Chairman of Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) and Chairman, National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, Mr. Aliko Dangote, has donated a whopping sum of one billion Naira to help assuage the pains of the Maiduguri flood victims in Borno State. The Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation (PCFRR), which Dangote heads, also donated another…
At least seven people were reportedly killed on Saturday after two suspected suicide bombers attacked some wedding guests at Marrarraban Gwoza in Borno state. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reported that many of the victims were said to be returning from a wedding ceremony when the first suicide bomber detonated…
Five persons have been killed by Boko Haram insurgents who attacked a convoy of vehicles carrying goods and passengers in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. The insurgents also abducted seven women in the attack which took place on Thursday, August 10, very close to the Nigeria-Cameroon border town of Banki in the…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend busted another Tramadol cartel in Lagos with the seizure of millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over Five Billion Naira (N5billion) from their warehouse in Amuwo Odofin area of the state and arrest of two of the kingpins. This is even as…
President Buhari’s aircraft, a Boeing Business jet (Boeing 737-700) marked 5N-FGT left the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at exactly 10:48 am on Thursday. The President is visiting Maiduguri to inaugurate multiple projects embarked upon and completed by the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum. Borno is the epicentre of insurgency war…
A Day To Buhari’s Visit, Boko Haram Terrorists Set Military Base On Fire In Borno. Tuetells Nigeria reports that the Militants belonging to the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Tuesday razed a military formation in Kwamdi village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. The attack…
Buhari To Inaugurate 4,000 Houses Built For IDPs In Borno. Truetells Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari will arrive in Maiduguri on Thursday on a one-day working visit to Borno State, Governor Babagana Zulum has said. Governor Zulum who disclosed this on Tuesday evening at the Government House in the state capital noted that the…
Nigerian Army Sends Reinforcement Troops From Borno To South-East. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Army has sent reinforcement troops from some of its formations fighting insurgency in Borno State to join the troops in the South-East region. It was gathered that the reinforcements were drawn from some battalions including the 231 Tank Battalion in Biu,…
Portal for Survival Fund Second Batch Registration Portal 2021 has opened and interested individuals can apply now via www.survivalfund.gov.ng. Truetells Nigeria reports that Survival Fund Second Batch Registration is now open for all to register successfully and also for those that were not able to complete their registration to do that now. Survival Fund…
About 400 persons have been arrested in Kano, Borno, Abuja, Lagos, Sokoto, Adamawa, Kaduna and Zamfara. In Kano, a major focus for the operation, traders at the foreign exchange open market in Wapa, Fagge Local Government, were picked up on March 9, 15th and 16th, the Daily Trust reported. Over 900 people are being investigated…
