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Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, has weathered numerous storms. From the onslaught of insurgency to economic hardship, its people have consistently displayed resilience. However, in early August 2025, Maiduguri faced …
Maiduguri: The consequences of unaddressed flooding Read MoreIn Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, the signs of climate change are not subtle. They are written in the dry, cracked earth of farmlands, in the receding waters of Lake …
Climate change and the struggle for survival Read MoreFor decades, the Maiduguri–Gamboru Ngala road served as one of the most vital arteries in Nigeria’s North-eastern economy. Stretching from the Borno state capital to the border town of Gamboru …
Maiduguri-Ganboru Ngala road needs urgent attention Read More
Education is a necessity but in the street of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, a different kind of classroom exists – one without walls, books, or teachers with children roaming …
Leaders of tomorrow or leaders of the street? Read More
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, Friday, ordered commanding officers and soldiers to crush and clear terrorists without showing any mercy out of the country’s territory. He …
Crush terrorists without mercy, COAS charges soldiers Read More
Over 70 terrorists and three of their commanders hiding in a place called Timbuktu Triangle in the Northeast have been eliminated by troops attached to Operation Hadin Kai, Blueprint reports. Findings also revealed …
Northern coalition lauds feats as troops kill 70 terrorists in North-East, gunmen storm Kano community Read More
President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has arrived in Maiduguri to condole with the government and people of the state over the Alau Dam flood disaster. Tinubu arrived around 3.15 pm. Tinubu, …
Happening now: Tinubu arrives Maiduguri to condole with flood victims Read More
There is a critical situation currently facing Maiduguri residents as a result of the floods that ravaged the Borno state capital, leaving thousands of people homeless and hopeless. This sad …
Maiduguri flood victims need aid Read More
In fulfillment of its statutory role of providing Military Aid to Civil Authority (MACA), the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced airlift missions to transport relief materials to victims of …
NAF begins airlifts of relief materials to Maiduguri floods victims Read More
In a swift response to the suicide bombings in Gwoza area of Borno state on Saturday, Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday paid a condolence visit to the victims and …
VP Shettima in Maiduguri, consoles victims of Gwoza suicide bombings Read More
Borno, a frontline state worst hit by insurgency, is set to rise again, writes ABDULRAHMAN A. ABDULRAUF The scary image of 2018 or thereabout when the erstwhile Chief of Army …
Reviving Borno’s infrastructure after insurgency Read More
Piles of garbage line the streets leading up to the Customs Bridge in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, creating an eyesore for residents and visitors alike. The waste disposal crisis, …
On waste disposal crisis in Maiduguri Read More
As a concerned resident of Maiduguri, Borno state capital, and an advocate for the revival of our city’s mobility and economic growth, I urge Governor Babagana Zulum to reconsider and …
Lift ban on Okada in Maiduguri Read MorePresident Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for Maiduguri, Borno state capital. The President departed the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja earlier on Monday. The departure took …
Happening now: Tinubu storms Maiduguri, 6 months after becoming Nigeria’s President Read More
The ban street begging in Maiduguri and environs by the Borno state government is a welcome development because it will help to reduce the menace of child labour, child trafficking, …
Establish vocational training centres in Maiduguri Read More
Environmental hygiene is fundamental to our health, and social well-being as well as preventing us from contracting various diseases caused by pollution. As humans, we are interconnected with our environment. …
The need for environmental hygiene in Maiduguri Read More
Borno State government has banned street begging and loitering within and around Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere local government area. The ban was contained in a statement by the …
Borno bans street begging Read More
Phones are the most influential and useful elementary form of communication in daily interaction among people which must be used especially by the digital natives. Many people cannot live without …
Restrict sale of phones in Maiduguri Read More
The Maiduguri Central market popularly known as Monday market is on fire. The early Sunday fire outbreak is still raging with men of fire service battling to contain it. The …
Breaking: Mysterious fire razes popular Maiduguri market Read More
The Katsina state Police Command Sunday announced the rescue of six victims earlier abducted by terrorists Saturday night in Funtua local government area of the state. The rescued persons were among …
Terrorists shoot, wound Imam, abduct 13 in Katsina mosque Read More
In January 2019, the Daily Trust newspaper had its Maiduguri office shut down by the military over its reportage on the fight against insurgency. This made me think about governments …
When the subject sees through the king Read More
Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Saturday traveled to Kirawa, a border community in Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) to supervise the resettlement of 2,500 displaced families into …
Pictures: In Borno community, Zulum resettles 2,500 families with N120m, food items Read More
Prof Ibrahim Abdu Wakawa is the Chief Medical Director (CMD) and Chief Consultant Psychiatrist at the Federal Neoropsychiatric Hospital in Maiduguri, Borno state. He obtained his MBBS degree with distinction …
Wakawa’s feats and Neuropsychiatric Hospital Maiduguri Read More
It is no longer news that Borno state government has shut down all IDP camps in Maiduguri. Many of the IDPs bare their minds in an exclusive interview with SADIQ …
Returnee IDPs from Maiduguri relieve experiences Read More
The closure of IDP camps in Maiduguri by Governor Babagana Zulum could endanger the lives of the IDPs with the unending and continuous attacks by ISWAP and Boko Haram members …
Much ado about closure of IDP camps in Maiduguri Read More