Borno State

Borno: My vision for the next four years – Zulum
By Prof Babagana Umara Zulum I stand before you today with absolute gratitude to the Almighty Allah, the Giver and taker of power. I stand before you with absolute humility. I stand here with the greatest sense of responsibility to you, the good people of Borno State as I accept the mandate to begin […]
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Breaking: Zulum dissolves cabinet, advisers, assistants, non-statutory boards
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has terminated the appointments of all political office holders including Commissioners, Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants, Chairmen and members of non-statutory boards. Governor Zulum expressed profound gratitude to all the dissolved officials for their sacrifice, hard work and dedication to duty. The dissolution which aimed at […]
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Gov. Bagudu Approves Payment Of About Four Billion Naira Of Gratuities And Death Benefits To Civil Servants
The Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, CON has approved the payment of a total sum of Three Billion, Nine Hundred and Eleven Million, Four Hundred and Forty Seven Thousand, Five Hundred and Thirty Four Naira, Twenty Five Kobo (N3,911,447,534.25K) for payment of gratuities and death benefits for all categories of beneficiaries. This […]
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Speakership Tussle: Northern Groups converges support for Gagdi, insists for zoning to North-Central
The Coalition of Northern APC Groups has urged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the President Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to zone the speakership of the house representatives in the 10th National Assembly to North-Central geopolitical zone of the country. Addressing a press conference in Maiduguri on Saturday, the national convener of the group […]
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Borno Governorship: Zulum wins landslide with 85% votes, leaves PDP with 15%
… VP-Elect, others surround Zulum at declaration Borno Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has secured 85% of votes after collation was concluded across the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) Zulum got 545,543 and left his closest opponent, Mohammed Ali Jajari of the PDP with 82,147 votes representing […]
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Maiduguri Fire: Zulum hosts victims, presents N1b cheque
… Appoints disbursement committee chair Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday in Maiduguri hosted hundreds of victims, most of them traders at the Monday Market whose shops and goods worth billions of naira, were razed by an inferno that engulfed the market yesterday, Sunday. Zulum while hosting them, presented a cheque of one billion […]
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Monday market disaster: Zulum announces N1 billion for emergency relief, consoles victims; sets up assessment committee
Following an outbreak of a major fire incident which has largely raised down the Maiduguri Monday Market, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has in a quick statewide broadcast, announced an emergency relief of one billion naira to provide urgent support to victims, pending assessment of the incident. The Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa […]
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Empowerment: Zulum releases N100m, tools to 5,340 tailors
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has released N100 million and working tools to over 5,340 tailors to enhance their businesses. The tailors operating under an Amalgamated Tailoring Association with members from different local government areas based in Maiduguri. Of the combined 5,340 of tailors, about 2,000 of them received N50,000 each totalling N100m, […]
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Zulum commissions 7 capital projects in Gubio
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Friday commissioned seven capital projects executed by his administration at Gubio town of Gubio Local Government Area (LGA) in the northern part of the state. The projects comprised of Government Secondary School, Gubio, which was rebuilt and reopened after Boko Haram destruction, a Computer Training Centre, Remodeled […]
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Zulum unveils Chibok water project; opens schools in Damboa, Askira
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday night unveiled a water project with capacity to store and distribute one million, two hundred and fifty thousand litres of water at Mboa village in Chibok Local Government Area (LGA) of (southern) Borno State. Mboa village is located five kilometres away from Chibok town, headquarters of Chibok […]
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