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...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum on Saturday, in a grand gathering in Keffi, joined Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, Chairman, Dangote Group of Companies Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and other leaders across Nigeria to witness the wedding ceremony of Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi...
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...
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...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the Borno State Ministry of Health and Human Services to employ all the 40 fresh medical doctors that recently passed out and graduated from various tertiary institutions within and outside the country into the Borno State...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Banagana Zulum on Sunday visited Logumani, a community in Ngala LGA of the state, where he approved the construction of 500 resettlement houses to accommodate returnees. Logumani residents were displaced as a result of the activities of Boko Haram insurgents for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The people of the northeast, particularly those in Borno State, have spent more than half of Nigeria’s 23 years of uninterrupted democracy, showing “incredible resilience” against vicious attempts by Boko Haram insurgents to undermine democratic institutions, Governor Babagana Zulum said on Sunday. Governor Zulum...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Saturday traveled to Kirawa, a border community in Gwoza Local Government Area, to supervise the resettlement of 2,500 displaced families into their homes which were rebuilt by the state government. The homes were destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has ordered an immediate investigation into the killing of over 20 scavengers from Dikwa town by suspected insurgents affiliated to the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) in Dikwa LGA of the state. Governor Zulum also said...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Malam Isa Gusau, Media Strategist to Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has urged Zulum’s network of social media promoters to resist the temptation of responding to any of the spurious allegations coming from someone he described as “unknown governorship candidate of the PDP in...
….Commends Zulum for taking the lead By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A World Bank Technical Support Team led by the Task Team Leader on Multi Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project (MCRP) , Ms Serena Cavicchi, has visited Borno State on performance evaluation and monitoring of some selected projects and help...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Sunday, travelled to Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge Local Government Area, to commiserate with mourning communities and families of 32 metal scavengers killed by Boko Haram/ISWAP last week. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that 32 persons from Kala-Balge were ambushed...
Below is the full text of Governor Babagana Zulum’s remark when he accepted nomination as candidate of the APC in Borno for the 2023 governorship: “Only at the weekend, more than 30 youths were killed around Kala-Balge. This should remind us of the reality of our problems and the...
Says rebuilding Borno more urgent By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has been declared winner of the APC governorship primaries ahead of the forthcoming general elections in 2023. Uba Maigari Ahmadu, Chairman of the APC Governorship and House of Assembly primaries for Borno State,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than thirty two (32) persons are believed to have been killed by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists around Mudu village, some 45 kilometers away from Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge LGA of Borno State, last weekend. Governor Babagana Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, confirmed the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The presidential bid of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, received further boost on Monday, in Yobe and Borno States where the VP received strong expressions of support from the Governors of Borno, Yobe States, as well as the traditional rulers. On Arrival in Yobe...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State has flagged-off congresses for the election of Local Governments, State and National delegates that will take part in the party’s primaries for state and National Assemblies seats, governorship and office of the next president. The flag-off took place on Wednesday evening...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Wednesday took part at the fifth in series of ongoing distribution of palliatives, during which 6,000 vulnerable men and women of Gwange I, II, and III wards benefited. The distribution took place around 7:30am at a primary school...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has identified corruption, poor funding and poor leadership as major problems bedeviling local government.councils administration in Nigeria. Governor Zulum made the observation on Wednesday while receiving participants of 44th Course Group 7 of National Institute of Policy and Strategic...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Over 150 clubs, associations, professional bodies and groups in Borno State have contributed and presented a cheque of N50 million to Governor Babagana Zulum to enable him purchase the APC expression of interest and nomination forms and to re-contest for the governorship election come...