By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to tackle the pressing issues of desertification and environmental degradation, the Borno State Government has launched an ambitious tree planting campaign aimed at nurturing 10 million seedlings for distribution across the state’s 27 local government areas. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The APC Community Mobilization Forum, a support group of the All Progressives Congress (APC), held a one-day stakeholders’ dialogue session in Maiduguri to commemorate Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s one-year anniversary of his second term in office. The session, themed “Sustaining the Momentum,” aimed to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has officially handed over power to his Deputy, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur to serve as Acting Governor. In an Executive Communication (Correspondence) read by the Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly (BOSHA) , Rt. Hon....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved N4.8 billion foreign and local scholarships for 524 Brono indigenes to study postgraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The governor flagged off the scholarship scheme on Friday at the multi-purpose hall of the Government...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday commissioned six new secondary schools constructed by his administration. The governor also unveiled a “build back better strategy” aimed at increasing enrollment of new students. The newly commissioned schools were equipped with modern teaching facilities and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has delivered part of the 36,000 50kg bags of assorted grain donated by the Federal Government to the state government to support resettled communities and other vulnerable families. The distribution took place Monday in a large open...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, visited Baga town in Kukawa Local Government Area on Sunday to address a reported threat by Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists against residents. The governor met with military officials to discuss strategies to prevent further...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, met with the European Union and ECOWAS Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Samuela Isopi, and the new representative of UNHCR to Nigeria, Arjun Jain, in Abuja. Both meetings were held separately behind closed doors after the initial...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum was in Mobbar, Gunio and Magumeri LGCs headquarters on Sunday where he commissioned some completed ICT projects and inspected ongoing construction works as well unveiled the fifth newly constructed State Vocational Training Institute in Magumeri town of Magumeri...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum ably represented by his deputy, Hon. Umar Kadafur alongside the Chairman, Borno State Amirul Hajj, Senator Kaka Lawan, have delivered their farewell messages to the first batch 410 Borno Pilgrims on board at the Maiduguri international Airport on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, assured the general public, on Monday, of the judicious distribution of 37,000 bags of assorted food items donated by the federal government to the most deserving and vulnerable members of society. Zulum made this statement during the official...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Government has handed over over 37,000 bags of assorted grains to the Borno State for onward distribution to poor and most vulnerable members of the society, as part of its initiatives to cushion the effect of the economic hardship as a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, was honoured on Saturday with the Visionary Leader/Pillar of Democracy Award for the year 2023 by Champion Newspaper for his outstanding contributions to the development and progress of his state. The award ceremony, held at the Convention Centre...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has announced a donation of bungalow flats to some serving and retiring Professor of university of Maiduguri. Governor Zulum also announced the intention of building additional housing estates for the staff of the university while pledging to resolve...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has said, the ongoing Jere Bowl construction of about 50 kilometres road project which crossed six communities of Gwowom, Koshebe, Dusuman, Gadamari, Zabarmari and Gongulong in Jere and Mafa local government areas by the North East Development...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Command, Operation Hadin Kai JTF North East, has rescued over 350 persons during a 10 day clearance operation in Sambisa Forest. The rescued persons comprised of women , children and men who were handed over to the Borno State Government after...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday in Bama town flagged off three months training workshop for 781 teachers drawn from 19 LGC Education Authorities across the state. Represented by the Borno State Deputy Governor, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur , the governor added...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF) has lamented that the Federal Government has neglected the subregion in the allocation of capital projects. The Forum stated that despite the cry for attention on the state of infrastructure which have been echoed several times in its...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has said that the distribution of palliatives by the federal government was not a permanent solution to food scarcity bedeviling the nation. Governor Zulum, who is also the Chairman, North East Governors’ Forum (NEGF), called on stakeholders...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF) has berated the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) over its nonchalance in tackling head-on, the recent persistent blackout being experienced in the subregion. The governors said they’re keenly watching to see how committed the TCN is in...