Borno

Persecondnews spotlights Nigeria’s Special Adviser on Health, Mrs Salma Ibrahim Ana’s.

Former Borno State Health Commissioner, Dr (Mrs.) Salma Ibrahim Ana’s, is the Presidential Adviser on Health. A recipient of the Bill and Melinda...

Public holidays for 2023 polls: Borno declares eight days, Lagos four days

Ahead of the February 25 and March 11 general elections, Borno and Lagos States have announced work-free eight days and four days. While...

SSS 2 student slits 11-year-old junior student’s throat with a razor blade

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   A Senior Secondary School 2 (SSS 2) student of Elkanemi College of Islamic Theology in Maiduguri,...

ISWAP bloody attack in Borno: One-star General, three others killed, says Army

    “The military had deployed five A-Jet, two A-29, two Dragon combat with which they destroyed nine gun trucks and one armoured...

Many repentant insurgents are women, children conscripted into terrorism — Gov. Zulum

    “They would be trained for the purpose of reintegration into the society”   By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Borno Governor Babagana Zulum...

Insecurity: It is my responsibility to tell President Buhari the truth - Zulum

I’m in charge in Borno, not ISWAP — Gov. Zulum

“We are yet to validate the authenticity of this report that ISWAP appointed governor in Borno State” Few days after Boko Haram and...

Parlous security situation: Northern Elders call for Pres. Buhari’s head

  Unimpressed with President Muhammadu Buhari’s perceived inability to combat increasing scale of insecurity in the country, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has...

Wanton slaughtering of 43 Borno farmers: House of Representatives invites Pres. Buhari

    Fazed by the worsening security situation in the country particularly in the Northeast, the House of Representatives has invited President Muhammadu...

Grief-stricken Governor leads mourners to bury 43 farmers wasted by Boko Haram

      For Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, who had escaped death by hair’s breath severally, conducting mass burial...

Nigerian Governors Forum says outraged by attack on Borno Governor by Boko Haram

      Following renewed terror in the Northern parts of the country and the attack on Borno Gov.  Babagana Zulum last week,...

Borno Governor Babagana Zulum Survives Attack on Convoy

  Unknown band of gunmen ambushed a convoy of the Governor of Borno, Babagana Zulum Wednesday in Baga, the Cable newspaper is reporting....

Nigeria’s Second Republic Governor of Borno, Goni, dies at 78

  The first elected Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Mohammed Goni, has passed on, according to family sources. Goni died on Wednesday night...

Boko Haram responsible for 59,311 orphans, 59,213 widows – Borno governor

  The governor of the Boko Haram-infected Borno state has reportedly revealed that the terrorist group is responsible for making tens of thousands...

Mass wedding in Maiduguri and the gathering of nobles: Confirmation of return of peace, order

    …as residents, visitors laud NNPC GMD, Kyari, IRT boss, DCP Abba Kyari, others for hosting wedlocks     Incontestably and indisputably,...

Malnutrition: How RUTF saved 3-year-old Modu from the brink of death

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh 3-year-old Adamu Modu (not real name), was left in the care of his grandfather, Modu Baba, an octogenarian from...

2000 days after, 112 Chibok girls still missing- BBOG

  The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign group, have stated that 112 girls are yet to regain their freedom out of the...