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By Michael Olugbode Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has supervised the enrollment of 1,163 children of internally displaced persons (IDPs) into primary school in one of the insurgency ravaged towns in the state. The governor, as part of his visit to Damasak, the headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area, where he boosted dry season farming with provision of equipment to farmers and distribution of relief materials to over 10,000 IDPs, yesterday, personally supervised the enrollment of the pupils in the town along the shores of Lake Chad. The governor, who was on the third day o...

By Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji at the weekend eliminated 50 armed bandits in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, the military has said. The onslaught against the bandits comes as the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, commended the military over the gallantry displayed in repelling Boko Haram fighters who attacked Gujba on Saturday. A military update issued by the Directorate of Defence Media Operations (DDMO) said following intelligence, the troops, with close air support, engaged bandits in a gun battle at ...

By Michael Olugbode Boko Haram insurgents have invaded Geidam, one of the biggest towns in Yobe State, destroying buildings and leaving many residents fleeing. Gaidam, about 180 kilometres from Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, is the headquarters of Geidam Local Government Area of the state. According to sources, the insurgents who were believed to have taken position around the town at about 2pm on Wednesday, started shooting at about 6pm which resulted in the residents fleeing. The sources, who could not give the number of casualties, said many houses were set ablaze as residents ran into ...

Michael Olugbode Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has directed officials of the state Ministry of Education to ensure that all quack schools in the state are brought to book. He said he won’t stand by while parents and guardians are exploited by private primary and secondary schools, which are without the capacity to impact knowledge on students, asking inspectors from the ministry to pay visits and assess the quality of all private schools in the state with a view to identifying quack schools. Zulum gave the directive in response to the recommendation of a keynote speaker,...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja The Dean, Borno Elders Forum, Prof. Khalifa Dikwa, said contrary to the narrative by the military and the federal government, no where is safe outside of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. He said so bad is the security situation that not even five kilometres outside of Maiduguri is safe. “Even if they (Boko Haram) are not physically there, they are psychologically there, disturbing the people,” Dikwa spoke on live television programme, Newsnight. “From time to time, they ride their motorcycles, come and harass them to pay levies and so on. Outside Maiduguri, ...