Former President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the governments and people of Borno and other states affected by flooding. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by his Senior Special Adviser, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari described the flooding as a national calamity. He expressed concerns about the widespread...
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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) is working tirelessly to mitigate the devastating impact of recent flooding on its facilities in Maiduguri, Borno, particularly the Medium Security Custodial Centre. Abubakar Umar, Assistant Controller of Corrections and Service Public Relations Officer, stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Umar...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep concern about the flooding in parts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the worst flood in recent decades has displaced thousands of residents and affected facilities such as the Post office and the Maiduguri...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A recent flood disaster has wreaked havoc on the Borno State Museum Pack (Zoo), resulting in the loss of over 80% of the animals. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the devastating incident has also led to the escape of deadly animals, including crocodiles and snakes,...
The Director General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr Barkindo Mohammed, has described the situation in flooded Maiduguri town as “terrible.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports water from Alau Dam, which collapsed early Tuesday morning, has continued to submerge various wards in the town...
Many residents of Maiduguri in Borno have been displaced by flood following the collapse of water channels at the Alau Dam, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The flood submerged residential quarters, roads and bridges, making many areas in the metropolis inaccessible. A NAN correspondent, who went round...
The Borno government says there is no presence of elephants in the Sambisa forest. Mr Ayuba Peter, Director, Forestry and Wildlife in the Ministry of Environment, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), that the last survey made by government regarding the presence of elephants in the forest, showed that...
The Forestry and Wild Life in Borno Ministry of Environment says a herd of elephants that allegedly strayed from the neighbouring Cameroon has invaded and destroyed some community farmlands in the state. A Director in the ministry, Mr Ayuba Peter, confirmed the ugly incident in an interview with the...
Residents of Maiduguri in Borno are on high alert as flood has submerged many homes following the alleged breakdown of Alau Dam that has been filled to capacity for the past one week. A statement in the early hours of Tuesday by Prof. Usman Tar, the Commissioner for Information...
Borno State High Court Judge, Hon. Justice Haruna Mshelia has been released by his abductors. However, the Judge’s wife, Magistrate Binta Mshelia, his driver, and police orderly are still being held captive. This was confirmed by a reliable source in Maiduguri. “Alhamdulillah(We give thanks to God), we have just...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and Governor Babagana Zulum’s passion to improve access to quality Education, Rt. Hon. Engr. Satomi Ahmed, Member representing Jere Federal Constituency of Borno State, has disbursed N20 million grants to 1000 students who are...
Residents along the banks of River Yedzaram in Maiduguri, are apprehensive as the river has overflown its banks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that also disturbing to the residents is the report that Alau Dam now filled to capacity will be opened to discharge the excess water...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A delegation from the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Borno State Council, led by the Council Chairman, Comrade Dauda Iliya, and accompanied by the Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, paid a condolence visit today to the family of Senator Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndum has appealed to the Nigerian military troops under the Theatre Command Headquarters Joint Task Force (JTTF) ‘Operation Hadin Kai'(OPHK) and other security agencies in the state to intensify more...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has sent a high-powered delegation to assess the impact of water overflow at Alau Dam which is threatening Maiduguri Metropolis and its environs. Alau Dam which has a reservoir capacity of 112 million cubic meters was designed to...
The holder of Guinness World Records for the longest marathon chess game, Tunde Onakoya, has announced plans to organise a chess tournament for children in displaced persons camps in Maiduguri. Onakoya made this known in Maiduguri while rounding off his three-day visit to Borno during which he promoted the...
Nigerian chess player and coach, Tunde Onakoya, who holds Guinness World Records for the longest marathon chess game has arrived Maiduguri to promote the game among the youths. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onakoya, who is the founder and convener of “Chess in Slums in Africa”...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of the heads of five institutions under the Ministry of Health and Transport and Energy. The statement issued to journalists on Wednesday night by the Secretary to Borno State Government, Alhaji Bukar Tijani, noted...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima has joined the Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, and other dignitaries, associates, and family members in attending the funeral of Alhaji Ahmed Ali Ahmed, Zulum’s late commissioner for finance and economic development, on Monday in Maiduguri. The funeral prayer was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has announced the death of Ahmed Ali Ahmed, the State Commissioner of Finance. The late Commissioner died on Monday morning, according to a statement from the Commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Professor Usman Tar, in Maiduguri. Details of the death...