The Nigerian Air Force has carried out successful air interdiction operations against terrorist enclaves in Talala and Ajigin, located in the Timbuktu Triangle of Borno State, neutralising scores of fighters and destroying key logistics infrastructure. This was contained in a post by a counter-insurgency and security analyst, Zagazola Makama, on social media. According to the…
A major fire outbreak razed the Borno State Mechanical Workshop, operated by the Borno Express Transport Corporation, destroying more than ten 18-seater buses worth millions of naira. Eyewitnesses said the blaze, which erupted around noon, was triggered by a loud explosion believed to be caused by a gas leak within the premises. “It was a…
The Borno State Ministry of Health has declared a cholera outbreak in the state. The commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof Baba Gana while declaring the outbreak at the eye center in Maiduguri, said out of the two hundred samples sent for testing, seventeen returned positive. According to him, the outbreak is a result…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has conducted a comprehensive mop-up operation across various markets in Maiduguri, Borno State. A press statement signed by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola on Tuesday noted that the mop-up operation took place at the Gamboru drug and food market, Monday market, Open air-theatre…
To cushion the possible health challenges resulting from the flood disaster that recently ravaged Maiduguri, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has donated cholera and acute malnutrition kits to the Borno State government. Dr Mary Brantuo, who represented the WHO country representative, Dr Walter Kazadi Molumbo, explained that the WHO team was in Maiduguri to commiserate…