By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, in collaboration with the federal government have unveiled the distribution of 30,436 bags of 25kg rice and maize grains as palliatives to 9 LGAs of the state in...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has handed over essential medical supplies worth over USD$246,590 to the Borno State Government to improve the quality of care available in health facilities across the state. The UN agency also pledged to hand over a newly built...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State, unfortunately, is one of the states in Nigeria with very high indices of maternal and neonatal mortality rates as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. The state Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Professor Baba Malam Gana, stated this on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Hon. Pogu Lawan of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged winner of the By-election for the Chibok LGC State Constituency in Borno State He scored a total 9,101 votes and was returned elected. He was followed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Top dignitaries have continued to pay condolence visit to Vice President Kashim Shettima following the death of his step mother, Hauwa Kormi. Recall that the late Kormi died on Thursday in a hospital in Abuja after a protracted illness. She was buried same Thursday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Presidential delegation led by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Minister of Agriculture, Senator Abubakar Kyari, Governor Babagana Zulum, Senator MT Monguno, Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan, members of House of Representatives from Borno state and Borno State Assembly members, among other...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur, has led the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign team to Chibok town in preparation for the upcoming House of Assembly by-election scheduled for Saturday. The event saw the presence of several notable APC figures, including the APC...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has identified five unique measures as strategic towards addressing the lingering security challenges bedeviling the northern part of the country. Governor Zulum disclosed this on Saturday during the 10th Annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial lecture and Merit Award...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has affirmed that education is a global resource for learning and the acquisition of relevant skills for opportunities in today’s world, adding that it promotes wellbeing while serving as a “catalyst for peace.” The UNICEF Chief...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have supported education sector through Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria under a 4- year education Program for Borno and Yobe states – Education in Emergency Programmes...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commissioned 500 resettlement houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on Sunday in Logumani community of Ngala LGA of the state. The newly constructed Logumani community made up of units of two-bedroom semi-detached low-cost houses, with basic amenities...
Hajiya Inna Galadima of the of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared Chairman-elect of Jere Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Galadima’s emergence automatically makes her the first female to be elected council chairman in the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno, has won all the 27 Chairmanship and 312 councillor positions in Saturday’s council polls in the state. This is even as the newly elected chairmen and councillors of Konduga, Jere and other local government areas...
The Deputy National Chairman(North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ali Dalori, has lauded the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s local government election in Borno. The APC leader made the commendation in an interview with journalists in Maiduguri on Sunday. Dalori, who was in Borno for the election, urged...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Minister of State for Youths Development, Ayodele Olawande who is on a two day state working visit to Maiduguri , Borno State capital visited NYSC corp members, IDPs camp, 7 Division Hospital Maimalari Cantonment, Governor Zulum and held Town Hall Meeting with youths...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director Network for CSOs Borno State (NECSOB), Ambassador Comrade Bulama Abiso, on Wednesday said the network has received a formal approval from the Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC) to observe the forth coming LG Councils election in the state....
No fewer than two members of Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) in Mafa LGA of Borno State have been killed while eight others sustained various degree of injuries following an explosion from Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The incident occured on Tuesday while they were on their routine operations...
There couldn’t have been a more poignant last chapter to a man’s life than my final text exchange with him. He reached out on December 31, 2023, to draw my attention to a Qur’an recital competition in Damaturu, Yobe State, stating that it transpired without deserving prizes. In...
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Mallam Isa Gusau, a veteran journalist and a dedicated Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. Mallam Isa Gusau was a respected member of the Borno State Correspondents’ Chapel...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development in collaboration with King’s College London and Youths Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Abuse, have organized a training session for stakeholders on how to protect unarmed civilians in conflicts prone areas. The Executive Director, Allamin Foundation...