Tag: Borno State
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Gov Zulum shocked, saddened by execution of 5 aid workers in Borno
Gov. Babagana Zulum has expressed shock and sadness over the killing in Borno of five aid workers who were killed by Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum, in a statement by his Special Assistant Media and Strategies to the governor, disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday in Maiduguri. said he is deeply pained by Malam…
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BREAKING: ISWAP executes 5 aid workers in Borno State [GRAPHIC VIDEO]
Insurgents, suspected to be members of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP), have executed five aid workers in Borno State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the sect released the video of the execution of the five aid workers on Wednesday. The aid workers included a staff of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Action Against Hunger,…
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Religious activities resume in Borno as Zulum suspends lockdown
Religious activities are to resume from today Thursday May 14 in Borno State but with strict adherence to social distance. This is in response to the suspension of the anti-COVID-19 lockdown by the Borno state government on Wednesday. The state government said it is suspending the lockdown order indefinitely. Use of face masks must also…
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Borno records 3 additional COVID-19 related deaths
The Borno Government says it has recorded three additional COVID-19 related deaths in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr Salisu Kwaya-Bura also the secretary of the State High Powered Response Team on COVID-19, made this known on Wednesday in Maiduguri while presenting an update on the pandemic in the state. He said the…
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BREAKING: Modu Sheriff, father of former Governor of Borno dies in fire incident
Modu Sheriff, the father of a former Governor of Borno State, Ali Sheriff, is dead. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Modu Sheriff died in the early hours of Thursday in a fire incident. The fire incident, TNG learnt engulfed his Damboa road home in Maiduguri. Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has confirmed the incident. “Inna lillahi wa…
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NCDC releases results of 5 suspected COVID-19 cases in Borno, Govt confirms
The Borno Government has confirmed that the five suspected COVID-19 cases isolated in the state Public Health and Emergency Operation Centre tested negative. The Commissioner of Health, Salisu Kwayabura, made this known while. addressing newsmen in Maiduguri. Kwayabura said that the five persons willingly submitted themselves to be tested following thier history of travelling to…
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Breaking: Boko Haram insurgents attack Kaduna market; many feared dead
There is palpable tension in both Borno and Kaduna States as some armed men, suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists have struck again, sources confirmed after President Muhammadu Buhari visited Maiduguri, capital city of Borno. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the suspected Boko Haram terrorists in a golf car attacked junction market around Maro in Adara land,…