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...
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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....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has donated N81 million worth of equipment to the Civil and Water Engineering Department of University of Maiduguri in order to meet up with the Nigeria Universities Commission’s (NUC) accreditation, requirements which the institution could not meet up in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Tuesday at Buratai village in Biu Local Government Area commissioned a newly built mega school with capacity for 1,500 students. Zulum also directed the recruitment of an additional 20 teachers to be selected from the host community...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Tuesday commissioned Government Day Secondary School Buratai in Buratai Community of Biu LGA, as part of government efforts to enhance quality and standard of education in the state. The governor was received on arrival in Buratai by the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Worried by the destructions caused by floods in some communities across Borno State, Governor Babagana Zulum has assigned his Deputy, Umar Usman Kadafur to lead an assessment team to a tour of all affected LGAs for the purpose of ascertaining extent of damages, and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – About 98 abducted Chibok schoolgirls out of the 276 schoolgirls that were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014 are said to be still in captivity of Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest. Head of Military Intelligence Unit Joint Task Force (JTF)...