By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has applauded efforts of gallant troops in the North East Joint Task Force ‘Operation Hadin Kai’, men of the Civilian Joint Task Force, hunters, vigilantes and resilient people for repelling attack by suspected members of Boko Haram...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Abuja – The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has awarded Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, with the prestigious media friendly award. The event was held on Saturday at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Conference Centre, Abuja, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Union. Governor...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has condemned the recent suicide attack carried out by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Konduga Local Government Area. The attack, which occurred yesterday around 10:00 pm, targeted a night fish market, killing 12 people and leaving 18 others injured. Zulum, in a statement by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has made significant strides in infrastructure development, transportation, and energy supply within the last year. According to Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi, Senior Special Assistant to the Borno State Governor on Print Media and Digital Communication, Zulum’s administration has...
By ABDURRAHMAN AHMED BUNDI The 2025 Trail Blazing multimedia campaign to celebrate Professor Babagana Umara Zulum’s brand and resounding achievements in Borno State’s post-insurgency phase shall kick off next week. This year’s tradition shall showcase some of the additional 144 capital-intensive projects delivered by Zulum and his team between...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday commissioned 20 road projects in Maiduguri, the state capital, to mark the 2025 Democracy Day. They are Maina Kenindi Road, Talba Road, Yerima Road, Tafa Balewa Road, Cemetery Road, Park Road, Benue Road, Kinshasa Road, Homan...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has made an early morning visit to hospitals on Thursday in Maiduguri, arriving at the State Specialist Hospital at 5:00 a.m, sympathising with patients and donating cash support to commemorate Nigeria’s 2025 Democracy Day. The Governor donated N50,000...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has sympathised with his counterpart in Niger State, Mohammed Bago, over last month’s flood disaster in Mokwa Local Government Area. During a visit on Tuesday at the Government House in Minna, Zulum announced the donation of N300m to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced the handover of Umar Ibn Ibrahim El-Kanemi College of Education, Science, and Technology, Bama, for the immediate commencement of academic activities at the newly established Federal University of Agriculture and Entrepreneurship, Bama. Governor Zulum made...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima has commissioned the 375 tractors belonging to Borno State Government which have been fully refurbished by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) under the National Assets Recovery, Refurbishment and Redeployment Project (Asset Restore Project). The event was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has donated N100 million to aid the families of slain soldiers and those wounded in the ongoing fight against insurgency in the northeast region. The donation was made on Saturday at an Eid El-Kabir Sallah luncheon hosted jointly...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has called on the Federal Government to accelerate the rehabilitation and expansion of the Alau Dam to avert a repeat of last year’s devastating flood disaster. Maiduguri and surrounding local government areas experienced their worst flooding in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has joined the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, along with top government officials and hundreds of residents for the two Raka’at Eid prayer at the historic Shehu’s Palace in Maiduguri. The Eid prayer was led...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has reaffirmed his commitment to making additional sacrifices to ensure lasting peace in the state. While felicitating with muslim faithful on the occasion of Eid-al-Adha, Governor Zulum vowed to intensify efforts to strengthen security in all...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has lauded the Nigerian military, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), hunters, and vigilantes for their recent success in eliminating Abu Fatima, a top commander of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), along with two others, in Aleru...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has pledged to undertake a comprehensive review of the state’s existing laws to align with contemporary realities before the end of his tenure Governor Zulum made the promise on Friday during the official launch of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has promised to provide educational scholarship for children of the slain civilian JTF members that lost their lives along Dikwa-Marte road. Eight members of the Force were tragically killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack along...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has called on the North East Development Commission (NEDC) to prioritise embarking on tangible projects that can provide lasting benefits and boost infrastructural development across the six states in the northeast region. The Governor was speaking on...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that no Local Government Area in the state falls to Boko Haram or ISWAP terrorists. Zulum said this while speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa. The...
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