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Emergency: Residents flee Borno war zone
• 24-hour curfew in Maiduguri
• Special forces kill 10 Boko Haram members, arrest 65
• Northern govs meet May 28
Residents of Maiduguri and Marte, Borno State, which are hotspots in the battle to dislodge terrorists from the Northeast,...
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APC governors’ visit to Maiduguri courageous – Aliyu
The Chairman of Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF), Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, on Tuesday saluted the courage of the nine All Progressive Congress governors for visiting Maiduguri, the Boko Haram stronghold, saying their action has...
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20 Boko Haram members killed in Borno
Twenty members of the notorious Boko Haram sect were killed by men of the Joint Task Force in Borno State, Operation Restore Order on Sunday in a deadly shot out in Monguno town.
The killing of the sect members came just as two top members...
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Boko Haram group insists on cease fire
A splinter group of the Islamic Boko Haram group, led by Sheikh Abdulaziz Ibn Adam on Saturday insisted that it was ready to dialogue with government to the group’s current bloody campaign.
Ibn Adam made the announcement at a news conference...
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Suspected Boko Haram commander arrested in Maiduguri
The Joint Task Force on “Operation Restore Order’’ said it has arrested Mohammed Zangina, a suspected commander of the Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri, Borno State.
JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, said this in a statement on Sunday in...
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PHCN cable electrocutes 2 teenagers in Maiduguri
“The two boys went swimming in a river where a live electric cable had fallen inside.”
In Borno State, tragedy struck Friday morning at the bank of a river behind Gidan Madara area of the Maiduguri metropolis when two teenagers...
