By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Humanitarian Aid to Secure the Future Initiative (HASFI) recently hosted the grand finale of its Best Brains Quiz and Spelling Competition at the Federal Government College Maiduguri Assembly Hall. The event brought together over 250 students from 20 public and private senior and...
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said about 789 ex-Boko Haram terrorist combatants, are presently undergoing De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration (DRR) programme under the Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) initiative. Musa, represented by the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans, AVM Sayo Olatunde, made this known...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Eleven people, including women and children abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in a fishing community in Doron Baga, Borno State, have regained freedom. According to a source, the abduction was carried out on February 13, 2025, by notorious Commander Tar, who has been terrorizing...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government through the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) distributes the sum of 200,000 each to first batch 713, returnees who return back from Chad & Cameron respectively The first trip (Batch A) also received many humanitarian intervention which includes food...
by SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Commission for Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), officially handed over food and non-food relief items to the Borno State Government this morning to support the resettlement of Nigerians returning from Chad. During the handover...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri– Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday presented the First class staff of office to the newly appointed Shehu of Bama, Dr. Umar Kyari Umar El-Kanemi, in a grand ceremony held at the Central Stadium in Bama Local Government Area of the state. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to sponsoring more Borno indigenes to study medicine and allied health courses at the Federal University of Health Sciences (FUHSA), Azare, Bauchi State. Governor Zulum stated this pledge on Monday during a courtesy visit...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has finally received 8,000 Borno displaced persons from Chad Republic which were repatriated in collaboration with the presidential committee on repatriation and resettlement. Governor Zulum, who was represented by Hon Karta Maina Ma’aji Lawan, Member representing Kukawa, LGC State...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has led a delegation of government officials from Nigeria to kick start the repatriation of refugees that fled the Boko Haram crises to Baga Sola in Tchad Republic. The refugees, most of them indigenes of Borno, were displaced...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Personal Assistant Domestic (Northeast), office of the Vice -President Kashim Shettima, Comrade Mahmud Muhammad, has expressed commendation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for graciously approving the sum of N80 billion for the immediate reconstruction and expansion of the Alau Dam, Konduga local government...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced an increase in funding to support child nutrition initiatives in the state. This is an effort to combat food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly among children under five. Governor Zulum made the announcement during a high-level roundtable discussion...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the appointment of Dr. Mohammed Aminu Ghuluze as the new Head of Service. Governor Zulum in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Dauda Iliya, said the appointment takes effect from March 3, 2025. Dr. Ghuluze...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The city of Maiduguri played host to the highly anticipated 5th Edition of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum Meeting, convened from January 29th to 31st, 2025. Organised by the Yobe State Government, the forum brought together governors and representatives from countries surrounding the...
United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) on Friday said no fewer than six million people were displaced in the Lake Chad Basin region’s conflicts from January 2024 to January 2025. Resident Representative for UNFPA Burkina Faso, representing the Regional Director for UNFPA West and Central Africa Region, Mr Alain Akpadji,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum concluded its fifth meeting in Maiduguri, Nigeria, with a renewed commitment to regional stability, peace, and sustainable development. The three-day conference, which took place from January 29-31, 2025, brought together governors from Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governors’ Forum of the Lake Chad Basin on Thursday officially launched the Community-Based Reconciliation and Reintegration (CBRR) Policy and the Transitional Justice Framework in a major step towards fostering peace and stability in the region. The initiative was inspired by the successful adoption of...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed more than 2 billion dollars in supporting 15.3 million people affected by crises in Lake Chad Basin within a decade. Lead Coordinator for West and Central Africa at AfDB, Dr Riadh Ben Messaoud, shared the bank’s accomplishments at Panel Session in the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is fully committed to partner the Governors of the Lake Chad Basin Forum and other stakeholders to bring a lasting peace and stabilization in the region which was hitherto ravaged by over decade atrocities posed...
Lake Chad Governors’ Forum remains a beacon of hope for regional cooperation, good governance – Buni
Lake Chad Governors’ Forum remains a beacon of hope for regional cooperation, good governance – Buni
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has said that the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum (LCBGF) remains a beacon of hope, serving as the cornerstone for strengthening and promoting good governance, cross-border cooperation, dialogue, and coordinated action among the Basin’s eight territories. “ Governor...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maidugiri – In a significant step towards fostering sustainable peace and development in the Lake Chad Basin, a regional meeting of Traditional Rulers convened from January 27-28, 2025, on the sidelines of the 5th edition of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum (LCBGF) scheduled for January...