By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has expressed fear over the state of the returnee Internal Displaced persons (IDPs) being exposed to the possibility of Boko Haram terrorists attack. The governor’s concern is coming barely few day after the state government shut down the Dalori-1,...
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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 – Stakeholders in Borno State have called for an improved welfare for the victims of Boko Haram insurgency in North East region. They also called for proper and effective management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) including the provision of basic facilities at the IDPs...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Managing Director, North East Development Commission (NEDC), Alhaji Mihammed Goni Alkali said the Commission has resolved to established 18 ICT Resource Centers across the 6 states of the north east region. Alhaji Alkali said the center would explore the impact of modern technology...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq on Thursday pledged to provide adequate support and continuous interventions for the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in order to make them more effective in the discharge of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday said it operatives have arrested a 27-year old suspected drug dealer with compressed pieces of Cannabis Sativa weighing 38.45kg in Borno. The NDLEA Media and Advocacy Officer in Borno, Mr. Jolaosu Moruf, said this in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has presented the sum of N48.3 million cheque to the Department of Pharmacology, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) for research on cancer disease. Hajiya Farouq gave the commendation in Maiduguri on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken some proactive and preventive measures to support the Borno State Government in the control and management of monkey pox, malaria, cholera and COVID-19 in Maiduguri Metropolis Council, Here, Mafa and Konduga LGAs of the state. These measures...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Monday morning laid an ambushed on a convoy of military troops and Civilian Joint Tasks Force (CJTF) members, killing the Chairman of CJTF, Alhaji Bukar Mandama and other vigilante in Gubio LGA of Borno State. Another...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A cheque of N5m approved by Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has been presented to a private school to fund a scholarship for Musa Sani, a 13-year old talented Borno kid, who used mud to replicate the state’s first flyover around the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Borno Central led by Governor Babagana Zulum, on Thursday, endorsed the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Kaka Lawan, as the sole candidate to contest for the Borno Central Senatorial election come 2023. The endorsement was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Muslims faithful on Saturday morning defied rain shower to converged at eid-el grounds across Maiduguri Metropolis, the Borno State capital to observe the Eid-el-Kabir congregational rakaats (prayers). The Imam Idaini of Borno, Sheikh Imam Shettima Muhammad Saleh, led the two congregational rakaats (prayers) at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has restricted vehicular movement during Eid-el-Kabir celebration in the state, except vehicles on essential services. The Command also imposed vehicular movement restriction in Maiduguri Metropolis and Jere Local Government Area during the Sallah celebration from 7:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum on Thursday affirmed that there is direct link between food transformation and the social problems of hunger, poverty, healthcare, insecurity and unemployment. Governor Zulum stated this during the North-East Sensitization Workshop on National Food System Transformation Pathways, which was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Monday sworn in Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo as Borno State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development at the Government House Council Chamber in Maiduguri. It will be recalled that Hajiya Gambo missed last week’s swearing-in ceremony because...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno state Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has commissioned a 2.17 kilometre road with drainage, and a 30-bed primary health centre, both located at Wulari community in Maiduguri. The new road opens up access to Wulari and connects it with Maiduguri’s city centre. The long...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Alhaji Meleh Kyari has said the new 50 mega watts Gas Power Plant under construction in Maiduguri will be completed by November 2022. Kyari stated this yesterday during an inspection tour at the site of the new 50MW...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, submitted his technical working group’s report to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The technical working group was set up by the Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of displaced persons in...
A total of 227 soldiers involved in the fight against insurgency within the North East of Nigeria have been brought before a General and Special Court Martial set up by the military, for various cases of misconduct. The Theater Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa disclosed...