Atleast 57 people including 24 vigilante youths (Civilian JTF), 16 Shuwa Arab herdsmen and 17 civilians were killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in three different Local Government Areas of Monguno, Damboa and Nganzai in Borno state.

Senator Muhammed Ndume – Borno South – was the Minority Leader in the House of Reps as an ANPP lawmaker before he moved to the PDP and then became a senator. His political career took a twist when he was accused of sponsoring the Boko Haram Islamist group.

THE United States of America, USA, yesterday, stated why it was yet to release the $7 million bounty it placed on the head of the leader of the Boko Haram Islamist sect, Abubakar Shekau. This is coming 10 days after the Joint Task Force announced that the sect leader had died from gunshot wounds he sustained in an encounter with the task force on June 30.

Borno State government says it plans to construct street gates in strategic areas of Maiduguri, the state capital, to consolidate the return of peace to the metropolis.

MAIDUGURI—LAST week reported massacre of 44 persons in Dumba village of Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, displaced of over 4000 persons, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said Monday.