BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – A humanitarian group, known as The Victims Support Fund (VSF) on Friday launched the distribution of food items to victims of boko Haram insurgency in Yobe State. The Chairman of VSF, General Theophilus Y Danjuma (retired), who was represented by the Executive Director of...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Thursday led Borno’s delegation to the Yobe State Government Education Appeal Fund Raising, held in Abuja. The event which was chaired by Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, was co-hosted by Governor Mai Mala Buni and the Senate President, Senator Ahmad...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was on Wednesday at Malari village in Konduga Local Government Area to flag-off the safe resettlement of households who had been internally displaced for more than seven years. The resettlement followed the reconstruction of 803 existing houses...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians in the North East will, in the coming months, witness a change from the protracted insurgency to peace and development in their respective communities. The president stated this at the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of Internally Displaced...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has welcomed the release of four girls abducted by armed groups in Borno State, north-east Nigeria. In a statement issued and signed by the Communication Officer Borno State, UNICEF, Mrs. Folashade Adebayo on Monday in Maiduguri, called for the immediate release of all...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has appointed former Borno State Governor Senator Kashim Shettima as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Future Assured College, Maiduguri. The college which was built by Aisha Buhari Foundation in Maiduguri to cater for the educational...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has expressed appreciation to the Nigerian military for the tremendous sacrifices and efforts in the counter insurgency fight towards ensuring lasting peace and stability in the state and other parts of the North East region. Governor Bunu who...
The University of Maiduguri says it is one the best universities in the country in spite of Boko Haram insurgency bedeviling the state. Prof. Aliyu Shugaba, the Vice- Chancellor of the university, expressed this view at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja. Prof. Shugaba who buttressed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Without submitting requests to him, Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum on many occasions, offers logistics and other support to the Nigerian Army, to enhance the fight against Boko Haram, the acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General A.A. Eyitayo revealed...
A Federal lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume has called on the Federal Government to name and arrest those sponsoring terrorism in the country. Senator Ndume, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, made the call during an interview on Channels TV’s Political Paradigm. The lawmaker noted that he...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governors of the six states in the northeast are currently in closed door session of their forum’s sixth meeting, holding in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. The meeting is being led by Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum who is chairman of the Northeast...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the globe marks the World Human Rights Day, the Executive Director, Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin has called on Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State to be more committed, responsive and proactive to the support and assistance of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has announced an initiative titled “Borno Heroes Support Programme” for the award of educational scholarship to 500 orphans and their widowed mothers left behind by members of the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes who died during battles with Boko Haram...
A team of policemen patrolling Maiduguri-Damaturu road, on Monday prevented the abduction of a soldier and 15 travellers by insurgents. The soldier, a Lance Corporal, is attached 4 Battalion, Marte. Borno Police Command spokesman, ASP Sani Kamilu said the incident occurred around Yanakiri and Kondori villages when insurgents in...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has commended the military for the success achieved in the fight against insurgency in the country. Wike gave the commendation on Monday during a courtesy visit by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Isiaka Amao, at Government House, Port Harcourt. Gov. Wike noted...