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...
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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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners and Flood Control Committee to come up with a holistic physical development plan for the state. He also pledged to build an underground infrastructure to enable free water flow in the...
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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has coordinated and supervised the registration and enrollment of over 10,000 out of school IDPs children, drop outs and orphans in Monguno town, in a bid to rid the twin from street urchins, miscreants and enhance educational pursuits. NATIONAL...
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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Friday directed the state Urban Development Board and the Borno State Police Command to unsealed the Borno State NNPP Secretariat in Maiduguri, describing the board’s decision as “wrong timing”. Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, confirmed in a statement...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has distance itself from the sealing up of a residential building that was alleged to have been illegally converted to a Secretariat by the acclaimed leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Cameroonian Government and the Borno State Government will jointly repatriate thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) taking refuge in some parts of Minawawo refugee camp in Cameroon Republic The Governor of Far -North Region of Cameroon, Mr Midjiyawa Bakari, who is also the sitting...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Craftec Homes Limited alongside Obtuse Tec Engineering and Construction Limited are set to partner with TAJ Bank, First City Monument Bank, FCMB and other business developers to invest about N10 billion in Jere LGA and Maiduguri Metropolitan Council of Borno State. The partnership is...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government commenced the training of 200 middle administrative Cadre Officers (GL08 to 13) to enhance productivity and efficiency in the state civil service The training is organized by the office of the State Head of Service in collaboration with the Association...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the immediate appointment of Dr Lawu Auta Mshelia as Acting Executive Director, Borno State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) . The governor also appointed Engr Abba Kyari, as General Manager of Borno State Rural Electrification Board...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday toured about 10 farmlands in the outskirts of 4 LGAs of the state which include – Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC), Jere, Mafa and Dikwa LGCs to monitor farming activities. During the separate unscheduled visits, Governor Zulum, who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government through the office of the Head of Service, Barrister Simon Malgwi on Tuesday embarked on a 2-Day training for top civil servants comprising of the ministerial secretaries and directors to acquire new skills on how to improve their productivity for effective...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are being relocated from their 8 years displacement camps from Maiduguri city, the Borno State capital and resettled to their ancestral homes despite some attacks from the Boko Haram Insurgents. A cross section of the returnee IDPs ,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved Monday, 1st of August, 2022 as public holiday to mark the new Islamic Year (1st Muharram 1444) AH. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Head of Service (HoS), Barrister Simon Malgwi which was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum on Thursday flagged off the closure and relocation of about 52,000 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes in Mafa, Dikwa, Konduga, Bama, Gwoza, Marte Areas of the state. The official closure of the remaining four IDPs camps...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has doled out the sum of five million naira to support the innovative skills of a talented almajiri, Laminu Mohammed, who fabricated a manual-push farming plough machine for tilling and ploughing farmlands. Zulum, a professor of irrigation farming,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday in Damboa, coordinated the distribution of about N172 million cash alongside food items to 30,436 residents who are victims of destructions caused by flood. A total of 436 persons were identified as victims who lost shelters and...