduguri in Borno State, SaharaReporters has gathered. On Thursday morning, the vehicle reportedly hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram along the Gamboru Ngala-Maiduguri Road in Borno State. The Army reportedly received a distress call during early on Thursday that Boko Haram terrorists were attacking...

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Soldiers Accuse Army Commander In Borno, Lt Col Ajiya Of Sending Them On ‘Death Errands,’ Refusing To Repair Unit Vehicles

8 months ago875 min

  Some soldiers of the Nigerian Army have decried the activities of the Commanding Officer of 81 Division Task Force Battalion at Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State, Lt Col SJ Ajiya, which have caused several deaths of their colleagues.   Some of the soldiers who spoke to SaharaReporters on the condition of anonymity, stated that since Ajiya became their Commander, they have recorded several unwarranted deaths of soldiers because of his negligence.  ...

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Borno CJTF Brutalises Nigerian Youth With Gun Barrel, Machete, Sticks For Wearing Afro Hairstyle, Forcibly Cuts His Hair And Detains Victim For Refusing To Pay For ‘Service’

9 months ago5067 min

A youth identified as Titus Durkwa David has narrated how he was assaulted, brutalised, humiliated, and detained by members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Maiduguri, Borno State for wearing an Afro.    Afro is a hairstyle popular with black people in the 1970s in which the hair is cut into a large round shape.    David said he was tagged a criminal for wearing the hairstyle and brutalised by 10 members of...

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Nigerian Army Set To Release 200 Boko Haram Detainees In Borno ‘After Clearing Them Of Wrongdoing’

9 months ago922 min

The detainees were arrested by the military in the heat of insurgency. The Nigerian Army is set to release more than 200 suspected who had been detained over Boko Haram terrorist activities.   The military said the suspects had been cleared of links to the Boko Haram sect.   The detainees will be handed over to the Borno State Government for proper reintegration into the society on Tuesday morning at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the...

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