By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the conferment of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) as national honours on Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, announced this in a letter he conveyed...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has addressed multinational groups in New York, United States of America, towards increasing focus on the education of girls in Nigeria and around the world. The Governor traveled to the US as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s delegation...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the appointment of Baba Bura Usman as Borno State’s new Accountant General. The appointment was announced by the Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement issued on Wednesday night. Baba Bura Usman was, until his appointment,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has approved the release of N10m and a house to the bereaved family of Babagana Mallam Tela famously called Kadau who was the overall commander of the ‘Civilian JTF’ in Bama LGA, before he was killed by Boko...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum on Monday visited the village market in former Boko Haram Stronghold village in Cross Kauwa, which is a commercial nerve center of all the surrounding towns and villages linking the village such Baga , Monguno and Kukawa, towns which are the...
The Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has emerged ‘Best Governor of the Year’ in the 2022 Leadership Excellence Awards. Zulum defeated three other nominees, Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers and Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to emerge winner in a 14-day public online...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Govenor Babagana Umara Zilum has flagged off a two day sensitisation workshop at the International Conference Hall in Maiduguri, themed:” promoting peace and national development through equitable distribution of socio-economic amenities and infrastructural facilities nationwide.” The governor, who commended the efforts of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Media aides, alongside social media associates, on Thursday unveiled a compendium, the 3rd Verdict, to celebrate the 53rd birthday of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The compendium’s Editor-in-Chief, who is also the Governor’s Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has given a rousing welcomed to El kanemi Warriors Football Club team players and the technical crew on their arrival form Sokoto Premier League match, where they won the match which earned them a promotion to Nigeria Professional Football...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has commenced the training of store keepers to enhanced their performance. Declaring the training workshop open on Monday in Maiduguri, the State Head of Service, Barr Simon Malgwi, said the training was inline with the training and retraining programme of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the payment of N30,000 minimum wage for qualified primary school teachers in the state. Governor Zulum gave the approval on Wednesday when he received the leaders of the organized labour, who were on a courtesy visit at...
In his continued payments of scholarship for various categories of Borno students, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the payment of N19,392,000 registration fees for 59 Borno students, currently in law school campuses across the nation. The registration was for the 2021/2022 academic session. Executive Secretary of Borno State...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Bonro State Governor, Babagana Zulum has lamented over the non implementation of the national minimum wage for Local Education Authority (LEA) teachings in the state, admitting that some tea hers still receive less than N11,000 as monthly salaries. This is sequel to wide spread...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has resettled the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Konduga LGA into the newly constructed 1000 housing units that was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari months ago. The Commissioner for the Ministry of Reconstruction Rehabilitation and Resettlement (MRRR), Engr Mustapha Gubio relocated...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, was at the headquarters of Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in N’Djamena, Chad, to honour over 6,000 gallant soldiers. The soldiers were honoured at a medals parade held by the MNJTF to celebrate over 6,000 troops for their gallantry...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has expressed fear over the state of the returnee Internal Displaced persons (IDPs) being exposed to the possibility of Boko Haram terrorists attack. The governor’s concern is coming barely few day after the state government shut down the Dalori-1,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Late President of Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yar’adua’s son, Shehu Yar’adua has tied the knot with Yasir Mammanoor Sheriff in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The wedding (Fatiha) took place at the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff’s family house located along Giwa Barracks. Top dignitaries in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has described the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima as APC’s Vice Presidential candidate, as the wisest choice made by the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed. Zulum stated this in a statement he personally signed on Sunday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Deputy Governor Umar Usman Kadafur has congratulated the former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima over his emergence as the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Hon. Kadufur in a statement issued on Sunday, said he is very...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum on Thursday affirmed that there is direct link between food transformation and the social problems of hunger, poverty, healthcare, insecurity and unemployment. Governor Zulum stated this during the North-East Sensitization Workshop on National Food System Transformation Pathways, which was...