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...
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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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has expressed his grief over the passing of the mother of former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, Hajjiya Aisa Modu Sheriff. Hajjiya Aisa passed away on Sunday in Abuja after battling a prolonged illness at the age of...
The Acting Governor of Borno, Alhaji Umar Kadafur , has said that the fight against Boko Haram insurgency and terrorism must continue. Kadafur made this known when he visited victims of the Saturday suicide bomb blast in Gwoza, Borno. NAN reports that the attacks, carried out by suspected...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has extolled the humanitarian and altruistic virtues of the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed. Governor Zulum in a statement issued on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on New Media, AbdulRahman Bundi, congratulated the UN Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed shock over the death of the mother-in-law of the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Hajiya Maryam Abubakar Albishir. Hajiya Maryam Abubakar, mother of the wife of the Vice President, Nana Kashim Shettima, died at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has extended his condolences to the senator representing Borno North, Barrister Mohammed Tahir Monguno, over his father’s death, Alhaji Tijjani Muhammad. Late Alhaji Muhammad died on Saturday at the age of 95 and was buried on Sunday in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has congratulated the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for emerging as the 2024 “Best Public Tertiary Healthcare Facility of the Year” at the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence (NHE) Award Ceremony in Lagos yesterday. The NHE award (a global healthcare...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has called on Nigerians to pray for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and other leaders to navigate the challenges currently faced in service to the country. Governor Zulum made the call in Saudi Arabia...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved N521.4m cash assistance for the 2024 Borno pilgrims currently in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The Chairman of Borno’s 2024 Amirul Hajj committee and Senator representing Borno Central, Kaka Shehu Lawan, disclosed this on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State government on Wednesday celebrated 25 years of democracy in Nigeria. Acting Governor Umar Usman Kadafur congratulated Nigerians on this milestone, acknowledging the challenges faced but celebrating the achievements made so far. Kadafur praised security agencies for restoring peace in the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has flagged off the sales and distribution of 2024 rainy season fertilizers to farmers at subsidized price to boost agricultural production and warned distribution committee against diversion. The state acting Governors, Umar Kadufur, flagged off the sales and distribution...
… Delivers 1,195 Developmental Projects, Programmes and Policies in 5 Years By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has continued his commitment towards transforming the state in the first year of his second tenure of office. He consolidated on democratic gains...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to tackle the pressing issues of desertification and environmental degradation, the Borno State Government has launched an ambitious tree planting campaign aimed at nurturing 10 million seedlings for distribution across the state’s 27 local government areas. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The APC Community Mobilization Forum, a support group of the All Progressives Congress (APC), held a one-day stakeholders’ dialogue session in Maiduguri to commemorate Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s one-year anniversary of his second term in office. The session, themed “Sustaining the Momentum,” aimed to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has officially handed over power to his Deputy, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur to serve as Acting Governor. In an Executive Communication (Correspondence) read by the Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly (BOSHA) , Rt. Hon....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has allocated a total of ₦4,582,955,000 for scholarships for students undergoing different programmes in Nigerian and foreign universities. The breakdown of the scholarship is as follows: ₦241,000,000 for the tuition fees of 241 Master’s degree candidates in Nigerian...