By Ndahi Marama RESIDENTS of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Jere Local Government Area and the entirety of Northern Borno Senatorial District have been forced into darkness since January 25, 2021 when armed insurgents used an improved explosive device to destroy the only functional electricity transmission line along Damaturu-Maiduguri highway that supplies light to many towns and […]

No fewer than three persons lost their lives and 3,600 other displaced  in a fire incident in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Customs Area of Maiduguri. Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, the Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), made  this  known to news men in Maiduguri on Wednesday. Kolo said said that […]

Residents of Maiduguri and environs have been thrown into lingering blackout following the destruction of one of the towers supplying electricity to the city from the national grid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the blackout, which has lasted for one week, has grounded many businesses that are relying on power. Those operating […]

A Soldier and five Civilians were reportedly killed while three others sustained gunshot wounds after a misunderstanding over toasting of a prostitute at a local beer joint situated near the demolished controversial hotel ‘Barka Da Zuwa’ along Baga road, Jajeri Community of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

Boko Haram fighters killed at least 43 farm workers and injured six in rice fields near Maiduguri in Borno State on Saturday, an anti-jihadist militia told AFP. The assailants tied up the agricultural workers and slit their throats in the village of Koshobe, the militia said. President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the attack, saying: “The entire […]