The United Nations has applauded the improvement in the conditions of internally displaced persons, IDPs, in Bama, Borno State, saying 15,000 people are provided with food by the World Food Programme while a clinic has been opened to provide care for the sick. Also classes have been set up for school children.
Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday morning attacked a village, Kuburubu, in Damboa local government area of Borno State, killing six persons and abducting about 13 others.
The Borno State Government Has Flagged Off A Food Distribution Programme Courtesy Of The Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Which Recently Made A Cash Donation Of $1 Million To The State.
Nigerian Troops, acting on information by an arrested suspected terrorist, Lawan Abbai, embarked on mine and Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, clearance operations in Gombori that led to the discovery of IEDs buried in the ground by insurgents.
The Borno state government on Thursday inaugurated the state Islamic Preaching Board saddled with the responsibility of regulating preaching in order to prevent incitement of religious faithful.