By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima, Borno’s Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, Senators, House of Representatives members and other top government officials on Monday afternoon attended the ‘Janaza’ (funeral prayers) of late Hajiya Fatsuma Kyari, Mother-in-law to Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum....
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has inaugurated a vocational training institute in Mafa Local Government with the capacity of training 600 youths each year. The inauguration was performed on Friday evening after a brief ceremony. The newly established vocational institute named ‘Vocational...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has disclosed that his administration aims to support local residents in Dikwa and Ngala to cultivate 200 hectares of land under the rural irrigation project. Governor Zulum made this known on Friday while speaking to newsmen after the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has supervised the palliative distribution of N175m cash and food items for over 50,000 vulnerable residents in Dikwa town of Dikwa Local Government Area. The distribution started on Thursday and rounded up on Friday morning with each...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday, inspected 1000 housing projects at Logumani and Gajibo communities of Ngala and Dikwa Local Government Areas, respectively. Both communities were destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents and residents were displaced since 2014. At Logumani where 500...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As parts of its intervention to the victims of Maidugri Monday Market, the Northeast Development Commission (NEDC), has donated N2 billion to the traders of the rebuilt Monday Markets to assist them pick up the pieces of their lives following the burnt down...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday presided over the swearing-in of a new commissioner and 3 Local Government Transitional Council chairmen. Borno State Chief Judge, Justice Kashim Zannah, who was represented by Hon. Justice Dr Banagana Karube administered the oath of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has commended Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, for his relentless support to the armed forces working to restore peace in Borno State.Z The CDS also acknowledged that Governor Zulum’s commitment and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced the conversion of Mustapha Umar Elkanemi Arabic (Teachers) College in Maiduguri to a specialised institute for teaching of Arabic and Islamic education that will aim to counter the ideology of Boko Haram. The governor...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has said there is no community in the state still under the control of Boko Haram. Zulum made the declaration on Tuesday in Maiduguri when he received visiting Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa. “I am pleased to inform the general public...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has reaffirmed his government’s continuous support to all security agencies in a bid to securing the lives and property of the citizenry in the state. The Borno State Commissioner of Information and Internal Security,, Prof. Mohammed Usman...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has received National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) outstanding healthcare services delivery award for his transparency and accountable provision of primary healthcare services across s the State. The National Coordinator of NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib made the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has said that with three professors now in charge of Borno’s health sector, it is either the sector is repositioned now or never. Governor Zulum stated this on Friday when he received the Health Minister, Prof. Mohammed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Engr Babagana Umara Zulum, has affirmed his administration’s commitment to addressing humanitarian issues and ensuring meaningful development in communities across Local Government Areas, especially those affected by the over a decade old insurgency. Zulum made this known on Wednesday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government says within the 100 days of his second term in office, Governor Babagana Zulum has executed 77 projects as well made key releases of funds and interventions in the states. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon. Bukar...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development in collaboration with the generous support of Open Society West Africa (OSIWA has commended Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum for his unwavering commitment and determination to return peace, transform and provide sustainable livelihoods support to the displaced...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has flagged off the distribution of agricultural inputs to one thousand seven hundreds beneficiaries from Gwoza, Chibok and Damboa Federal Constituency donated by House of Representatives member representing the constituency Honourable Ahmed Usman Jaha. The occasion which took...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of Engr Dr Bukar Abubakar uluas the new rector of Ramat Polytechnic with effect from 25th September, 2023. The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Governor’s spokesman, Malam...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations (UN) has promised to partner with the Borno State government and North East Development Commission, NEDC in safety resettlement of IDPs and refugees in the state and region. The Assistant Secretary General of the UN, Mr. Robert Piper, who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has unveiled a new fleet of 70 buses for metro transport and to ease the movement of civil servants to their various places of work. The initiative aims to alleviate the burden of commuting for both government...