Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says prayer remains the best option for peace in Nigeria and ending the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast. Adebayo made this known when he paid a curtesy visit to the Borno Deputy Governor, Usman Kadafur, at the...
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The Nigerian Army has restated commitment to collaborate with the police and other security agencies to ensure peaceful conduct of the 2023 general elections. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shuaib stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police...
Two more Chibok girls have been rescued by the military in Borno, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, the Theatre Commander, North East of Joint Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this to newsmen in Maiduguri. Musa, who also announced the opening of a new camp for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Sector III, Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating in the Lake Chad region have arrested 40 suspected Boko Haram insurgents’ logistics suppliers. The MNJTF’s Chief of Military Public Information Office, Lt.-Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Non Governmental Organization, Save the Children has hosted members of the Borno State Children’s Parliament and presented computers, printer, laptop bags and other tools to the Parliament to mark The International Day of the Girl Child in Maiduguri. The event which is being...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred the national honour award of Commander of Order of Niger (CON) on Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum CON,. Zulum was conferred the award on Tuesday at the International Conference Center, Abuja among other hundreds of awardees spread...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has commended his Borno State counterpart, Prof. Babagana Umaru Zulum for his doggedness in fighting the menace of Boko Haram in the northeast. He said these efforts have made the insurgents to evaporate from the region and as a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, was in Bauchi on Sunday to condole with Governor Bala Mohammed who lost his elder brother, Bappa Mohammed. The deceased, who was a traditional title holder and a retired Deputy Director at the Central Bank of Nigeria,...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba-Alkali, has urged political parties and politicians to allow the police to regulate their campaigns for 2023 general elections. Baba-Alkali made the call on Sunday in Maiduguri while speaking to newsmen. According to him, the measure was to contain any possible breakdown of...
The Police Commissioner in Borno, Mr Abdu Umar has said that 389 policemen paid the supreme price and 450 others injured in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency from 2011 to date. He said that over 24 police barracks and 30 stations razed or destroyed, while several fighting equipments...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has presented a cheque of N100m as the state government’s continuos support the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) which is owned by the Federal Government. Zulum also laid the foundation for the construction of 24 units of 3-bedroom...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Thursday travelled to Malam-Fatori, the headquarters of Abadam Local Government Area, located along the shores of Lake Chad in the northern part of the state. During the visit, Zulum paid a surprise visit to Malam-Fatori Central Primary School...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the appointments of three special advisers and a senior technical assistant. Zulum’s spokesperson, Malam Isa Gusau, who announced this on Friday morning in a statement, said the governor appointed Alhaji Umaru Bako, Alhaji Hassan Zanna Boguma and...
The Police Command in Borno has confirmed the escape of the six security personnel abducted by ISWAP terrorists in Benishek on Monday. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Abdu Umar disclosed this during a conference with Devisional Police Officers on Wednesday in Maiduguri. “The terrorists abducted the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State, Committee on Flood Disaster has visited no fewer than three Local Government Areas namely Shani, Damboa and Chibok that are worst hit by floods in the state. The committee which was set up by Governor Babagana Zulum under the Chairmanship of State...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) Wards Chairmen and Secretaries Forum in Maiduguri, Borno State, Alhaji Kaomi Musa and Secretary of the forum, Mohammed Baba have debunked the rumors making the rounds that they are planning to resign from the ruling party. They...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has congratulated newly elected executives of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Borno State. The executives were elected on Saturday at the council’s triennial delegates conference, which took place at the Musa Usman Secretariat in Maiduguri. Zulum’s congratulatory...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists’ (NUJ) has elected new executive council members that run the affairs of the council in the next three years under the observation of the National President of the NUJ, Comrade Chris Isiguzo during the union 2022...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Special Adviser to the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monitoring and Evaluation, Engr Ibrahim Idris Garba on Saturday inspected the ongoing construction of 2.9 kilometers road and drainage around College of Education, Waka Biu in Biu LGA of the state. The project...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has announced scholarships for 100 members of the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ (NUJ) for the study of International Institute of Journalists’ (IIJ) certificate course in collaboration with the Department of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri....