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Residents of Maiduguri on Tuesday celebrated the first rainfall of the year that reduced the high temperature being experienced in the city. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the afternoon downpour, which lasted about an…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says insurgents have again vandalised two towers on the Damaturu – Maidugiri 330kiloVolt (KV)Transmission Line. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi…

The Borno Government has uncovered about 550 fake Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), after conducting headcount of displaced persons at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies camp in Maiduguri. This is contained…

The reconstruction and rehabilitation of Port Harcourt – Maiduguri (Eastern narrow gauge railway) is to start in 2021, says Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi. He said this during the 2021 budget defence of the ministry's…

Boko Haram terrorists attacked the convoy of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State for the third time in three months on Sunday morning. At least 30 people have died and several more are still hospitalized from the attack against the…

Reports from Maiduguri say the capital city of Borno state has been rocked by multiple bomb blasts on Thursday evening. According to a report by theCable, the first blast occured at Gunge area of the city at 6pm. The other blast followed…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Saturday laid the foundation for construction of a 200-bed Emergency and Infectious Disease Hospital in Maiduguri. SEE ALSO: LUTH Reacts to Rape of 18yr old Salesgirl Brought by Her…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has inspected ongoing manufacture and repairs/overhaul of combat vehicles including Armoured Personnel Carriers and mine resistant anti Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs) by Army Engineers in…

Some residents of Maiduguri have commended the Borno Government for embarking onward toward the distribution of palliatives in the city. A cross-section of the residents who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday,…

Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital were on Sunday thrown into panic when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives in the outskirts of the town. Confirming the incident, the Head of Emergency Response Operations of the…

Bumper harvest of perishable  food items occasioned by increased farming activities in Maiduguri  has forced a crash in prices of the commodities by about 200 percent, a check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has revealed. Traders who…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday dismissed as misleading reports alleging that some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) staged a demonstration to protest lack of food at the Teachers’ Village IDPs camp in…

The President Muhammadu Buhari campaign train on Monday arrived Maiduguri in continuation of its re-election campaign activities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari landed at about 10:30am at the Nigerian Air Force wing…

Some electricity consumers in Maiduguri have decried the outrageous electricity billings  by the Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) Some of the residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, described the…

The Police in Borno successfully foiled a lone suicide bomb attack on Wednesday night in Maiduguri, the Police Commissioner, Mr Damian Chukwu, has said. Chukwu told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by telephone that the incident occurred at…

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has inaugurated the Aisha Buhari Integrated School for Nomadic Community in Maiduguri. The school, which was built and equipped by the Gov. Kashim Shettima, is meant to provide atmosphere…

Security has been beefed up in Maiduguri and environs as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the town to declare open the Fourth Quarter Chief of Army Staff Conference. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Edo on Tuesday may have been cancelled as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference, initially billed to hold in Benin City has been shifted to Maiduguri, Borno State. President Buhari’s aide…

Three soldiers valiantly lost their lives to Boko Haram insurgents who attacked a military base in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state According to The Punch, the insurgents who are believed to be part of the IS-affiliated Islamic State…

Hundreds of People streamed into Maiduguri metropolis from nearby communities on Saturday evening when Boko haram attacked and burned houses and properties, killing one person in the process. EFCC to Prosecute Babachir Lawal The…

Following recent Boko haram activities in the North-East, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, alongside his service chiefs has relocated to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in order to be at the epi-centre of hostilities in…

Channels Television has reported the recapture of a Nigerian town in the Northeast of the country by Boko Haram insurgents in the area. The Boko haram insurgents captured Gudumbali, community in Guzamala LGA of Borno State on Friday…

The Nigeria Army has arrested an Army captain and 70 other soldiers for court martial proceedings against them following the mutiny carried out by the soldiers several weeks ago at the Maiduguri Airport which caused embarrassment to the…

The Nigeria Military has revealed plans to start a Nigeria Army University which is expected to commence academic activities before the end of 2018. This was announced by the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, who said that the Army…