Borno State
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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New Naira: Zulum orders emergency Microfinance Banks as 25 of Borno’s 27 LGAs lack banking services
… Wants branches at Gwoza, Monguno this week Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has directed the State Ministry of Finance and that of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to, in accordance with regulatory procedures, hastily establish branches of Borno’s existing Microfinance Bank, as well as/and ICT centres across the 27 Local Government […]
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BREAKING: Buhari approves two Institutes for Borno
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has allocated 30 hectares of land for the establishment of an Industrial Equipment and Machinery Development Institute (IEMDI) and a Skill Acquisition Institute, both approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, for siting in Borno State. Zulum gave the directive on Friday in Maiduguri when he received Executive Vice Chairman of the […]
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My life or His Publicity? When Zulum made a call
By Isa Gusau Our boss, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, my family and closest friends wouldn’t like what I am about to publicly reveal. I deeply apologise. Last week, I had a surgery at Max Multi Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, India. The surgery, which doctors categorised as a ‘high risk’ was around my chest wall […]
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Zulum visits Indian University, explores partnership on lecturers’ training, others
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was on Wednesday at Amity University, at Noida in New Delhi, India. Established in 2005, Amity University ranks amongst top Universities in the world according to a 2016 record. The University offers over 300 postgraduate and undergraduate courses with more than 15,000 research and publications. Governor Zulum […]
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