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...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State entrepreneurs participating in the 6th Expanded National MSME Clinics and Fashion Hub will receive an unconditional grant of N300,000 each to support and enhance their businesses. This was announced by Vice President, Kashim Shettima, during the official opening of the program on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) Managing Director/CEO, Alhaji Mohammed Goni Alkali, has said that: “the challenges we face in the Lake Chad Basin are complex and interconnected from security concerns to environmental degradation, from displacement to economic disruption.” Alkali who stated this in his...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Almost one thousand participants including state governors and traditional rulers from the Lake Chad Basin region have converged Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria for a 5- day international regional meeting to brainstorm on the regional perennial security challenges, bilateral cooperation, peace stability, socio economic and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a significant stride toward economic development and community empowerment, between Borno State and Far North Region of Republic of Cameroon, the Governor of the Far North Region, Midjinyawa Bakari has officially commissioned an international cattle market, a government lodge, and a government day...
The Defence Headquarters has said troops of Operation Hadin Kai have eliminated 70 terrorists and their commanders in a clearance operation at a terrorist enclave known as Timbuktu Triangle in Borno. The Director Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Sunday, said the troops had launched...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – On Sunday, January 26, 2025, management team of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) conducted a thorough inspection of various medical, dental, housing, and construction projects across Maiduguri town. The inspection initiative was aimed at assessing the current progress of projects aimed at improving...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Two days after the killing of 20 fishermen at Gadan Gari fishing community in Bama Local Government Area of Borno on Wednesday, another armed terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram/ ISWAP have reportedly killed a military commander, two other senior military officers and 17...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The European Union (EU) has lauded Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s post-conflict recovery efforts, citing the Muna Vocational Training Institute, which trains youth, particularly those affected by the over one-decade-long Boko Haram insurgency. Head of the European Union (EU) mission to Borno, Ambassador Gautier Mignot,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Kawuri village of Konduga Local Government Area in Borno State recently suffered an attack by Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday. A statement issued and signed by Bashir Sandia, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Executive Chairman, Konduga LGC on Wednesday,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – ARDA Development Communication Incorporated a leading development communication, Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Nigeria, with focus on fostering sustainable development through Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) projects within Nigeria and across Africa on Tuesday organized a 1- day capacity building training for...
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital Media and Emergency Management, Arc. Ishaq Ahmed Ningi, on Saturday paid a courtesy visit to the Government House in Maiduguri to congratulate Abdulrahman Ahmed Bundi on his recent appointment as the Senior Technical Assistant on Print and Digital Communications to...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Friday paid a condolence visit to the families of slain soldiers in Maiduguri, Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the soldiers died during a recent terrorist attack in Damboa, Borno, even though they successfully repelled the attack. In the wake of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Hon. Mohammed Kwajaffa, representing Hawul Local Government Area at the Borno State House of Assembly, has dismissed the purported impeachment of Speaker Hon. Mohammed Bukar by nine aggrieved councillors as null and void. The impeachment was allegedly due to gross misconduct accusations against Hon....
The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (AC OPHK) has reiterated the ban on drone operations in the North East Theatre, comprising Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, citing security and safety concerns. The Air Component Commander of AC OPHK, Air Commodore Umar Idris, emphasised the ban in a statement...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Introduction In a groundbreaking step towards agricultural innovation and rural development, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has unveiled a state-of-the-art modern ranch in Mafa Town. This initiative marks a pivotal moment not only for the region’s agricultural landscape but also for the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Yobe State Government is set to host the fifth Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum meeting. The forum which is set up to address the persistent regional challenges will be held in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, Northeast Nigeria from January 29 to 31,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced the setting up of an eye camp, a programme that will provide free eye surgeries for 10,000 residents suffering from various visual impairments, including cataracts. Zulum announced the approval on Monday when he flagged off a...
Borno Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Mr Lawan Abba Wakilbe, has advocated urgent intervention to empower freed Boko Haram captives, to enhance their economic and social protection. Wakilbe stated this during a courtesy visit by Hamsatu Allamin, Chief Executive Officer of the Allamin Foundation for Peace, on...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has described the soldiers who lost their lives repelling the terrorist attack in Damboa, Borno, as eternal heroes whose sacrifices would never be in vain. In a statement by his spokesperson Mr Stanley Nkwocha on Friday in Abuja, Shettima reaffirmed deep sorrow and firm solidarity with...