By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was at Zabarmari early morning on Sunday, to lead kinsmen and other residents, still in shock, for the funeral of 43 farmers slaughtered by the Boko Haram insurgents. Though the victims lived in Zabarmari is a farming community in Jere local government area, famous for rice cultivation and local processing, they were attacked on Saturday, at Koshebe village, a place in Mafa...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent At least 44 rice farmers were reportedly  killed by suspected members of the Boko Haram while harvesting their crops, a lawmaker and sources have said. An unspecified number were also taken away. Sources in Zabarmari, a Borno community known for rice farming, informed say that  the farmers were attacked as they were working on a rice field at Garin Kwashebe. The farmers were attacked on Saturday as residents of the...