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Borno

British

/ ˈbɔːnəʊ /

noun

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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Nigerian military spokesman Sani Uba said al-Minuki had established a "concealed and fortified enclave" at a remote village in the Borno State in the northeast, the epicentre of a 17-year armed insurgency.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

Locals in Borno state have endured decades of insecurity.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

"I don't know if there were jihadists at the market. We are just ordinary people," Mala Garba, 42, told AFP from a hospital in Borno state capital Maiduguri while recovering from bullet wounds.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

Despite stories like these, Mohammed Hassan Agalama, the commander who leads the Agro Rangers scheme in Borno, insists that the guards deter militants from staging violent assaults.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025

There, having sack'd Borno, the kingly seat, I took the king and led him bound in chains Unto Damascus, 59 where I stay'd before.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Christopher Marlowe

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