The Ghana chapter of the APC says Nigerians must rise above religious bigotry and have faith in Sen. Bola Tinubu’s wisdom in choosing a Muslim as a running mate. The Chairman of the chapter, Mr Oghenosa Micheletti, in his congratulatory message on Tuesday to Tinubu, APC Presidential Candidate for...
Borno state
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...
Terrorists of The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of the Boko Haram have attacked a convoy of four food trucks meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and resettled communities in Borno and intercepted four of them. According to Daily Trust, the attack, which occurred Thursday night...
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 – The Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri has organized The Episcopal Ordination of Most Rev. Dr. John Bogna Bakeni, the Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri Diocese on Thursday at the St. Patrick Catholic Church of Christ in Maiduguri. The Holy Father, Pope Francis, was represented by Papal...
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 – UNICEF, World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the Borno State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning have organized a one day workshop on Resilience and Social Cohesion in North-East Nigeria with Shani LGA of Borno State and Bade LGA of Yobe State...
One of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014, has shared how she escaped from captivity after eight years. The insurgents had stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State where they whisked away over 250 girls who were writing their final...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Friday in Maiduguri, handed over 81 units of three-bedrooms apartments along with cheques worth a total of N79m to 81 resident medical doctors in the state. Each of the doctors was given a newly built flat at...
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, Babagana Zulum has commissioned two roads covering 5.8 kilometers with drainages at London-ciki and Ngomari communities in Jere Local Government Area within the metropolis. The roads comprise of newly constructed 2.1 km road and drainage in Zannari road, rehabilitated 626 meters...
The Borno Chairman of New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), Mr Mohammed Mustafa, said the party had registered over two million members and supporters in the state Mustafa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Sunday that the party was very popular in Borno and now set...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Development Commission (NEDC) on Saturday donated 38,000 bags of maize, rice, spaghetti and non food items to the Borno State Government for onward distribution to about 66 repentant Boko Haram insurgents and their families as well as other victims of insurgency...
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...
Mary Dauda and Hauwa Joseph, the two rescued girls abducted from the GGSS Chibok in Borno in 2014, have revealed that more than 20 missing others are still in Gazuwa camp in Sambisa Forest, eight years after being kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents. NAN Reports that Gazuwa camp was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has addressed participants at the third edition of Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development which held on Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt. The Aswan Forum was launched in February 2019 by the Egyptian Government “in its capacity as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS) has demolished a supermarket built illegally on utility area and drainage along Abba Ashigar/Bama road, new GRA Maiduguri, the state capital. The agency also arrested the suspect and confiscated 28 refurbished big sizes of refrigerators constructed purposely for the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum led administration is currently constructing 13.34 kilometers of road and drainage network that comprises of ten roads within maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The 10 roads under construction are; dualising of Ahmadu Bello Way to Bama road junction, Shehu Sanda Kura...