By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the payment of N30,000 minimum wage for qualified primary school teachers in the state. Governor Zulum gave the approval on Wednesday when he received the leaders of the organized labour, who were on a courtesy visit at...
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In his continued payments of scholarship for various categories of Borno students, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the payment of N19,392,000 registration fees for 59 Borno students, currently in law school campuses across the nation. The registration was for the 2021/2022 academic session. Executive Secretary of Borno State...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Bonro State Governor, Babagana Zulum has lamented over the non implementation of the national minimum wage for Local Education Authority (LEA) teachings in the state, admitting that some tea hers still receive less than N11,000 as monthly salaries. This is sequel to wide spread...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has resettled the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Konduga LGA into the newly constructed 1000 housing units that was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari months ago. The Commissioner for the Ministry of Reconstruction Rehabilitation and Resettlement (MRRR), Engr Mustapha Gubio relocated...
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...
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,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Late President of Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yar’adua’s son, Shehu Yar’adua has tied the knot with Yasir Mammanoor Sheriff in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The wedding (Fatiha) took place at the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff’s family house located along Giwa Barracks. Top dignitaries in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has described the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima as APC’s Vice Presidential candidate, as the wisest choice made by the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed. Zulum stated this in a statement he personally signed on Sunday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Deputy Governor Umar Usman Kadafur has congratulated the former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima over his emergence as the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Hon. Kadufur in a statement issued on Sunday, said he is very...
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 – 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 – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced that he will monitor the activities of the newly inaugurated commissioners and permanent secretaries in their ministerial offices at Musa Usman Secretariat. Governor Zulum stated this on Monday during the swearing in of the commissioners and permanent...
The technical working group on repatriation of Nigerians displaced from the North-East on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, submitted its report to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. President Muhammadu Buhari, had in February, inaugurated a Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commissioned acute respiratory therapist treatment plant at the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri. The state Governor said the oxygen plants and solar direct drive refrigerators can go along way in complementing the efforts of the Borno State in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has began the presentation of mini buses to private individuals and corporate organisations to enhance entrepreneurial development and empowerment in the state. The mini buses are to be converted into an electric/solar powered vehicle with full support of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has forwarded a list of new State Commissioner nominees to The Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Alhaji.Abdulkarim Lawan for confirmation. This is according to an official letter dated 14th May, 2022, which was issued by the governor to...
No fewer than 55 scrap metal collectors lost their lives in series of attacks coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents in the last three weeks in Borno. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abdu Umar made this known while speaking on the sideline of a security stakeholders’ meeting on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has decorated his Aide de Camp (ADC) Ashigar Baba Kulubu, with the new rank of Deputy Superintendant of Police. The governor, who was assisted by Borno State Police Commissioner, Abdu Umar, described the ADC as a dedicated officer....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his emergence as presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Zulum in a statement issued on Thursday also congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari, national leaders and all stakeholders of the APC, for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Bagudu was on Wednesday led by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on a tour of 3,000-hectare rice farm in Damasak, headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area.of Borno State. The mega farm is one of Zulum’s ongoing programmes in agriculture. The location...