Borno State Government has declared Monday, February 16, as a work-free day for the presidential campaign rally of Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate. This was disclosed by Ahmed Jidda, the Secretary to the State Government, in Maiduguri on Sunday, February 15. Jidda said the gesture was to enable residents to welcome Buhari…
Police Donates N3 million, Foodstuffs to Wives of Missing Officers
Again, the Nigerian Police Force has donated N3 million to six out of the wives of the 35 police officers who went missing in August, with each receiving a sum of N500, 00. A statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday by Emmanuel Ojukwu, the force spokesman said Suleiman Abba, Inspector-General of Police, presented the…
Shettima Donates N10m Take Off Grant for Fallen Editors
Kashim Shettima, Borno State Governor, has appealed to the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, to set up an endowment fund to provide financial and other support to families of deceased editors. He demonstrated commitment to this call by also donating a N10 million take off grant for the scheme. Shettima made the appeal during an…
Borno to Reopen Public Schools in November
Borno State Government, on Sunday, announced that public schools in the state would reopen in November 2014. Mohammed Dongel, Chairman, Committee on the Resuscitation of Primary School Education, said that the schools would reopen in the first or the second week of November. “We hope to reopen all public schools by the first or second…
Insecurity: Nigerians Now Refugees in Chad
Thousands of Nigerians have fled their homes in Kolikolia, Borno State to evade attacks from the dreaded Boko Haram sect. The refugees were said to have arrived the uninhabited Island of Choua in Lake Chad. The Island, which lies in the Chadian waters, is about four kilometres from an intersection that borders Chad, Nigeria and…
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