By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The incumbent State Governor of Borno State, Babagaba Zulum is leading all the 11 gubernatorial candidates that contested the 2023 Governorship election on Saturday, 18th March, 2023 in all the 7 out of the 27 LGAs of the state. Governor Zulum led with wide...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Bornk State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Saturday morning, travelled from Maiduguri to Mafa town, where he cast his vote in the ongoing gubernatorial and state assembly elections. Zulum who was accredited by INEC officials, cast his vote at unit 006 Ajari, around 10:37 am....
There is large turnout of voters in Mafa, hometown of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, as accreditation and voting in the March 18 governorship/state assembly elections start. Mafa is the headquarters of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno, about 35km from Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday unveiled a community Islamiyya school built by the state government. Named “Salmanul Farisi Islamic School, the two-story institution has 27 classrooms, a conference room and 6 offices. The school is located at Kofa Biyu, Gamboru Liberty...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday travelled to Izge, a community in Gwoza Local Government located on the fringes of Sambisa forest in the southern part of Borno. Zulum during the visit, supervised the sharing of thousands of wrappers and shaddas to over...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of ongoing rehabilitation works at the Maiduguri Monday market which was engulfed by fire on Sunday, February 26, 2023. Zulum made this known on Tuesday when he paid an assessment visit to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu on Friday paid a sympathy visit to Governor Babagana Zulum to commiserate with the government and people of Borno State over Maiduguri Monday Market fire disaster . Sen. Adamu also made a donation...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, who is seeking a second term in office, deserves to be re-elected. He sated this on Thursday while inaugurating the Maiduguri Emergency Power Project among other capital projects. President Buhari commended the governor...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the Maiduguri Emergency Power Project, describing the feat as another testament towards achieving stable, uninterrupted power supply aimed at improving the economy and lives of Nigerians. The gas plant was constructed by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited...
Hajiya Naja’atu Muhammad is not naïve, she did not err, she knew she was telling lies when, at the end of last month (January, 2023) she went on television, to libelously link Vice Presidential candidate of the APC, Senator Kashim Shettima with sponsorship of the Boko Haram terrorist group....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Except for those with verifiable constraints such as lacking supplies from the CBN, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed that any bank which refuses to dispense new naira notes via Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and banking halls should have its land revoked by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Friday commissioned seven capital projects executed by his administration at Gubio town of Gubio Local Government Area (LGA) in the northern part of the state. The projects comprised of Government Secondary School, Gubio, which was rebuilt and reopened...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Gwoza town of southern Borno on Sunday. He announced the upgrade of Gwoza’s General Hospital to a Specialist Hospital which will undergo some expansion, get more equipment and consultants for different specialized areas of medical needs. Zulum also announced a plan to establish...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum on Monday night unveiled a water project with capacity to store and distribute 1,250,000 litres of water at Mboa village in Chibok Local Government Area (LGA) of (southern) Borno State. Mboa village is located five kilometres away from Chibok town, headquarters...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Wednesday bid farewell to 19 orphan youths, who will soon be departing to Suez City in Egypt, to study Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) on full government scholarship, for a duration of five years. The scholarship to Suez University...
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno says that the victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the presidential election in the state is certain. Zulum, who stated this on Sunday in Maiduguri while addressing APC members at a stakeholders’ meeting, however, urged members to work for a landslide, with big...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has directed the State Ministry of Finance and The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to liaise with the state owned Microfinance bank, Renaissance Microfinance Bank Limited, as a matter of urgency to ensure free collection of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Borno State Chapter has accused the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) of frustrating the peace accord, which is capable of plunging the state into wanton violence and disruption of the emergent fragile peace. The Borno State Chairman of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (Arab Bank) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Borno State Government on economic development of the state and extended accelerated rural transformation and development at the grassroots level. The Managing Director of the Arab...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has lamented over the non availability of the new naira notes contrary to the CBN directives for compliance on or before 31st January, 2023. Governor Zulum also suggested that there was need for special consideration to Borno citizens, who...