Borno State
New York: Zulum Addresses Multinational Groups on Girls’ Education
Borno state Governor, Professor Babagana umara has addressed multinational groups in New York, United States of America, towards increasing focus on the education of girls in Nigeria and around the world. The Governor traveled to the US as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s delegation to the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77) held at […]
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Northeast: Emerging trend of kidnap worrisome, Zulum says as Governors meet in Gombe
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has described the emerging trend of kidnapping across the northeast geopolitical zone as a worrisome situation. Zulum spoke on Friday night in Gombe town, in his capacity as chairman of the North East Governors Forum. He spoke at the opening of the forum’s meeting held at the banquet […]
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Biu: Zulum begins N2 billion vocational centre; Opens monitoring dept
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has laid foundation for the construction of a N2b worth of multi-sectional Skills Acquisition Centre in Biu town. Zulum laid the foundation on Wednesday in Biu, shortly after he commissioned a zonal department for Monitoring, Evaluation and Special Projects under the Governor’s Office, which will serve southern Borno. There are […]
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Biu Town: Zulum unveils higher Islamic school for 1,200 students; presents N40m support
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Wednesday in Biu town, commissioned a 60-classroom community school for higher Islamic studies, built and donated by the state government. Zulum arrived Biu town on Tuesday and passed the night, before today’s commissioning of the higher Islamic school. The Higher Islamic school system enables students with certain […]
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Governor Zulum appoints new Accountant General
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of Baba Bura Usman as Borno State’s new Accountant General. The appointment was announced by the Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement issued on Wednesday night. Baba Bura Usman was, until his appointment, the Director of Treasury Operations at the Borno State Ministry of […]
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Zulum at Buratai: Opens new school, approves 20 more teachers, orders 200 houses for Miringa
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, was yesterday (Tuesday) at Buratai village in Biu Local Government Area where he commissioned a newly built mega school with capacity for 1,500 students. Zulum also directed the recruitment of an additional 20 teachers to be selected from the host community for deployment to the Government Secondary School. […]
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Flooding: Zulum assigns Deputy Governor to assess communities, support victims
… Visits Moro-Moro, promises lasting solution … Kadafur to visit all affected LGAs Worried by the destructions caused by floods in some communities across Borno State, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has assigned his Deputy, Umar Usman Kadafur to lead an assessment team to a tour of all affected Local Government Areas for the purpose of […]
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How Zulum offered N10m, house, scholarship to family of Bama’s CJTF commander killed by Boko Haram
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has approved the release of N10m and a house to the bereaved family of Babagana Mallam Tela famously called Kadau who was overall commander of the ‘Civilian JTF’ in Bama Local Government Area, before he was killed by Boko Haram in June, 2022. The ‘Civilian JTF’ is a […]
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3rd Day in Bama: Zulum gifts N14.5m, 1,366 bags of food to volunteers fighting Boko Haram
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has distributed fourteen million, five hundred and eighty thousand naira (N14,580,000) alongside one thousand three hundred and sixty-six bags of food to 683 volunteers helping the military to fight Boko Haram in Bama town. Zulum has been in Bama in the last three days, since arriving Monday, for […]
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Oversight: Zulum shows up 10pm at Bama hospital
… Demands to know hospital’s problems … To spend days in Bama for humanitarian activities Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday night showed up unannounced at the General Hospital in Bama for on-the-spot monitoring of healthcare services’ delivery to the public. Professor Zulum visited the hospital at 10pm, not long after […]
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