Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, officially opened a newly constructed 48-classroom High Islamic College in Gubio Local Government Area of northern Borno. The state-of-the-art institution is designed to offer a hybrid curriculum that integrates western education with traditional sangaya (Qur’anic) educational system. Zulum had introduced an...
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Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday presented a N890,331,686,000.00 budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly, with the education sector receiving the highest single-sector allocation of N135 billion. Tagged the “Budget of Sustained Recovery and Growth,” it places the capital expenditure...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, on Thursday, launched the distribution of humanitarian support to more than 4,000 households in the newly resettled town of Malam-Fatori, Abadam Local Government Area. The beneficiaries are returnees who spent over a decade as refugees in neighbouring Niger Republic after fleeing insurgent attacks....
Vice President Kashim Shettima and Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday, paid a visit to victims of Wednesday’s bomb blast at a Mosque in Maiduguri, that are currently receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). The visit was to sympathise with those injured...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has marked Christmas on Thursday by visiting frontline troops of the Nigerian Army’s 68 Battalion in the strategic border town of Malam Fatori, Abadam Local Government Area. The governor has spent the preceding four days traversing northern Borno, coordinating security measures and...
Borno State Government has disbursed the sum of ₦15 million to 500 widows and orphans across the state as part of its Christmas welfare intervention programme. The gesture was carried out through the Ohaneze APC Support Group and officially flagged off at a ceremony organised by the group to...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has condemned in strong terms the bomb explosion that claimed about five lives and left several others injured at a Mosque in Gamboru Market, Maiduguri, Borno State, describing the attack as a despicable assault on innocent citizens and the peace of the nation. The Vice...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has condemned, in strong terms, a suicide attack at Gomboru market mosque in Maiduguri metropolis on Wednesday evening. A suspected suicide bomber sneaked into the mosque while worshippers were performing the Maghrib prayer, killing five people and injuring 35 others. Governor Zulum,...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved an immediate increase in the rural allowance for health personnel at General Hospital Damasak, from 12% to 30%. The governor announced the measure on Wednesday during an inspection visit to the hospital as part of his ongoing security and resilience-building...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, visited the Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Mairari to bolster the morale of Nigerian Army troops on the frontline. Mairari, a strategic town in the state, endured two insurgent attacks in December. On both occasions, the assaults were successfully repelled...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has rewarded a health worker, Dr Ishaku Dickson, with a fully furnished three-bedroom house in recognition of his dedication and selfless service to the people of Monguno and Borno State at large. Governor Zulum made the presentation on Monday night during a visit...
Goni Musa Hameed from Maiduguri , Borno State has emerged the overall winner of the 2025 National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, while Kano State clinched the overall best in the female category. The 2025 edition of the National Annual Qur’anic Recitation Competition, and 40th Anniversary of the competition held in...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, inaugurated the newly renovated Officers’ Lounge and Cafeteria for personnel of Nigerian Army 3, Division ,Operation Hadin Kai, in Monguno. The twin facilities, renovated under the supervision of the Sector Commander, Major General Suleiman Saidu Tilawan, are designed to provide...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has distributed essential food items to widows and vulnerable members of the Christian community in preparation for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Over 6,000 people will benefit from the gesture, including 1,605 IDPs who have each received a bag of rice, 1 carton...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has flagged off the 2025 Free Annual Transportation Programme, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to compassion, inclusivity, and people-centred governance. The programme, which commenced on Sunday, 21 December 2025, has continued to provide critical mobility support to thousands of Nigerians since its inception...
President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday in Maiduguri, Borno State, applauded the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, for continuously investing in education, health, and transportation and for steadily improving the livelihoods of indigenes. The President, who was on a three-state official tour of Borno, Bauchi and Lagos States,...
Borno State has emerged as the overall winner in the male category of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, ‘Borno 2025’. Announcing the results, the Director of the Centre for Islamic Studies at Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Professor Abubakar Yelwa, declared Musa Ahmed Musa from Borno the overall male...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday commissioned three newly constructed mega schools and a fleet of 620 fully electric vehicles and tricycles delivered by the governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. During the commissioning ceremony, which was performed separately, President Tinubu commended Governor Zulum for his transformative...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has launched a ₦1 billion Youth Empowerment Scheme in Maiduguri, describing it as a strategic investment in human capital development and sustainable economic growth, today Friday at Sir Kashim Ibrahim College of Education Theater Hall Maiduguri. Speaking at the event, Governor Zulum...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has extended his congratulations to the renowned journalist, Babajide Otitoju, on his appointment as Director of News at Television Continental (@tvcnewsng) News. In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Dauda Iliya, Governor Zulum hailed Mr Otitoju’s appointment as...