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Borno

(ˈbɔːnəʊ)
n
(Placename) a state of NE Nigeria, on Lake Chad. Capital: Maiduguri. Pop: 4 151 193 (2006). Area: 70 898 sq km (27 374 sq miles)
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Mohammed Tahir Monguno, has congratulated Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State as he marks his 50th birthday.
On estime que 1,8 million de personnes ont ete deplacees dans les Etats du nord-est, a savoir Borno, Adamawa et Yobe.
The latest round of bloodshed comes almost exactly 10 years after Nigerian forces tangled with extremists at a mosque in Borno state, a battle that killed hundreds and is considered the beginning of Boko Haram's uprising.
attack by Boko Haram terrorists on a funeral gathering over the weekend in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno has risen to 70.
A History of Borno: Trans-Saharan African Empire to Failing Nigerian State.
(TAP) - Islamic State said on Saturday it killed 10 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on Thursday in the country's northeastern Borno state, but a Nigerian Army spokesman said "no such incident was recorded."
'I want to also assure you that government is doing everything to increase the welfare of Nigerian Army,' Buhari said in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, while speaking at the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Annual Conference.
A total number of fourteen ships namely, MSC Meava, MS Tiger, MSC Saturn, Anne-I spring Melody, Pacific Valour, Elsa, Borno, Al Marrouva, Ocean Princess, Dewi Sarabwati, Stahla, Ghang Zhou, Wall Eye and Chembulk Shanghai are currently occupying PQA berths to load/offload Containers, Coal, LNG and lt; Bitumen, Palm kernel Soya Been seeds, Chemicals, Diesel oil and Edible Oil respectively during last 24 hours.
Five ships, MSC Saturn, Borno, Tiger, Chem Bulk Shanghal and Wall Eye are sailed out on Monday.
The explosions occurred in the Damboa local government area in the south of Borno state, on Saturday at around 8.30 pm (1930 GMT).
The property developer is planning to award contracts for one of the community districts within Emaar South's first phase, Fadi Shaher El Borno, general manager, joint ventures, told Construction Week on Monday.
940,000 children in the states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe are acutely affected by malnourishment, while 88,000 of them risk death, according to UNICEF chief field officer Geoffrey Ijumba, during the closing speech at the five-day Nutrition Emergency Training in Maiduguri, Anadolu Agency reported.