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State Police Command has been relentless in its standard operation procedures and has manhunt culprits who engage in Rape, Armed Robbery, kidnapping, vandalism, Culpable Homicide, Drug dealings, and theft among others who are hereby paraded before you. 

May 19, 2023. Azonuchechi Chukwu. Borno State Police Command has said it had recovered arms and ammunition while parading no fewer than 110 suspects in connection with different criminal offences in the state. The Commissioner in the state, Mr Abdu Umar disclosed this to newsmen in Maiduguri on Friday in which he said that the |

Fire has again gutted dozens of shops at the popular Gamborun Market in Maiduguri, Borno State. The incident occurred on Saturday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Saturday fire outbreak, which began at 2 p.m, was still raging with men of fire service arriving to contain it.

The Police Commissioner in Borno, Abdu Umar, has warned personnel of the command against human rights abuse

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots into the evening Saturday, hours after the official deadline for joining the voting line in Africas most populous nation after late starts and sporadic violence caused delays at polling stations.

Borno State Police Command has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement and other forms of transportation within the state, from 12 am to 6 pm on election day.

Five persons sustained injuries on Saturday during an attack on a community in Gwoza LGA of Borno state.

People are still lined up hours after voting was supposed to close in Nigeria during the country’s presidential and parliamentary election which opened with large delays. Thousands remained in line at polling stations waiting to cast ballots and sparking frustration on Saturday. The elections come amid fears of violence from Islamic militants in the north to separatists in the south. But officials didn’t postpone the vote as the last two presidential elections were. Voting was largely peacef...

The incident took place on Saturday behind Gwoza Hills, when a group of Boko Haram terrorists opened several shots targeting voters on queue behind the Mandara Mountains Gwoza.