By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army on Saturday attacked Boko Haram terrorists’ enclave in Douro area near Damasak in Borno State, prompting the insurgents to flee for their lives. The Nigerian Army disclosed this on Sunday via its official Facebook page, saying the insurgents abandoned...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning to the release the sum of seven hundred and seventy million naira (N770 million) for the payment of three years leave grants arrears of civil servants . Governor...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Bonro State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday flagged off the construction and expansion of over 20 kilometer dual carriage way worth about N10.8 billion . The contacts which were contracted to Eighteenth Engineering Company (EEC) and Obtuse Tech Engineering Company limited have duration...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to enhance the capacity of private health institutions to complement government in healthcare delivery, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved N50m naira grant, ambulance, drugs, and other medical facilities to Sunni Hospital, Maiduguri. Governor Zulum announced the donation on Wednesday...
The Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has urged other governors in the northeast to support the stabilization and development master plan project in the region Zulum made the call at the consultative meeting with Federal Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) and security agencies on the North-East stabilization and development...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Controversies have rocked The Borno State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as the union’s four (4) 100x 50 square meter plots of land allocated by the state government to develop its secretariat and press center were sold without due process, proper...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum was in Chibok town on Monday following a recent attack on three communities: Kawtakare, Korohuma and Pemi in the LGA in the state. The Governor met families of 22 women and two men abducted by Boko Haram/ISWAP during the attack. Zulum...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Commissioner, Abdu Umar has confirmed the arrest of four political thugs who attacked and brutalized a female resident of Maiduguri, Ms. Fadila Abdulrahman at her restaurant situated at Shehu Sanda Kyarimi Park on Sunday evening. Parading the suspects before the newsmen...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A female resident of Maiduguri, Fadila Abdulrahman, was on Sunday evening ‘brutalized’ by suspected hoodlums in Maiduguri which drew the attention of Govenro Babagana Zulum, who ordered for the arrest of the perpetrators and full investigation into the matter by the police The thugs...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The former Managing Director of FSB International PLC, Alhaji Mohammed Hayatudeen has revalidated his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) membership on Sunday in his ward in Jere LGC of Borno State. Hayatudeen picked his renewed PDP membership card No. 133 at Gudda Khaddamari Ward of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Commissioner of Education, Engr Lawan Abba Wakilbe has assured that justice would be served to the 15 year-old student, Jubril Said Mato, whose throat was slit by a fellow student in El Kanemi College of Theology Maiduguri. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command has paraded one Ahmed Umar Goni, a 16yrs old SS 2 student of Elkenemi Islamic College of Theology, Maiduguri for cutting the throat of Pre JSS student, Jibrin Mato with razor blade and 46 others for various offences. Addressing...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Chapter of APC Aspirants Forum (AAF) has called on the incumbent National Secretary of the national body of APC Aspirants Forum, Hon. Yusuf Sheriff Modu to aspire, contest and run for the Office of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Network of Civil Society Organisations, Borno State Chapter (NECSOB) has condemned in strong term the murder of 14 year old female IDP Aisha Umar, who was allegedly raped and stabbed to death by an NGO official, Huzaifa Adam in Maiduguri. The deceased, who...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said troops killed 49 terrorists and bandits across theaters of operations while 863 terrorists surrendered in the last two weeks. The Director Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known while giving an update on operations of the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Bultmann has said her country plans to partner Borno State Government on the development of agriculture, education, and the resettlement of IDPs. Amb. Bultmann announced this on Wednesday when she paid a courtesy visit to Governor Babagana Zulum...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has called for a collective fund raising that would be channelled towards recharging the Lake Chad and the Hawul Basins which have been the major sources of livelihood for about 30 million people before it receded by 90%. Governor...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Hon. Umar Kadafur has commended the recent successes recorded by the Nigerian military in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the state. He also expressed hope that if the tempo is sustained, the crisis will soon come to an...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State’s first flyover commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari will be reopened for traffic on Tuesday as steel made expansion joints were fixed by a reputable Chinese Construction Company which successfully built a number of flyovers in Abuja and Lagos. Although the existing expansion...
The Borno State Government has awarded N2.8bn contract for construction of 8.2 kilometers Maiduguri township roads. Mr Ali Goni-Lawan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, stated this at the signing ceremony of the contract on Saturday in Maiduguri. Ali Goni-Lawan said the projects located within Maiduguri metropolis would be handled...