Tag: Borno state
Highway Extortion by Security Agents in Borno Gulping Millions Yearly, Affecting Lives
Driving from one town to another in the northeastern Nigerian state comes at a price. Asides risking their lives,...
SURVIVING BY GRACE: Borno IDPs Suffer Acute Malnutrition as Govt Looks Away
Dwellers of El-Miskin Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in insurgency-ravaged Borno State, survive by grace amid acute malnutrition that...
Subsidy Removal: Diesel-run Maiduguri Metro Buses Bring Succour to Residents
Following the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria, transport fares skyrocketed, making the movement of people and goods expensive,...
Tricyclists, Passengers Fret Over High Cost of Transport in Maiduguri, Makurdi
Tricyclists and passengers in Makurdi, Benue State, and Maiduguri, Borno State have complained about high transportation costs as they...
Despite N80.1bn Intervention, Rehabilitation of Damaturu-Biu Road Not Completed 9 Years After
Nine years after the rehabilitation of Damaturu-Biu road was awarded to Messrs Fik Global Resources Ltd, at the sum...
Abducted Borno Firewood Truck Drivers Rescued by Troops
Four abducted firewood truck drivers conveying firewood to locals kidnapped by fighters of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP),...
Four Firewood Truck Drivers Abducted in Borno
Yesterday, gun-wielding terrorists suspected to be members of Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP) reportedly kidnapped four truck...
’37 Parents of Abducted Chibok Girls Have Died’
About 37 parents of some of the abducted girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, have died...