By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has given a rousing welcomed to El kanemi Warriors Football Club team players and the technical crew on their arrival form Sokoto Premier League match, where they won the match which earned them a promotion to Nigeria Professional Football...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has commenced the training of store keepers to enhanced their performance. Declaring the training workshop open on Monday in Maiduguri, the State Head of Service, Barr Simon Malgwi, said the training was inline with the training and retraining programme of the...
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Matthias Schmale, has renewed the commitment of humanitarian community to supporting Borno and others hit by humanitarian crisis. Schmale made this known in Maiduguri on Thursday to mark 2022 World Humanitarian Day, graced by President Muhammadu Buhari. “Allow me to recall that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and its agencies to come up with specific programmes to address urgent threats posed by explosive remnants in the North East region. The President, who...
More than 7,264 persons are to benefit from Federal Government’s Grant for Vulnerable Groups (GVG) programme in Borno. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, announced this on Wednesday while inaugurating the programme in Maiduguri. Farouq said the programme started in 2020 as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the payment of N30,000 minimum wage for qualified primary school teachers in the state. Governor Zulum gave the approval on Wednesday when he received the leaders of the organized labour, who were on a courtesy visit at...
The reign of terrorists is not without its own sardonic humour. Soon after storming Kuje prison in Abuja to free their comrades in arms, ISWAP terrorists indicated an interest in two pricey trophies: President Muhammadu Buhari and, my friend and brother, Nasir El Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State. While...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) in Borno State, on Tuesday in Maiduguri, commended Governor Babagana Zulum for the release of N705 million to clear outstanding leave grant owed workers. Governor Zulum had on Tuesday, 2nd August,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commissioned the parameter fencing of Divisional police station and barracks in Askira LGA. The governor, who was represented by the Commissioner from the Ministry of Reconstruction Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Engr Mustapha Gubio, said the commissioning was inline...
In his continued payments of scholarship for various categories of Borno students, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the payment of N19,392,000 registration fees for 59 Borno students, currently in law school campuses across the nation. The registration was for the 2021/2022 academic session. Executive Secretary of Borno State...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Bonro State Governor, Babagana Zulum has lamented over the non implementation of the national minimum wage for Local Education Authority (LEA) teachings in the state, admitting that some tea hers still receive less than N11,000 as monthly salaries. This is sequel to wide spread...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has resettled the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Konduga LGA into the newly constructed 1000 housing units that was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari months ago. The Commissioner for the Ministry of Reconstruction Rehabilitation and Resettlement (MRRR), Engr Mustapha Gubio relocated...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, was at the headquarters of Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in N’Djamena, Chad, to honour over 6,000 gallant soldiers. The soldiers were honoured at a medals parade held by the MNJTF to celebrate over 6,000 troops for their gallantry...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Late President of Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yar’adua’s son, Shehu Yar’adua has tied the knot with Yasir Mammanoor Sheriff in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The wedding (Fatiha) took place at the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff’s family house located along Giwa Barracks. Top dignitaries in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Muslims faithful on Saturday morning defied rain shower to converged at eid-el grounds across Maiduguri Metropolis, the Borno State capital to observe the Eid-el-Kabir congregational rakaats (prayers). The Imam Idaini of Borno, Sheikh Imam Shettima Muhammad Saleh, led the two congregational rakaats (prayers) at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum on Thursday affirmed that there is direct link between food transformation and the social problems of hunger, poverty, healthcare, insecurity and unemployment. Governor Zulum stated this during the North-East Sensitization Workshop on National Food System Transformation Pathways, which was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Germany Government is to support Federal Government of Nigeria with about 10 million Euros for the repatriation of Borno State citizens on refuge in the three countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroon Republics and Management of Repentant Boko Haram Insurgents. The fund is also...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno state Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has commissioned a 2.17 kilometre road with drainage, and a 30-bed primary health centre, both located at Wulari community in Maiduguri. The new road opens up access to Wulari and connects it with Maiduguri’s city centre. The long...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced that he will monitor the activities of the newly inaugurated commissioners and permanent secretaries in their ministerial offices at Musa Usman Secretariat. Governor Zulum stated this on Monday during the swearing in of the commissioners and permanent...
The technical working group on repatriation of Nigerians displaced from the North-East on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, submitted its report to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. President Muhammadu Buhari, had in February, inaugurated a Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East...