Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur, and over 100 other passengers narrowly escaped a tragic incident when a Max Air aircraft experienced an engine fire shortly after takeoff from Maiduguri International Airport. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. on Wednesday when the aircraft, en route Abuja, suffered engine failure...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, is set to construct an intra-city rail network to connect Maiduguri and its environs. This is the first of such project by any of Nigeria’s 19 northern state governments. The first phase of the project will commence with...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has flagged off the distribution of food items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Amarwa and Madinatu IDPs Camps in Maiduguri during his two days State working visit to Maiduguri, Borno State. Nentawe with...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government officials and traditional rulers recently met at a one-day town hall meeting to discuss the demands of survivors and victims of insurgency in the state. The meeting, organized by the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, aimed to address the plight...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umar Zulum, has directed his cabinet to work on shifting focus from reliance on federal allocations toward enhancing livestock production and exportation. The governor gave the order on Tuesday after supervising the swearing-in of two commissioners into the state executive...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Health Council (NHC) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, and other stakeholders for their immense support in promoting health in Nigeria. In a communique issued at the end of the 65th NHC Meeting in Maiduguri on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF’s Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Manager, Jamita Bora Thakkar, has revealed that 53% of people in Borno State use basic latrines. However, nearly half of the population, 47%, still lack access to basic toilets, leaving them at risk of unsafely disposed excreta, cholera,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A 42-year old nurse, Alice Loksha, who was abducted by Boko Haram sometime in March 2018 while working at UNICEF Office in Rann town of Kaka Balge Local Government Area of Borno State, has escaped from terrorist’s captivity in Sambisa Forest after six years....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Abuja- Stakeholders at a two-day summit on Tsangaya reform in Borno State have urged the government to arrest and enroll street-roaming children into special boarding schools. The summit also recommended measures to curb the influx of Almajiris from neighboring states and countries and to support Tsangaya...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has called for expanded collaboration with the World Bank to accelerate the state’s post-conflict recovery efforts. Governor Zulum made this call during a meeting with the newly appointed Country Director of the World Bank, Dr. Ndiame Diop, on Friday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Government through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, in collaboration with Mbeva Investment Nigeria Limited (MINL) and support from Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume have trained and empowered about 350 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on the Point of Sales (POS) operations....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairman of the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) , University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) branch, Comrade Yusuf Ali Zongoma has announced a two weeks ultimatum to the federal government to pay outstanding arrears and backlog of salaries of its members. Comrade Zongoma stated...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has reaffirmed his commitment to supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Borno State. Zulum gave the assurance on Tuesday when he visited Coplad Nigeria Ltd., a rice milling factory on the Maiduguri-Bama highway. The governor noted that his administration is mindful...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday visited the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Garbai Ibn Umar El Kanemi, to offer condolences and sympathy over the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri. The flood claimed many lives and destroyed properties worth billions of naira. The Shehu...
The Chairman Borno State Internal Revenue Service, Prof. Bello Ibrahim, has said that the agency has no plan to introduce any new tax in the state for now. Ibrahim in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Maiduguri, said the state was for now...
Borno State Government has said its targeting N25b Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2025 as against the N19b for this year. The Chairman, Borno State Internal Revenue Service, Prof. Bello Ibrahim, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Maiduguri. Ibrahim...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of Nigerian Army commitment to non kinetic approach to counter insurgency and restoration of peace in consolidating civil military relations , the Office of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army Headquarters Abuja has introduced a special scholarship award to young...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Disbursement Committee has concluded verification in 11 wards affected by the recent flooding that severely impacted Maiduguri Metropolitan, parts of Jere, and Mafa. The disaster displaced numerous families, damaged homes, and disrupted local infrastructure, with many residents losing their...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Secretary of Borno Geographic Information Services (BOGIS), Engineer Adam Bababe has inaugurates a 13-man committee saddled with the responsibility of demarcating boundaries and controlling developments along river banks and buffer zones or water ways in Maiduguri city and its environs While inaugurating...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) in collaboration with the Borno State Flood Disaster Food Relief Material Committee have donated relief materials worth N10.2 million to 500 pregnant and nursing women, who are victims of the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri...