By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has confirmed that only six repentant Boko Haram insurgents escaped and not 13 as being insinuated. The repentant insurgents had surrendered under the state government’s reconciliation programme. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, revealed this in...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Forum of Senior Technical Assistants (STAs) to the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has donated a sum of N3.45 million to support victims of the recent flood that devastated Maiduguri and its environs. Speaking during a sympathy visit to Governor Zulum on Wednesday...
The Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Distribution Committee on Monday convened a meeting with various international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance support for victims of the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri. Participating organizations included the Danish Refugees Council (DRC), CARE Nigeria, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), ZOA Nigeria,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has constituted a committee to examine and ascertain the cause of the collapse of Alau Dam which resulted in the flooding of Maiduguri Metropolis and its surrounding local government areas. A part of the dam collapsed on September...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday, conducted an assessment of some vital infrastructure including roads, bridges and hospitals damaged by the flood disaster that struck Maiduguri Metropolis and the surrounding local government areas. The devastating September 10 flood, described as the worst...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Flood Relief Distribution Committee has engaged fifty members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to expedite the ongoing verification process for flood relief distribution. Training sessions have began to familiarize the corps members with verification procedures and ensure their success in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Borno indigene, who is serving as CMD in Canada’s prominent hospital, Prof. Abba Aji, has donated the sum of 75 million naira to flood victims in Maiduguri, the state capital. Professor Adam Abba-Aji’s humanitarian delegation from Canada visited Government House Maiduguri, bringing donations...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A delegation from Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI), National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Vom , Bukuru-Jos led by the President, Ambassador Emmanuel Obi Okafor mni, paid a sympathy visit to the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulumto.commiseeate with him,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it targets 2.5 children for the 2024 third routine immunization against polio in Borno state. The WHO Borno State Coordinator, Dr Ibrahim Salisu disclosed this on Monday in Maiduguri at the flag-off of the Polio Outbreak Response...
In a show of solidarity, Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, visited the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Garbai Al-Amin Elkanemi, to offer support to the victims of the devastating flood that recently swept through Maiduguri. This is contained in a statement by the Oba’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Osaigbovo Iguobaro...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to promote peace and reconciliation in Borno State, the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development has organized a one-day training workshop for 10 Deradicalization and Rehabilitation Islamic Scholars and Preachers. The training, held on Sunday at the Hajja Mangal Memorial Hall,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ministry for Environment and the UK FCCD Lafita Program, organized a one-day sensitization workshop on climate change and its health effects. The workshop aimed to raise awareness among stakeholders, including health workers, specialists, and...
The Borno Flood Relief Distribution Committee on Saturday commenced the verification of more than 7,000 victims of the recent flooding in Limanti Ward, Maiduguri Metropolitan Council. This followed the earlier assessment and distribution launch conducted in Gwange 1 Ward, where Gov. Babagana Zulum, personally inaugurated the relief effort. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director of Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin, recently welcomed members of the North East Transitional Justice Network (NETJUN) to a one-day training session. The training aimed to develop an Advocacy Work Plan, which was held at Hajja Mangal...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has flagged off the distribution of relief items to victims of Maiduguri flood that affected nearly 2 million people. The flood occurred earlier this month following an overflow of water from Alau Dam. Initial reports indicate severe destruction...
The Borno Government, on Monday, said that only N4.4 billion of the N13.1 billion donations for victims of the Maiduguri flood was at hand. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, disclosed this in Maiduguri, while giving an update at the Borno State Government Flood Disaster...
The Presidential Committee on flood relief and rehabilitation, has donated N1 billion to the victims of flood disaster in Borno. The fifth Wazirin Katsina, Alhaji Sani Lugga, who is a member of the committee. disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Monday. He said,“Because of the unprecedented...
The European Union (EU) has said that it supported Nigeria and five other Sahel countries affected by flood with 5.4 million Euros. In a statement issued by the bloc and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday, the other countries that benefitted are Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Mali and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Monday said its tower T372, along Gombe -Damaturu-Maiduguri 330 Kilovolt (kV) transmission line was brought down by vandals on Saturday at about 1:44am. The company’s General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly investigate the spending of the billions of naira of Ecological Fund...