By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday in Abuja, chaired the inaugural meeting of a technical working group under the main Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East. The broader committee was constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari who...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has banned the use of unapproved uniforms or dress code by officers of The Nigeria Police Force on patrol. “The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, FDC, has expressed dismay at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum has inaugurated the Borno State Tsangayya/Islamiyyah Education Board to transform the eastern education system and rid the street of school children, drop outs and Al majiris roaming the streets without going to school to acquire either western or eastern education. While...
The Borno Government says more insurgents are laying down their arms because authorities adopted a non-kinetic warfare. The Special Adviser to Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, retired Brig.-Gen. Abdullahi Ishaq, made this known in Maiduguri while speaking on the Borno Model in ending the insurgency through non kinetic approach...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has distributed food and non food items to residents and Internally Displaced Persons in Dikwa Town and surrounding villages in Dikwa LGA of the state. The governor also urged the IDPs to continue to be resilient and pray for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has donated essential medicines worth US$438,972 to the governments of Yobe and Borno States, as part of efforts to improve maternal, neonatal and child survival and health outcomes in conflict-affected communities in north-east Nigeria. UNICEF also said it would support the implementation of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, was in Maiduguri on Monday to visit the North East Children’s Learning Centre, which is a donor-funded school initiated by her husband on the 8th of March, 2017, during his 60th birthday. The school is designed...
The Nigerian Army says troops of ”Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK)” eliminated 17 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno. Damasak, the main town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, is located near the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu...
A policeman simply identified as Sergeant Bello has shot and murdered at least six of his colleagues in Maiduguri, Borno State. It was learnt that the incident happened recently in the police college quarters of Borno Police headquarters in Maiduguri. The errant officer is currently being detained at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has commended Governor Babagana Zulum for his numerous supports to doctors and other medical personnel in the state. The NMA’s Chairman in Borno State, Dr Ali Mohammed Ramat, gave the commendation in a letter...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for his one day state working visit to Borno and efforts in repatriating and resettling Nigerian refugees abroad as Chairman Federal Government Resettlement Committee (FGRC). He also appreciated the VP for announcing a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reassured the government and people of Borno State of President Muhammadu Buhari led administration’s continuous support in the development and security of the state. VP Osinbajo stated this Thursday while speaking at the Shehu of Borno palace when...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Maiduguri on Thursday, to launch the 30th edition of the Federal Government’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic during which he commissioned four out of over 500 projects executed by Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – At least six hundred clergies, amongst them 20 Archbishops, 144 Bishops, and hundreds of reverends converged in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) honoured Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, with a “prestigious award for courageous and purposeful leadership in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria has more than 180 million inhabitants, making it the most populous country in Africa. It is also one of the poorest. Poverty, food insecurity and inadequate access to education and health care are particularly severe in the North-East. The activities of the terrorist...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – After organizing one month intensive practical training on entrepreneurship, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has presented N100m to 152 reformed youths who were prominent members of a violent political thuggery group code named ‘ECOMOG’ in Maiduguri. Governor Zulum made the presentation at the Ramat...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has described as “very scary” some findings submitted to him by a Committee he had constituted and tasked with conducting basic literacy and numeracy competency assessment of 17,229 Local Education Authority (LEA) teachers across 27 LGAs of the state....
Coordinated aerial bombardments by the Nigerian military has killed no fewer than 34 terrorists in Marte, the Northeast, PRNigeria reports. This is just as nine soldiers of the Nigerian Army sustained serious injury when their convoy ran into IEDs planted by terrorists in Malam Fatori under Abadam Local Government...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Members of the Governing Council, Federal Polytechnic, Monguno were in Maiduguri on Wednesday to convey profound gratitude to the Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum, for supporting the polytechnic with N100m take off grant which consist of operational cost and provision of temporary...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – On Wednesday morning in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, most filling stations within the metropolis were shut down as a result of fuel scarcity. The long queues which started in some parts of the metropolis last week have persisted up until Wednesday. The...