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The Borno State Government on Thursday said it discovered a baby factory where children were being sold in the state. The Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Kakashehu Lawal, stated this at a press conference in Maiduguri. Lawal said four women alongside the principal suspect were arrested for...

No fewer than 15 hunters have been slaughtered in the bushes between Gubio and Mobbar Local Government Areas of Borno State by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. According to Vanguard, the incident has resulted to the scarcity of grasshopper, otherwise known as ‘Fara’ in Hausa, in the...

A calf with two heads was discovered this weekend in Guru town in Borno State. In the picture which was circulated online, the dead calf had two separate heads which amazes people in the area. See photos below:

Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday laid an ambush for a government convoy in Borno. They fired shots at the convoy, which included military troops and government officials. They detonated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) too. The troops however foiled their ambush, killing 20 terrorists. Six...

The Nigerian military in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, on Saturday stormed a market cum camp of the Boko Haram group in Borno and killed as many as 11 terrorists. Military troops arrived the market at about 7:30 am Saturday and opened fire on suspected terrorists found...

Vigilant officers of the Nigerian police on Friday prevented an attack by three suicide bombers in Maiduguri, Borno state. There were two female and one male suicide bombers strapped with IEDs. They tried to attack a checkpoint close to the Federal High Court Complex in Maiduguri. One of the...

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has stated that the entire North East would have completely been wiped out from the surface of the earth by the activities of Boko Haram terrorists if not for the timely intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari to save the situation. He explained that...

Twelve suspected members of the Boko Haram sect who were on the run have been arrested by troops on Operation Lafiya Dole in Borno, Army Spokesman Col. Sani Usman has announced. In a statement released on Friday, he said all the arrested suspects have been handed over to Joint Investigation...

The Nigerian Army says it is closer to ending the Boko Haram insurgency with the capture of the group’s last strongholds in Northern Borno. The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, said this in Maiduguri on Wednesday. He said the capture of the terrorists’ last...

Troops of the Nigerian Army in joint operation with the Civilian-JTF have arrested three suspected Boko Haram members at the popular Maiduguri cattle market, while trying to sell over 200 stolen cows. Officials made the arrest known on Thursday. The troops rounded up the three suspected...

Borno state Commissioner of Environment, Alhaji Waziri Imam is dead, Daily Post claims. It's reported that he died of an undisclosed ailment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching hospital shortly after voluntarily offering himself up for treatment. “We had no premonition that this would...

The Nigerian army has confirmed that some Borno villages were attacked by suspected Boko Haram members on Tuesday. In a statement by its spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, it denied reports that lives were lost and that the terrorists have recaptured the villages and hoisted their flags there...

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has hoisted its flag in three villages in the north-east after over-running them yesterday, a security source told BBC. The militants slaughtered at least eight people, including a village elder, during the attack, the security source and...