By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Qatari government on Thursday disclosed that over 1,000 orphans resulting from the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State will be supported while laying the foundation stone for constructing a new primary school. Making the announcement in Maiduguri during a meeting with the...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, said his administration’s frequent distribution of food palliatives was necessary to strike a balance between addressing the immediate needs of the people affected by Boko Haram insurgency and laying the groundwork for a lasting change. Zulum noted...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with other partners have organized a panel discussion on school safety for students/children to mark the tenth anniversary of the abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls by Boko Haram insurgency. The symposium, which was jointly organized...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director of Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin has appealed to security, state and non state actors to prioritize the existence of state government policy on the charter of demands of deradicalized women and girls, survivors and victims...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has vowed that it will not rest until the remaining abducted Chibok schoolgirls are released from captivity of Boko Haram insurgents . The Borno State Commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Professor Usman Tar, stated this on Saturday at a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development has organized a one-day policy workshop for the implementation of charter of demands from victims and survivors of Boko Haram insurgency and deradicalized women and girls. Stakeholders from security agencies, federal and state ministries as well as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has pledged to support Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development in enhancing peace building, reconciliation, deradicalization , rehabilitation and reintegration of women and girls affected by the over decade of Boko Haram Insurgency in the state The Borno State Commissioner...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theatre Commander Joint Task Force (JTF) North East Headquarters, Operation Hadin Kai’(OPHK) Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, Major General Shaibu Waheed, has reiterated the commitment and determination of the Nigerian military to decimate all the remnants of Boko Haram insurgents and rid them from...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has identified five unique measures as strategic towards addressing the lingering security challenges bedeviling the northern part of the country. Governor Zulum disclosed this on Saturday during the 10th Annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial lecture and Merit Award...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director, Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin has said the transitional justice project has made a significant impact in the past decade of the post Boko haram insurgency era in Borno State, “We have measured the community...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director of Initiative for Educational Awareness and Economic Development (INEAED) Maiduguri, Ambassador Bulama Abiso, has said that the organization decided to launch an educational,, awareness and skills acquisition programme for 50 selected vulnerable women and girls across the 27 LGAs...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has said over one million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by Boko Haram crisis in the state have so far been resettled by government. Zulum made this known on Wednesday in Maiduguri while presenting the 2024 budget to the state House of Assembly....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development on Thursday in Maiduguri organized a one day media training for journalists on conflict sensitive reporting on transitional Justice and reintegration in Borno State. The Project Manager, Allamin Foundation, Mr. Samuel Orahii said the training was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, on Tuesday assured that the Nigeria military troops would soon end Boko Haram insurgency in the country. The Minister stated this on Tuesday when he led a high powered delegation on a one day operational...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Stakeholders at a community dialogue in Maidugiri over the weekend have called for the adoption of traditional system, pattern and protocol of administration of the ongoing process.of reintegrating the deradicalized and rehabilitated repentant Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.. The stakeholders...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director, Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hamsatu Allamin has called on the media to focus their reportage on humanitarian issues in the society , especially, transitional justice, peace building and reconciliation for victims of insurgency rather than celebrating individuals in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, is currently in Oxford, United Kingdom, where he addressed a group of participants at a four-day working retreat that is aimed strengthening Borno’s peace-building efforts through attracting more support from the international community. The retreat, which focuses...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has slammed Mr Phrank Shuaibu, an aide to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for accusing Vice-President Kashim Shettima of aiding and abetting Boko Haram insurgents during his tenure as governor of Borno. Shuaibu had on Sept. 8 accused Shettima of aiding and abetting the...
North East Governors’ Forum has urged the military to neutralise insurgents that fail to surrender in the ongoing mass surrender by terrorists in the sub-region. The Chairman of the North East Governors’ Forum, Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, made the call on Saturday in Maiduguri at the 8th...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday signed into law nine different Bills passed by the State House of Assembly, one of which was the “Borno State Social Investment Bill” which will provide legal backing for the state to provide special support to...