Borno
Maiduguri blackout: Repairs now 75%, Zulum gets update from TCN
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday met with the officials of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Bauchi zonal office to receive updates of the ongoing repair work to restore electricity to Maiduguri. Briefing the Governor, Zonal General Manager, TCN, Engr. Ganiyu Aliyu said, the repair work have reached 75% completion stage […]
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Zulum begins N2b worth of bus terminal with 593 lock-up shops, market stalls
Borno state Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday laid foundation for the construction a new bus terminal that is designed to have 593 lock-up shops and market stalls, the combination of which is valued at N2 billion. The 49,000 square meters concrete embedded bus terminal, sited along Bama road in Maiduguri, will comprise 373 lock up […]
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Of students theft, banditry and the Negotiating Government
By Usman Abdullahi Koli From Chibok in Borno to Dapchi in Yobe, to Kankara in Katsina, Kagara in Niger and Jangebe in Zamfara, thousands of school pupils have been stolen. This act is carried out by known non-state actors who mostly negotiated and subsequently fetched out millions from governments. In Nigeria, more often than […]
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Just in: Borno Governor appoints retired General from Lafiya Dole as Security Adviser
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of retired Brigadier General Abdullahi Sabi Ishaq, as special adviser on security affairs. Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, announced in a statement released on Thursday, that General Ishaq, retired from the Nigerian Army on January 10, 2021, after 35 years of service, with his […]
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Boko Haram: The need for total overhaul of security in the North East
By Ibrahim Usman Musa The Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009, when the jihadist group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. The conflict takes place within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria’s Muslim and Christian communities, and the insurgents’ ultimate aim is to establish an […]
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Zulum visuts Gamboru Ngala, disburses N343m, food items to residents
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Saturday in Gamboru, supervised the disbursement of N343m and varieties of food ss part of economic, and humanitarian intervention to residents of the boarder community in Ngala local government area of Borno State. Gambooru shared boarder with Cameroon through which Chad and Central Africa are reached by road. The N343 […]
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10 deaths, 47 injuries after Boko Haram’s RPG hit Gwange
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was at two hospitals on Wednesday, after Boko Haram fighters fired shots from Rocket Propelled Grenades, which killed 10 residents and 47 injured in Maiduguri. The shots, on Tuesday night, came from Kaleri, an outskirts of Maiduguri, it was learnt, but grenades traveled to hit Gwange and […]
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NALDA names Borno official sacks producer for national rice programme as Borno hosts agro programmes in March
The recently revived Borno Plastic Industry has been named official manufacturer of millions of sacks for the packaging of rice being cultivated under a national food programme being undertaken by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA). NALDA’s Executive Secretary, Prince Paul Ikonne made that announcement on Wednesday when Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara […]
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Boko Haram: Zulum leads Borno, Yobe elders to meet Buhari
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday led a high delegation of elders and stakeholders from Borno and Yobe States to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. The delegation had Governor of Yobe state, Mai Mala Buni, former Governors of Borno state, Ashiek Zarma and Senator Kashim Shettima, […]
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Boko Haram: New Service chiefs make first trip to Borno, meet Zulum
In their new capacities, last week’s appointed military service chiefs have undertook their first trip to Borno State, which has been at the centre of the war against Boko Haram, during which the chiefs met Governor Babagana Umara Zulum in Maiduguri. Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Leo Irabor, led chiefs of army staff, […]
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