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...
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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...
The Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has urged other governors in the northeast to support the stabilization and development master plan project in the region Zulum made the call at the consultative meeting with Federal Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) and security agencies on the North-East stabilization and development...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has appointed former Borno State Governor Senator Kashim Shettima as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Future Assured College, Maiduguri. The college which was built by Aisha Buhari Foundation in Maiduguri to cater for the educational...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A female resident of Maiduguri, Fadila Abdulrahman, was on Sunday evening ‘brutalized’ by suspected hoodlums in Maiduguri which drew the attention of Govenro Babagana Zulum, who ordered for the arrest of the perpetrators and full investigation into the matter by the police The thugs...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the world celebrates the International Day of Education, UNICEF has welcomed the Federal Government’s pledge to increase Nigeria’s annual domestic expenditure on efucation by 50 per cent over the next two years, and by 100 per cent by 2025. A statement issued and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The former Managing Director of FSB International PLC, Alhaji Mohammed Hayatudeen has revalidated his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) membership on Sunday in his ward in Jere LGC of Borno State. Hayatudeen picked his renewed PDP membership card No. 133 at Gudda Khaddamari Ward of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Network of Civil Society Organisations, Borno State Chapter (NECSOB) has condemned in strong term the murder of 14 year old female IDP Aisha Umar, who was allegedly raped and stabbed to death by an NGO official, Huzaifa Adam in Maiduguri. The deceased, who...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Hon. Umar Kadafur has commended the recent successes recorded by the Nigerian military in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the state. He also expressed hope that if the tempo is sustained, the crisis will soon come to an...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State’s first flyover commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari will be reopened for traffic on Tuesday as steel made expansion joints were fixed by a reputable Chinese Construction Company which successfully built a number of flyovers in Abuja and Lagos. Although the existing expansion...
The Borno State Police command has denied reports that some policemen were abducted by the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) at the Mobile Police Training School in limankara, Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) of the state . Mr Audu Umar, the state Commissioner of Police disclosed this...
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 – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has expressed strong concern over the increasing presence of terrorists from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in some parts of the state, and called for urgent security measures to curtail their growth. Governor Zulum disclosed this on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has applauded the Nigerian military for their doggedness and resilience in bringing peace to the ravaged North East region, particularly, Borno State, the epic center of Boko Haram Insurgency. He also assured the Nigerian...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Mysterious fire has razed one of the newly commissioned ultra modern mega technical secondary schools built by the administration of Governor Babagana Zulum located at Ruwan Zafi Custom Area of Maiduguri Metropolis on Monday . It would be recalled that the educational edifice was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Monday assented to the increased of N269,696,860.00 budget for the fiscal year 2022 Appropriation Bill that was passed into law by the Borno State House of Assembly. The initial budget proposal of N267,921,484.00 has now been increased...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Without submitting requests to him, Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum on many occasions, offers logistics and other support to the Nigerian Army, to enhance the fight against Boko Haram, the acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General A.A. Eyitayo revealed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur has commissioned 30 beds capacity health care facility to cater for the health needs of the people of Goni Damgari Area of Maiduguri Metropolis. The deputy governor said one of the main priorities of Governor Babagana Zulum led...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The former Borno State Chairman of The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Usman Badairi has appealed to all PDP members and his supporters to remain calm over the Court of Appeal’s verdict that reaffirmed his rival, Hon Mustapha Gaddama as authentic PDP Chairman in...
Our dear people of Borno, at this important occasion of marking the beginning of the New Year, it is important to share information with you as part of our accountability to you. Regular clear communication provides an opportunity to let everyone know the direction of leadership so that citizens,...