By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Network of Civil Society Organizations, Borno State (NECSOB), a coalition of both National and Indigenous organizations working to promote the wellbeing of people in the state has called on the federal government, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Transmission Companies of Nigeria...
Governor Babagana Zulum
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the appointment of the Chairman, 2 permanent commissioners and 3 non-commissioned members for Borno State House of Assembly Service Commission. According to the statement released by the Secretary to the Borno State Government, Hon. Bukar Tijani,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has supervised the distribution of food aid to over 52,500 families in seven local government areas of Southern Borno to alleviate the hardship caused by inflation and the current economic problems bedeviling the country. The distribution took place...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said his administration is targeting the construction of 85,000 new houses in 66 communities in the state aimed at resettling IDPs and other victims of Boko Haram insurgency. Zulum stated this on Thursday when he received a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has pledged his government commitment to collaborate with the Federal Government and North East Development Commission (NEDC) among others to ensure the establishment of Kanemi Museum in Maiduguri, the state capital Governor Zulum also assured the traditional institution...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar ibn Umar Garbai El kanemi has appealed to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State to help the people of Maiduguri metropolis by allocating land for a second cemetery within the state capital so as to decongest the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commissioned 500 resettlement houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on Sunday in Logumani community of Ngala LGA of the state. The newly constructed Logumani community made up of units of two-bedroom semi-detached low-cost houses, with basic amenities...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has assented to the 2024 appropriation bill of N358,732,146,000.00 passed by Borno State House of Assembly with an adjustment amounting to N18.1b. With the increase in the budget size, the revised capital expenditure now stands at over N208.4b...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced a plan to reactivate the South Chad Irrigation Scheme aimed at providing a livelihood for the resettled communities. The governor made the announcement on Monday in Wulgo, a border community in Ngala Local Government Area of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has frowned at the reckless manner a truck driver and member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) , Mohammed Bello was brutally beaten and led to his death for refusing to give money requested by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced seven pilot communities for his administration’s irrigation plan that aims to key into the national food security initiatives of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The seven irrigation schemes are to be sited at Gajibo in Dikwa,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has tasked troops of Operation Hadin Kai, to remain resolute and deal decisively with the Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists within their area of operations. Gen. Musa gave the charge on Tuesday when...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, is currently in Oxford, United Kingdom, where he addressed a group of participants at a four-day working retreat that is aimed strengthening Borno’s peace-building efforts through attracting more support from the international community. The retreat, which focuses...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima on Friday evening unveiled three new schools and a primary healthcare centre executed by Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum within 100 days of his ongoing second term. The VP who arrived Maiduguri in the evening was received at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday signed into law nine different Bills passed by the State House of Assembly, one of which was the “Borno State Social Investment Bill” which will provide legal backing for the state to provide special support to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Wednesday commissioned an ultra modern vocational training centre in Biu town, the headquarters of Biu Local Government Area of the state. The new edifice which was named,” Borno State Vocational Training Enterprise Biu, ” consists of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A coalition of Borno youths, who applied for recruitment into the Nigerian Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has called on Governor Babagana Zulum and the National Assembly members to address the alleged lopsided recruitment against Borno State indigenes...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Transition Caretaker Committee Chairman of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state, Hon. Inuwa Bwala, has promised to reconstruct Pakilama Main Market of Marama town. He added that the LGC will soon commence rebuilding of the market to ensure that all the dilapidated...