By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt Hon.Abdulkarim Lawan, has called on the federal government and the military to rescue two local government areas of the state from the control of Boko Haram insurgents. The local government areas are Guzamala and Kukawa...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – His Royal Highness, the Shehu of Borno, Dr. Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi has said there is no alternative to peace and peaceful coexistence in Borno state. The royal father, who is also the Chairman of Borno State Council of Emirs and Chiefs stated...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has opined that poverty is the major cause of Boko Haram insurgency in the state and North East region. The governor also suggested that there is the need for collective efforts to rid terrorism in the state and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Fist Lady, Dr. Falmata Zulum has applauded Goal Prime Organization Nigeria (GPON), United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), for their support in empowering the resilience of vulnerable children in the state. Dr. (Mrs) Zulum added that the state government has mapped out...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to provide adequate security to lives and property of the citizenry and restore permanent peace in the state. He also commended the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba for his intuitive and...
The decade long insurgency by the Boko Haram in the north east part of Nigeria has wrecked havoc on many lives including families, societies and communities as well as affected a wide spectrum of social and economic sphere. The Boko Haram has transformed into a transnational threat, thereby creating...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Participants mobilizing Borno State stakeholders to develop transitional justice and reconciliation policy recommendations in the North East Nigeria have recommended that there should be advocacy and dialogue on the need to accept repentant insurgents back to their ancestral homes. They also recommended that government...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Borno State Council in collaboration with British Council have organized a two day workshop on “Promoting Safety of Journalists In Post-conflict Era”, to prepare journalists on the post conflict developmental reportage. Speaking at the occasion which was held...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has awarded N300 million scholarships to 300 orphans of Slain CJTF, hunters and vigilante groups fighting counter-insurgency in the state. Governor Zulum in his address on Tuesday in Maiduguri, also announced the increase of the monthly allowance for the...
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says prayer remains the best option for peace in Nigeria and ending the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast. Adebayo made this known when he paid a curtesy visit to the Borno Deputy Governor, Usman Kadafur, at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Search For Common Ground has organized a two day training workshop for Borno and Yobe State journalists and social media influencers on sensitive conflict information and communication strategies and programing at the grassroots level. The capacity building training workshop...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Commander, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Chris G. Musa has decorated officers and soldiers of the theater command who have distinguished themselves in their assigned responsibilities in the forefront of counter insurgency in the north east operations. Maj....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has approved the release of N10m and a house to the bereaved family of Babagana Mallam Tela famously called Kadau who was the overall commander of the ‘Civilian JTF’ in Bama LGA, before he was killed by Boko...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has distributed fourteen million, five hundred and eighty thousand naira (N14,580,000) alongside one thousand three hundred and sixty-six bags of grains to 683 volunteers helping the military to fight Boko Haram in Bama town. Zulum has been in Bama...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has inaugurated Transitional Justice Panels and Community Reconciliation Committees to facilitate transitional justice and reconciliation in North East. In his speech at the occasion, the Executive Secretary of NHRC, Chief Tony Ojukwu, said the transitional justice project was being implemented in partnership with...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Force Commander, Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Major General Abdul-Kalifa Ibrahim has presented medals to the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Major General Wahidi Shuabu and 850 troops of 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, who participated in Operation Kaje Sanity...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State First Lady, Dr. Falmata Zulum has lamented over the low rate of breastfeeding among women in the state, adding that the Boko Haram insurgency has been a major threat to the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in communities across the state. Dr. Zulum...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, was at the headquarters of Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in N’Djamena, Chad, to honour over 6,000 gallant soldiers. The soldiers were honoured at a medals parade held by the MNJTF to celebrate over 6,000 troops for their gallantry...
Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis. Food insecurity means not knowing when or where your next meal will come from. It means, in essence, not being able to meet the basic needs for yourself or...
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...