By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday, distributed food items, cloth and combined cash of five million, seven hundred thousand to 285 1, messengers and others at the lowest rank, working at the Government House in Maiduguri. Each of them received a bag of...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur has felicitated with Muslims Ummah and stressed the need for prayers for peace and stability in the country, as Muslims all over the world over get set to observe Ramadan fast. The deputy governor urged Muslims to redouble...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Commissioner, CP Abdu Umar has paraded 46 Suspects who were arrested within January to April 2022 , first quarter of the year as part of crimes preventions and intelligence operations of the police in safeguarding the lives and property of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has denied media reports alleging that the operatives will embark on a planned protest in Maiduguri City over non payment of salaries and allowances as well as poor welfare package. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Abdul Umar...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Commander, Joint Task Force, North East, (Operation Hadin Kai), Major General Chris Musa has revealed that no fewer than 50,000 Boko Haram insurgents have surrendered while 20,000 victims of Boko Haram captivity have been rescued by the troops in the North East....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, alongside Senator Kashim Shettima, Borno’s First Lady, Dr. Falmata Zulum, and other National Assembly members topped the state’s high profile delegation at the fifth anniversary of the North-East Children’s Trust, (NECT) Learning Centre, initiated by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday gave a total sum of N62,750,000 to 846 elders and labourers providing services at Bolori Stores, a popular area in Maiduguri where trailers offload and move variety of wholesale food and non-food products from Borno to other...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The members of Traders and Hand Workers Association of Post Office Maiduguri (TAHWAP) have commended Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum for empowering them with N75.4 million to boost their respective trades and hand works in the state. The Chairman of the association, Ambassador Mohammed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum has inaugurated the Borno State Tsangayya/Islamiyyah Education Board to transform the eastern education system and rid the street of school children, drop outs and Al majiris roaming the streets without going to school to acquire either western or eastern education. While...
The Borno Government says more insurgents are laying down their arms because authorities adopted a non-kinetic warfare. The Special Adviser to Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, retired Brig.-Gen. Abdullahi Ishaq, made this known in Maiduguri while speaking on the Borno Model in ending the insurgency through non kinetic approach...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, was in Maiduguri on Monday to visit the North East Children’s Learning Centre, which is a donor-funded school initiated by her husband on the 8th of March, 2017, during his 60th birthday. The school is designed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Usman kadafur has commended the Directorate of state Security Service for discussing wide range of security issues with regard to the lingering insecurity crisis in the north-east during their quarterly security conference held in Maiduguri weekend. Hon. Kadufur gave...
A policeman simply identified as Sergeant Bello has shot and murdered at least six of his colleagues in Maiduguri, Borno State. It was learnt that the incident happened recently in the police college quarters of Borno Police headquarters in Maiduguri. The errant officer is currently being detained at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has commended Governor Babagana Zulum for his numerous supports to doctors and other medical personnel in the state. The NMA’s Chairman in Borno State, Dr Ali Mohammed Ramat, gave the commendation in a letter...
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 – The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Maiduguri on Thursday, to launch the 30th edition of the Federal Government’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic during which he commissioned four out of over 500 projects executed by Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has condoled with the victims of fire outbreak in Muna El- Badawy, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp. The Minister’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria has more than 180 million inhabitants, making it the most populous country in Africa. It is also one of the poorest. Poverty, food insecurity and inadequate access to education and health care are particularly severe in the North-East. The activities of the terrorist...
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed three deaths in Saturday’s fire at the Muna El-Badawy Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri. Its Director-General, Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, confirmed the death toll during an impact assessment visit to the scene. She said at least 3,000 shelters were destroyed...
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...