The Federal Government has filed a three-count criminal charge against seven persons, alleged to have been involved in the 2017 killing of an indigene of Idumuje-Ugboko Community of Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta. The seven defendants were said to have connived with others, now at large, in May 2017 to unleash terror on […]

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, has asked the army to take the fight to Boko Haram hideouts in the north-east. Troops, under the army’s operation Lafiya Dole, have been fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the region for the last 10 years. The governor, who was the keynote speaker at the chief of army staff […]

Another village, Wereng, in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, has been attacked by hoodlums who killed the traditional ruler and five other members of the community. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the district head of Foron in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area (LGA) and some other persons, in Vwang District, Jos South LGA, were […]

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said its troops of Operation Sahel Sanity killed four bandits in Unguwar Doka village of Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, as part of its clearance operations to ward off bandits in the North-west region. The troops also rescued four kidnapped victims at Giruwa village of Dandume Local Government […]

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has met with families of policemen and members of Civilian Joint Task Force ( CJTF) killed by insurgents in an ambush on Friday in Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several security personnel were killed with some injured when the governor’s backup convoy was attacked along Baga […]

The convoy of Borno State Governor , Prof. Babagana Zulum, was again attacked on Sunday morning . The latest attack , which recorded no death , occurred when the convoy was returning to Maiduguri . The PUNCH gathered that the attack happened around 10. 30 am on Sunday, about two kilometers away from Baga. The […]

The Defence Headquarters. says 13 Boko Haram terrorists alongside six women and 17 children from Kodila village, have surrendered to troops of 151 Task Force Battalion at Banki Junction in Bama Local Government Area of Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche said […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the attack on the convoy of Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, as an attempt to sabotage the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their homes. In a statement condemning the incident, Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, quoted him as asking Borno government officials and security agencies to remain resolute. […]

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum says he is saddened by the killing of 11 security personnel made up of eight policemen and three civilian JTF members ambushed on their way to Baga as security backup in reconstruction efforts. The governor was in Baga from Thursday to Friday to supervise efforts to return residents as […]