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Michael Olugbode in Damaturu The rising cases of rape and sexual violence have unsettled the Yobe State Police Command, recording fresh incidents among girls between 11 and 13 years. This was revealed in a statement the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Dungus Abdulkareem, an Assistant Superintendent of Police saying rape cases have witnessed a slight increase in December, last year. The statement read in part: “In its efforts to curb crime and criminality in the state, it has been observed that rape cases recorded a slight increase. “In the last month of year 2020, the police command r...

Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum is pleading for food for the over 800,000 internally displaced persons in critical need across 11 towns in the troubled state, where rampaging Boko Haram terrorists have chased thousands of inhabitants out of their homes. The governor made the appeal at the headquarters of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA in Abuja during a visit on Thursday. Zulum, who presented a letter to the Director General, NEMA, Air Vice Marshal Muhammadu Alhaji Mohammed (rtd) said IDPs in Monguno, Bama, Damboa, Gwoza, Dikwa, Gamboru, Ngala...

•23 women, children rescued in Katsina By Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri Troops yesterday ambushed fighters of the Islamic State for African Province (ISWAP) on two Hilux vans mounted with anti-aircraft guns, leading to a gun battle that lasted 30 minutes in Tunkushe, 20 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The fierce encounter came as 11 local hunters were killed by Boko Haram landmines while troops rescued 23 women and children in Katsina State. The insurgents, wearing military uniforms, were ambushed by troops in Tunkushe. A military source said...

•Borno equips local hunters to fight Boko Haram By Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri Following the attacks by insurgents on Garkida, Adamawa State and three villages in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State between December 24 and 28, fighter jets of the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole yesterday bombed a major hideout of the terrorists in Sambisa Forest. The insurgents fired at the aircraft but the air strikes decimated scores of the terrorists and destroyed an anti-aircraft gun station set up by the outlaws. This came as the Borno State Governor, Prof....

By Michael Olugbode Seven hunters were killed by landmine about 30 kilometers away from Maiduguri, captial of troubled Borno State, on Tuesday. The landmine, which scattered the vehicles of the local hunters who were pursuing suspected Boko Haram terrorists that hustled cows from areas in Jere local government area of Borno, also wounded 19 other hunters. Borno State Governor Zulum had only on the same day (Tuesday) equipped local hunters with eight Toyota Hilux vehicles and accessories in order to make them go after Boko Haram. Both Senator Kashim Shettima, representing Borno Central in the ...