By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has distributed food and non food items to residents and Internally Displaced Persons in Dikwa Town and surrounding villages in Dikwa LGA of the state. The governor also urged the IDPs to continue to be resilient and pray for...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for his one day state working visit to Borno and efforts in repatriating and resettling Nigerian refugees abroad as Chairman Federal Government Resettlement Committee (FGRC). He also appreciated the VP for announcing a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reassured the government and people of Borno State of President Muhammadu Buhari led administration’s continuous support in the development and security of the state. VP Osinbajo stated this Thursday while speaking at the Shehu of Borno palace when...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has directed the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to submit details of the number of households affected in IDP camp fire incident for proper intervention by the state government. Governor Babagana Zulum gave the directives when he visited Muna Elbadawy IDP...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – After organizing one month intensive practical training on entrepreneurship, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has presented N100m to 152 reformed youths who were prominent members of a violent political thuggery group code named ‘ECOMOG’ in Maiduguri. Governor Zulum made the presentation at the Ramat...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Union of Borno State Students (NUBOSS) has commended Governor Babagana Zulum for his exemplary leadership and management of human and materials resources in the past three years, particularly his commitment in the implementation of educational projects and payments of students scholarships both...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has described as “very scary” some findings submitted to him by a Committee he had constituted and tasked with conducting basic literacy and numeracy competency assessment of 17,229 Local Education Authority (LEA) teachers across 27 LGAs of the state....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A group, Progressive Consolidation Group, PCG, in support of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, has paid a courtesy call to Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum. The group, led by its National Chairman, Dr. Aliyu Kurfi, was at the Government...
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has again updated President Muhammadu Buhari on latest security development in the state. Ater the closed door meeting with the president, on Thursday in Abuja, Zulum revealed that over 30, 000 insurgents comprised of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has redeemed his pledge of N68 million naira support funds to the member of National Automobile and Technical Association (NATA) in the state chapter. The state Chairman of NATA, Engineer Hussain Musa, who disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Registrar/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Examinations Council (NECO) , Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi has commended Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum for his regular payment of NECO examinations fees since he assumed office in 2019 to date. Professor Wushishi also requested Borno State...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor of Borno State and chairman of Northeast Governors forum, Babagana Zulum, was in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Monday on behalf of governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States to show empathy and solidarity over recent attacks on communities by armed bandits....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning to the release the sum of seven hundred and seventy million naira (N770 million) for the payment of three years leave grants arrears of civil servants . Governor...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Bonro State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday flagged off the construction and expansion of over 20 kilometer dual carriage way worth about N10.8 billion . The contacts which were contracted to Eighteenth Engineering Company (EEC) and Obtuse Tech Engineering Company limited have duration...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to enhance the capacity of private health institutions to complement government in healthcare delivery, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved N50m naira grant, ambulance, drugs, and other medical facilities to Sunni Hospital, Maiduguri. Governor Zulum announced the donation on Wednesday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum was in Chibok town on Monday following a recent attack on three communities: Kawtakare, Korohuma and Pemi in the LGA in the state. The Governor met families of 22 women and two men abducted by Boko Haram/ISWAP during the attack. Zulum...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Bultmann has said her country plans to partner Borno State Government on the development of agriculture, education, and the resettlement of IDPs. Amb. Bultmann announced this on Wednesday when she paid a courtesy visit to Governor Babagana Zulum...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has set up a committee to investigate the remote cause of fire incident that raised some parts of Goni Kachallari Government Day Technical College in Maiduguri. Consequently the commissioner for education has been directed to submit requirements for immediate rehabilitation of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A United Nations delegation has paid a courtesy visit on the Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum led by the new UN Country Representative and the acting Resident Humanitarian Co-Ordinator, Mr Mattias Schmale with other principal officers from the UN. Mr. Schmale, who was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum has approved the redeployment of the state Commissioner for Works, Architect Yerima Saleh to the Ministry of Environment with immediate effect. A statement issued on Thursday by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Usman...