By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The British military has donated equipment worth N1 billion to the Nigerian Military’s North East Operation Hadin Kai JTF, comprising sophisticated and highly technical devices, as well as non-technical tools, to support the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. At the handover ceremony at the...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director, Dr Matshidiso Moeti has reiterated the commitment and determination of WHO to continue to fight against polio redaction in Africa. Mr. Moeti stated this on Thursday at the Polio EOC Nursing Home Hospital Maiduguri to mark World...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Maiduguri Field Office, Maiduguri, Dr. Gerida Birukila, has launched a song tagged, “No More Zero-Dose” to commemoration the 2024 World Polio Day. The song produced by UNICEF was released on Thursday at a brief event at...
Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, has supervised the swearing-in of the newly appointed Alhaji Dauda Iliya, the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum. The event which took place at the deputy governor’s conference hall on Monday, also witnessed the swearing-in of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Distribution Committee has verified more than 55,000 households over the past three weeks. The chairman of the committee, Engr. Baba Bukar Gujbawu, who disclosed this in an interview with reporters in Maiduguri, listed the areas covered to include Gwange...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Muslim Ummah of South-West Nigeria has donated 50 million to Borno flood victims Friday evening. The President of the Muslim Ummah Of South-West Nigeria, Alhaji Rasaki Oladijo who double as the Deputy President-General (South) of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs announced the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Special Adviser New Media to the Borno State NUJ Chairman, Alhaji Dauda Iliya, Malam Audu Kurama has facilitated with his boss on his recent appointment as Special Adviser Media to Governor Babagana Zulum. Malam Kurama in a statement on Saturday in Maiduguri said:...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Northeast Correspondent with News Central TV, Umaru Yakubu Kirawa, has congratulated Alhaji Dauda Iliya over his appointment as Spokesperson of Borno State Government and Special Adviser to H.E. Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Media. Kirawa in a statement on Friday said the new...
By SAIDA ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of Alh Dauda Iliya as official spokesperson and Special Adviser on Media. The appointment follows the demise of Mallam Isa Gusau who until his death in February 2024 served as the spokesperson for Governor...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – First Lady Oluremi Tinubu visited Maiduguri, Borno State, to show solidarity and provide financial support to 5,000 women affected by the recent flood disaster. The flood, which occurred on September 9th and 10th, 2024, displaced millions, left 80% of Maiduguri homeless, and caused widespread...
The Federal Government is to overhaul the Alau dam in Maiduguri with special focus on raising its reservoir level and fixing damages resulting from the Sept. 9 disaster, an official has disclosed. Director, Dams and Reservoir Operations, in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Mr Ali Dala,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – All is now set for Lobi Stars to host El Kanemi in Lafia on October 16 for a thrilling NPFL match. The Lobi Stars fondly called “Alia Boys” aim to build on recent form and assert their dominance at home as they face...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a relief program in Maiduguri, targeting 1,000 children suffering from malnutrition in the area. The program, which started on Monday, aims to complement existing nutrition programs in Borno State by addressing critical food security needs in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command, on Friday, said it has re-arrested a wanted convict, 28-year-old Kyari Kur. A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, said Kyari Kur was serving a jail term for criminal conspiracy and theft...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has confirmed that only six repentant Boko Haram insurgents escaped and not 13 as being insinuated. The repentant insurgents had surrendered under the state government’s reconciliation programme. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, revealed this in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Forum of Senior Technical Assistants (STAs) to the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has donated a sum of N3.45 million to support victims of the recent flood that devastated Maiduguri and its environs. Speaking during a sympathy visit to Governor Zulum on Wednesday...
The Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Distribution Committee on Monday convened a meeting with various international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance support for victims of the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri. Participating organizations included the Danish Refugees Council (DRC), CARE Nigeria, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), ZOA Nigeria,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has constituted a committee to examine and ascertain the cause of the collapse of Alau Dam which resulted in the flooding of Maiduguri Metropolis and its surrounding local government areas. A part of the dam collapsed on September...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday, conducted an assessment of some vital infrastructure including roads, bridges and hospitals damaged by the flood disaster that struck Maiduguri Metropolis and the surrounding local government areas. The devastating September 10 flood, described as the worst...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Flood Relief Distribution Committee has engaged fifty members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to expedite the ongoing verification process for flood relief distribution. Training sessions have began to familiarize the corps members with verification procedures and ensure their success in...