Tag: North-east
Buratai visit Police College, troops in Gwoza
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has visited the Police Training College at Limankara-Gwoza and climbed the hills as part of operational visit ... Read More
UK Provides Funds for Nigerian Youth empowerment to Reduce vulnerability to Terrorism
The United Kingdom says it is currently supporting initiatives to increase economic opportunities for marginalised youth in northern Nigeria with development funding worth nearly 50 ... Read More
Sambisa Forest Will be Turned into Ecosystem Resort Center – NA
The Nigerian Army says the Sambisa Forest should be turned into an Ecosystem Resort Centre where war relics in the North East will be maintained ... Read More
Insurgency: Prove you have better training, tactics than terrorists, Buratai charges Special Forces
The Nigerian Army has challenged its Special Forces to prove that they have better training and tactics than terrorists by making the difference and positive ... Read More
FAO Targets 8,100 Displaced Families in The North-East Under Micro-Gardening Scheme
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said it targeted 8,100 families displaced by the Boko Harm insurgency under its Micro-Gardening scheme in the North-East. Mr ... Read More
Boko Haram kills 12 farmers in Borno
Boko Haram on Saturday hacked 12 farmers to death as they worked on their fields in Borno State as confirmed by civilian JTF. The insurgents ... Read More
Yola Power Distribution Company Set for New Lease of Life
The Yola Distribution Company whose operations have been in a hiatus due to the insurgency is set for a new lease of life. 12 companies ... Read More
PCNI champions Humanitarian-Development Nexus in the North East
On October 2, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) hosted a workshop on the Humanitarian Response Plan. The workshop which held ... Read More
UK Announces $16m Education Support to the Northeast
The UK is giving 16 million dollars in education support to 100,000 children affected by the Boko Haram crisis in Northeast Nigeria. Amb. Jonathan Allen, ... Read More
FAO Trains 51 Agricultural Workers to Boost Extension Services in the North East
Alkasim Abdulkadir, Abuja: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations says it has trained no fewer than 51 agricultural workers under its ... Read More
Fire Guts Shops at Fish Market in Maiduguri
(Photo Source: NAN) Fire outbreak on Sunday night razed about 21 shops at Fish Market in Maiduguri, Borno state. Mr. Ambursa Pindar, the Public Relations Officer ... Read More
There is a Fake Anti-Snake Venom in Circulation – Treatment Centre Official
The officer in charge at the Snakebite Treatment and Research Centre, Kaltungo, Gombe state, has raised alarmed over the circulation of fake anti-snake venom known ... Read More
FAO’s 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan for Nigeria 53% Funded
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said its 2018 humanitarian response plan for Nigeria had only been 53.6 percent funded with the year already halved. ... Read More
Army to Collaborate with Borno Hunters Combat Boko Haram
The Nigerian Army has assured the Vigilante/Hunters Association in Borno that it is ready to collaborate with them in the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the ... Read More
Buhari welcomes Netherlands Support For Lake Chad
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday welcomed the interest of the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, to support the restoration of the Lake Chad to its ... Read More
VSF commences the distribution of agricultural inputs to households in North East
No fewer than 4000 households in the insurgency affected states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe are to benefit from the Victims’ Support Fund (VSF) agricultural ... Read More
Saturday Suicide Attack: 32 Kill, 84 Injured 84 in Damboa, Borno
No fewer than 32 persons were killed, while 84 others were injured when six suicide bombers detonated Improvised Explosive Devices(IEDs), in Damboa local government area ... Read More
Relegation of traditional rulers fueling insecurity challenges at local levels – PDP chieftain
A Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Dr Ja’afaru Sa’ad has associated the protracted security challenges affecting the country to the ... Read More
NEMA Contract Probe: Reps Investigation Suffers Setback
The investigation by the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, of the N8 billion grains supply contracts, has run into hitches. The ... Read More
NAF Continues Air Strikes, Destroys Insurgents’ Structures in Bama, Gobara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it had destroyed Boko Haram terrorist structures in Bama, Gobara, in its ongoing “Operation Thunder Strike’’ against the insurgents ... Read More