By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has stated that the Maiduguri dry inland port will begin operations in six months. Zulum made this known on Wednesday in Lagos while addressing journalists after a courtesy call to the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Governing Council of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) has expressed gratitude to Governor Babagana Umara Zulum for the huge investment he has made in the education sector in Borno State. The chairman of the Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of the University, Dr Yunusa...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has extended a warm felicitation to the elder statesman and business tycoon, Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi on the occasion of his 77th birthday. He commended Indimi’s philanthropy and dedication to the development of Borno and Nigeria as a whole....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of 4 Special Advisers and 5 Senior Technical Assistants. Zulum’s approval was conveyed to newsmen on Friday in Maiduguri in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Hon. Bukar Tijani. The appointment...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Following recent flood disaster that ravaged Mainok Community of Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State, the lawmaker representing Borno North Senatorial District, Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno and House of Representatives Member representing Kaga/Magumeri/Gubio Federal Constituency, Hon. Usman Zannah, among other concerned stakeholders...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday commissioned 500 houses built by his administration at Nguro-Soye, a community in Bama Local Government Area of the state. The Nguro-Soye resettlement houses have public facilities such as schools, a primary healthcare centre, water facilities and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has reiterated its commitment to address the influx of unaccompanied children into the state. The commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, stated this following a State Security Council meeting on Monday. Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum,...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has alleged that 95 per cent of the youths that participated in Thursday’s violent protests in Maiduguri were children under 14 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zulum made this known in a broadcast to the people of Borno where...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum over the weekend inaugurated a committee of government and labour officials to work out measures and advise the state government towards the implementation of new national minimum wage for workers in Borno state. The committee, made up of...
Borno Police Command on Thursday alleged that Boko Haram elements have infiltrated protesters along Baga Road in Maiduguri, killing four persons, while 34 others sustained various degrees of injuries. The Police Commissioner (CP), Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this while providing a situation report to the News Agency of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed commitment to addressing the manpower deficit in the healthcare sector of the state. The governor made this known on Sunday in Monguno when he paid an assessment visit to the project site for the construction of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Abuja – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday, supervised the distribution of food items and agricultural inputs to over 35,000 male heads of household in Monguno Local Government area in the northern part of the state. Each of the 35,000 beneficiaries received one...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of Mal. Usman Aliyu as the Director General of Borno State Agency for Great Green Wall. The Great Green Wall is an African Union project to combat desertification in the Sahel region and prevent...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has announced a plan to revive the state-owned tomato factory located along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway. The governor announced the plan on Sunday when he paid an unscheduled assessment visit to the factory. During the visit, Zulum directed that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The media unit of the Borno State Governor’s office has issued a statement dismissing rumors that the Governor Babagana Zulum’s son was arrested in India for alleged murder. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the rumors, which originated on the online blog Nairaland, alleged that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has urged citizens of the state to shun ideas of protest resulting from the hardships faced in the country. The governor said that the hike in the prices of food and other commodities was temporary and assured that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has indicated the recent bomb blast in Gwoza Local Government was an act of sabotage towards the resettlement agenda of his administration. Zulum stated this while addressing newsmen on Saturday at Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Maiduguri, after returning...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Maiduguri residents, APC supporters, members of clubs and associations, National and State Assembly members, LGC executives, leaders, and workers, among others, defied the rainfall to give Governor Babagana Zulum a warm welcome back to Maiduguri. The governor had been on a 30-day annual leave,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a heartfelt appeal, petty traders, food sellers, and craftsmen in Borno State have called on Governor Babagana Umar Zulum and the Borno State Geographic Information System (BOGIS) to intervene in the frequent raids and seizures of their properties by members of the...