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....
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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...
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...
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...