OPERATIONS Hadin Kai, the Joint Task Force of the military in the North East has banned the use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), popularly known as drones in the region. Air Component Commander, Air Commodore U U. Idris, who gave the directive in a signal sighted by this newspaper said the use of drones without permission amidst poses threats in the Borno, Yobe and Adamawa,(BAY) states. He decried that governments agencies and private individuals operates the drones without consent of the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai. The statement, “The proliferation of drones for domestic and commercial purposes has led…
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BOKO Haram terrorists have attacked the community in Borno State and killed two persons while also razing down a church. The village is called Bamzir village under Whuntaku District, Chibok Local Government Area. In a statement, the media team of the local government chairman of Chibok LGA Mustapha Madu said the terrorists attacked around 2:10 am Sunday and set many houses ablaze resulting in the death of two blood brothers identified as Josiah Pogu Pudza, a student of SS Two, and Enoch Pogu Pudza while one Esther Yohanna sustained a bullet injury. The statement noted that the terrorists carted away…
VICE-PRESIDENT Kashim Shettima has described the soldiers who lost their lives repelling the terrorist attack in Damboa, Borno, as eternal heroes whose sacrifices would never be in vain. In a statement by his spokesperson, Stanley Nkwocha, on Friday in Abuja, Shettima reaffirmed deep sorrow and firm solidarity with families of the heroic soldiers. He noted that the military recorded a decisive victory in Nigeria’s ongoing counter-terrorism efforts but regretted that the price of freedom is eternally steep. ”It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that I received news of our brave soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice defending…
TWO police officers have been killed as Boko Haram terrorists attacked a police station in Gajiram with, Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State with bombs. One other police officer was critically injured as the terrorists exchanged fire with police on duty at the station before they were eventually overpowered and repelled with the assistance of the civilian joint taskforce who are stationed near the police station. According to a security source, the Boko Haram terrorists attacked around 11pm on Wednesday. The source said no facility or security equipment was affected in the attack. However, a police statement which confirmed…
TERRORISTS linked to the Islamic State group have reportedly killed six soldiers in a raid on a military base in northeastern Nigeria, according to news agency AFP. AFP quoted two military officers, saying that the fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) reportedly launched a pre-dawn attack in trucks and on motorcycles on Sunday on the base in Sabon Gari in Borno State’s Damboa district. The insurgents reportedly set fire to the base along with army vehicles. “We lost six soldiers in the ISWAP terrorists attack on the base after an intense gun battle,” AFP quoted one of the…
BORNO State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced that the state government will subsidise the cost of petrol to farmers in communities affected by Boko Haram insurgency. Zulum announced the subsidy on Friday evening in Bama town when he flagged off the distribution of farm inputs to over 5,000 farmers hitherto displaced by Boko Haram insurgents. According to the governor, a litre of petrol sold between N1,000 and N1,200 in Maiduguri will be subsidised to the farmers for N600. This is aimed at alleviating the financial burdens faced by farmers in communities that have suffered economic and infrastructural destruction due…
POLICE authorities in Borno State have recovered three projectile missiles in Borno State, averting a very big explosion. The spokesman of the Borno Police Command Nahum Daso said the projectiles were recovered in the Dala Kafanti Area of Maiduguri, the capital of the state. “On 2nd January 2025, at about 0925HRS, following a report received from one Asabe James of Dala Kafanti Area Maiduguri – Borno State reported to the command that she sighted a suspicious sack containing unidentified items behind her house, on receipt of the information, the Command EOD-CBRN Base 13 Maiduguri, swiftly moved to the scene, cordoned…
BORNO State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has received the final report from the flood relief disbursement committee with about N18.08 billion distributed to over 101,330 families. Providing details on the fund’s disbursement to the Governor at the council chamber of the Government House in Maiduguri on Monday, the Chairman of the committee, Engr Baba Bukar Gujibawu, revealed that ₦18.08 billion was distributed in cash to the displaced households alongside food and non-food items. Contributions totalling ₦4.3 billion from UNHCR, WFP, FAO, UNDP and other partners were instrumental in addressing immediate needs. Gujibawu emphasised that over one million people were affected by…
THE Federal Government has spent about N1.4bn for the rehabilitation of repentant terrorists and the establishment of centres for terrorism trials in the last one year and six months. The Federal Government established the National Counter-Terrorism Centre following former President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill on May 12, 2022. In December 2022, the government announced its decision to establish two disarmament, deradicalisation, rehabilitation, and reintegration centres for repentant members of Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the country. The Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Rear Admiral Yem Musa (retd.), disclosed to the…
TWO students of the Borno State University were on Wednesday killed in an accident involving a school bus and a trailer. Three other students were critically injured while fifteen others are receiving medical attention. The Borno State University school bus was carrying thirty students when a travelling trailer ramped into the bus instantly killing the two students, leaving three others critically injured while ten of them were unhurt. A statement by the university’s spokesman Umar Garkuwa stated that the students were rushed to Umaru Shehu Hospital and the UMTH where they are currently receiving treatment. Garkuwa said that the University’s…
THE Aliko Dangote-led Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation (PCFRR) has delivered emergency relief materials valued at N1Billion to the Government of Borno State for onward distribution to persons affected by the 2024 flood in the State. During the handover ceremony held yesterday in Maiduguri, the Secretary of the Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, Mrs. Hajara Modu, said the committee was committed to supporting flood-affected communities. Representing the co-chairmen, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, the Secretary said that the distribution of food and non-food items fulfills the pledge made by the committee at the height…
TWO persons have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in a two-hundred housing estate under construction in Dalwa, Borno State. Available information indicated that the explosion happened around 1pm on Wednesday about the time the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum; and his Yobe counterpart, Mai Mala Buni, were commissioning housing estates in Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital. A source told News Point Nigeria that a similar incident occurred on Tuesday but there are no details for the Tuesday explosion. Dalwa is 175 kilometres from Maiduguri and is one of the many communities destroyed and displaced by the…
BORNO State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Usman Kadafur, and over 100 passengers narrowly escaped a tragic incident when a Max Air aircraft experienced an engine fire shortly after takeoff from Maiduguri International Airport. The incident occurred around 7pm on Wednesday when the aircraft, en route to Abuja, suffered engine failure caused by a bird strike about 10 minutes into the flight. The pilot and crew managed to execute an emergency landing back at Maiduguri Airport, averting disaster. Apart from the deputy governor, there were other government dignitaries on the flight including a commissioner, special advisers, and senior special assistants, among…
BORNO State Governor, Babagana Zulum, is set to construct an intra-city rail network to connect Maiduguri and its environs. This is the first such project by any of Nigeria’s 19 northern state governments. The first phase of the project will commence with 12 designated terminals within Maiduguri, to connect major markets, schools, other public places and economically viable locations. The project, which could be expanded to cover local government areas in the future, will facilitate the seamless movement of passengers and goods, and open up economic activities and corridors across the state. Inspecting the proposed take-off rail terminals and routes…
BORNO State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has made clarification on his Tax Reform Bills statement, saying he only called for broader consultation on the proposed bill. The governor also added that he is not against President Bola Tinubu’s tax policies. Recall Zulum had alleged that only Lagos and Rivers states stand the chance of benefitting from Tinubu’s tax reform bills when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, adding that the position was based on research and calculations by northern governors. He also explained why the northern governors advised President Tinubu to hold on before pushing the…
BORNO State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Sunday said the Federal Government and security forces have succeeded in containing 90 per cent of Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East. Nigeria has been battling insurgency for over a decade with several people killed and many others kidnapped in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. Zulum, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics monitored by News Point Nigeria, admitted that there were still some pockets of insurgents operating in his state. “As of now, insurgency has been reduced to over 90 per cent in Borno State but this did not happen in a day.,”…
A POLICE officer has been injured in a suspected Boko Haram attack on a police station in Borno State. The facility – Jakana Divisional Police Headquarters – was attacked on November 28 in the wee hours of the day. Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirming the attack in a statement on Sunday, saying police operatives attached to the Borno State Command repelled the attack, “The group of unknown armed individuals attacked the Jakana Divisional Police Headquarters, Borno State, at about 01:00 AM. “Fortunately, the group was met with strong resistance from gallant operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, who successfully repelled…
BORNO State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has voiced strong concerns over the proposed tax reform bill, warning that it could have devastating consequences for the Northern region and other parts of the country. In an interview with BBC Hausa on Friday, Zulum criticised the speed with which the bill is progressing through the legislative process, drawing comparisons to the Petroleum Industry Bill, which took nearly two decades to pass. “Why the rush? The Petroleum Industry Bill took almost 20 years before it was finally passed. But this tax reform bill is being transmitted and receiving legislative attention within a week. It…
THE Nigeria Police Force says its Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit has recovered unexploded military ordnances in Maiduguri, Borno State. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi says following reports from vigilant residents, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal – Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) team of the Force was deployed to secure the affected areas, and all ordnances were safely evacuated without any loss of life, injury, or property damage. The statement added that in the Dala Kacchallah area, the operatives recovered six unexploded projectiles and one mortar bomb near an uncompleted building which were washed ashore by…
A MILITARY camp was subjected to a major attack by Islamic State fighters in northern Nigeria, resulting in deaths and significant material losses. Military sources told this newspaper that Islamic State fighters attacked the Nigerian Army camp in the town of Kareto in Borno State on Saturday with various weapons. Although there is no official confirmation of the casualty figures, sources said about 20 soldiers were killed. The sources added that the violent clashes erupted between the fighters and army forces, including a suicide bombing with a car bomb. They explained that the attack led to the destruction of a…