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...
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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)...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theatre Commander, North East Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa has said that about 79,000 repentant Boko Haram insurgents have so far surrendered to the Nigerian military in recent time Maj. Gen. Musa made this known in Maiduguri while...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has distributed fourteen million, five hundred and eighty thousand naira (N14,580,000) alongside one thousand three hundred and sixty-six bags of grains to 683 volunteers helping the military to fight Boko Haram in Bama town. Zulum has been in Bama...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Wednesday distributed food items to over 90000 male IDPs and also disbursed N400 cash, wrappers to about women IDPs and residents of host communities in Bama town. The Governor who personally coordinated and supervised the distribution and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the immediate rehabilitation of unoccupied and deteriorated bungalows meant for medical doctors, including the Chief Medical Director (CMD), at the General Hospital in Bama. The Governor gave the directive on Tuesday evening after inspecting the quarters. Zulum’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday night showed up unannounced at the General Hospital Bama for on-the-spot monitoring of healthcare services’ delivery to the public. Zulum surprised visit to the hospital by 10pm shortly after his arrival in Bama town by road from...
More details have emerged on how an intelligence-led joint military operation killed top Commanders and terrorists of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, in the Bama and Sambisa axes of Borno State. Meanwhile, another terrorist commander has indicated his desire to surrender to the troops. Nigerian troops...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has called on the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) and humanitarian and development stakeholders to start shifting their focus from short term to medium and long term capital projects that can hugely impact on addressing the root causes of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government under the leadership of Governor Babagana Zulum has commenced a five-day retreat for Permanent Secretaries on Public Procurement and Contract Management. The retreat is organized by office of the Borno Head of Service in collaboration with Centre for Management Development...
No fewer than 15 corpses have been recovered from flooded River Ngadabul in Maiduguri. The North East Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Muhammad Usman, confirmed the development on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. Usman said the cases of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Tuesday ordered for fresh elections to be conducted for the election of candidate for House of Representatives for Askira- Uba/ Hawul Federal Constituency of Borno State. The Presiding Judge, Justice Jude Dagat, in her judgement ordered...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The lawmaker representing Marte, Nganzai and Monguno Federal Constituency, Hon. Mohammed Tahir Monguno has commended Governor Babagana Zulum over his strategic and transformational developmental projects. Hon. Monguno, who gave the commendation on Monday while speaking with journalists in Monguno LGA of the state. The...
No fewer than 200 patients benefit from Borno’s free kidney dialyses monthly. Dr Garga Adama, Head of Department, Internal Medicine, at the State Specialist Hospital where the dialyses take place, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Monday. He said Gov. Babagana Zulum...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has reiterated his administration’s commitment to sustain support to the military and other security agencies in the fight against insurgency. Governor Zulum gave the assurance on Sunday in Monguno during his visit to the headquarters of Sector 3 of Operation Hadin Kai and Multinational...