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Sani Kukasheka Usman - TROOPS ARREST BOKO HARAM TERRORIST IN BUNI GARI

Troops of 27 Task Force Brigade deployed at Buni Gari have arrested another suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Isah Garba aged 20 years while on perimetre patrol on 25th June 2017. Preliminary investigation was initially difficult as he was found to be under influence of heavy dosage of drugs. He has since stabilized and making useful statement. TROOPS RECOVER AND DESTROY IED Troops of 29 Task Force Brigade while on patrol on 28th June 2017, along Wajiro-Mallam Kuramti cattle route discovered an IED planted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The EOD team safely removed and detonated it. TROOPS CLEAR BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS AMBUSH AND RECOVER BOMB Today Wednesday 28th June 2017, at about 3.30pm, troops of 151 Battalion of 21 Brigade on patrol to Mayanti Village were ambushed by suspected elements of Boko Haram terrorists. The troops successfully cleared the ambush by neutralizing some of the terrorists, while a reinforcement was immediately dispatched to mop up the gener
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Sani Kukasheka Usman - UPDATE ON OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE 2017

Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed in various parts of the northeast under the auspices of Operation LAFIYA DOLE and the Multinational Joint Task Force in conjunction with sister Services and other Security Agencies have continued the fight against terrorism relentlessly. They have been doing so through patrols, clearance operations, patrols and maintaining blocking positions. They have also been contributing their bits in humanitarian activities to enhance civil-military relations with their respective host communities. TROOPS PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO RETURNEE REFUGEES IN BANKI Troops of 152 Battalion of the Nigerian Army stationed in Banki have been rendering humanitarian assistance to over 887 Nigerian refugees returned from Cameroon since Tuesday 27th June 2017. The troops out of sheer love have apart from organizing their safe return have been using their resources to feed and make them comfortable through feeding and provision of accommodation pending whe
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SANI KUKASHEKA - TROOPS DISCOVER AND DESTROY REACTIVATED ILLEGAL OIL DUMP AT SUCRUCHO-KALAROGBANA RIVERS STATE

Troops of 146 Battalion, 16 Brigade Nigerian Army while on routine patrol on Wednesday 28th June 2017, along Sucrucho-Kalarogbana Fishing Ports general area, discovered and destroyed a reactivated illegal oil dumb. Items recovered include 1 Cooking pot, 2 Storage tanks (iron and plastic) loaded with suspected stolen crude oil, 1 Cylinder and a pumping machine. In related development, on same day, troops stationed at Forward Operation Base Ahoada, while on routine patrol around Ogbogu general area arrested a suspected cultist. Items recovered from the suspect include local charms and substances suspected to be marijuana. The suspect has been handed over to SARS at Erema for further interrogation. Similarly, on Tuesday 27th June 2017, following a tip off from well-meaning citizens, about suspected armed bandits terrorizing residents of Ogbolo-Ogbolo community, combined troops and and personnel of Mobile Police stationed at Akinima Division, carried out cordon and search ope
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PIONEER YOUTH MOVEMENT ORGANISED CAREER GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING PROGRAMME MAIDUGURI

A special Career Guidance and counseling programme held at Government Day Secondary Schools Mairi in Jere local government, Borno State, Nigeria in honour of Dr. Umar Alkali an education philanthropist. The programme was organised to encourage him and his likes in the society to scale up and be consistent in extending such gesture at this trying time. They offer scholarship to hundreds of tertiary institutions students. The central aim of the programme is to assist the young men and women make better decision of their future career, which would in long run address the problem of unemployment in the near future. Youth Movement is a youth led organisation that came into existence Two (2) years ago. We therefore decide to study the various problems in the society and weighing them with our capability, we decide to go for education sector which composes of Career Guidance and counselling campaign and also imbibing reading culture among students in the State which is our short-term goa
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Federal, States And LGs Recorded N1.32tn Shortfall In Allocations

  The persistent drop in the prices of crude oil in the international market has impacted negatively on allocations to the three tiers of government, with statutory allocations recording a shortfall of N1.32tn in the last one year. This is even as the nation witnessed a shortfall of N1.49tn in gross federally collected revenue between October 2014 and September 2015. Figures obtained from the Federal Ministry of Finance on Wednesday indicated that the sum of N5.59tn was distributed between October 2014 and September 2015 to the three tiers of government. A breakdown of the N1.32tn shortfall showed that the country recorded a negative of N160bn in allocations in the last three months of 2014, while the balance of N1.16tn was the shortfall for the first nine months of this year. Based on the 2014 budget, the three tiers of government were expected to share on monthly basis N653.39bn, making up N1.96tn for the last quarter of 2014. The N1.96tn, when compared to the actual a
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Re: Borno State Government Still Don't Have X-ray, Scanning Etc Machines In Their Hospitals By Abba Sec. Maina

I COMRADE MAHMUD MUHAMMAD NAMED MY ARTICLE AS MUST OF BORNO STATE YOUTHS ARE DESTRUCTIVE IN THEIR CRITICISM AND NOT CONSTRUCTIVE  First and foremost, let me start by recalling the readers' mind the Award His Excellency Hon. Kashim Shettima receives from Mr.  Bill Gates Foundation and the World Health Organisation for his outstanding commitment that is evident in the sector of health care delivery in Borno State. As the Secretary of Borno Social Media Frontiers (BSF), I must give tribute to His Excellency, the Most Sympathetic Governor of Nigeria, Hon. Kashim Shettima for his outstanding performance and commitment in the health care delivery of Borno State.  My attention was drawn that, some unscrupulous elements who are Abuja base politicians are busy DESTRUCTIVELY condemning the effort of our outstanding Governor and the state at-large. They are busy fabricating, a mere  propaganda about our dear state Borno.  One Abba Sec Maina posted an arti
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Re: Nigeria Letter To Gen Tukur Buratai-You Are Not The President Of Nigeria- Ladan Mohammed

Re: Nigeria Letter To Gen Tukur Buratai-You Are Not The President Of Nigeria- Ladan Mohammed By Ladan Mohammed  Angwan Kwarbai, Zaria, Kaduna State. Since the unfortunate incident of 12th December 2015 at the ancient city of Zaria, Kaduna State, some people have arrogated themselves various appellations and status all aimed at obliterating the attempted criminal but failed assassination of the Nigerian Army Chief. A case in point was a disappointing piece by a renown writer Prigenih Brimah calling for the resignation of the Army Chief and just yesterday one obscure Adeolu Ademoyo, of the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  Added to the spew through “a personal open letter” to the General. Ordinarily, one would care less about such things, but for the fact that they are far detached from reality and hurting our sensitivities-we the people of Zaria city and victims of the 30 years of molestation, harassment and intimidation by the leader of t
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