Gov. Babagana Umara Zulum
Zulum gives N100m business grant to 152 youths who renounced thuggery
After organizing for them, one month of intensive practical training on entrepreneurship, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday presented N100m to 152 reformed youths who were prominent members of a violent political thuggery group code named ‘ECOMOG’ in Maiduguri. Zulum made the presentation at the Ramat Polytechnic in Maiduguri, venue of […]
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Attacks: Northeast Governors donate N20m to Zamfara State.
Governor of Borno State and chairman of Northeast Governors forum, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, was in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Monday on behalf of governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States to show empathy and solidarity over recent attacks on communities by armed bandits. During the visit, Zulum at the Government House in […]
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Professor Zulum and his ‘empty seat of power’
By Isa Gusau From the most part of March 2020 to date, I have observed that Borno’s governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, abandons the executive red chair, and desk in his main office at the Government House in Maiduguri. So far, Prof has left that elegant ‘seat of power’ largely idled for nearly two years. […]
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Zulum in Damasak: Gives irrigation packs to 2,000 resettled farmers, directs drilling of 500 boreholes
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum was today, Friday, in Damasak, headquarters of Mobbar local Government in northern Borno. The Governor distributed packages containing varieties of agricultural tools and implements to over 2,000 farmers for dry season farming activities. Each pack consist of a water pump with accessories, NPK fertilizer, non-selective herbicides, 50,000 liters of […]
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79 PHCs get N418m as Zulum launches Borno’s Basic Healthcare Fund
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday launched Borno State’s Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, with the disbursement of N418m to 79 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the State. Launch held at the Multipurpose Hall of the Government House in Maiduguri, with the participation of Zulum, the Minister of State for Health, who was represented, as […]
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Kala-Balge attack: Zulum vidits army hospital, Gifts N5m to Injured Soldiers
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday night visited soldiers injured during a fierce battle, on Friday, between troops and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists at Rann, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon, in Kala Balge, Local Government Area in the central part Borno State. Zulum interacted with and consoled all the […]
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Maiduguri Estate Attack: Zulum Asks Military to Wake Up as He Visits Scene
Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has visited the 1,000 units housing estate in Maiduguri which was hit on Saturday morning by a rocket launcher believed to have been fired by Boko Haram/ISWAP terror groups. He also said he was setting up what he called “a small committee” to assess damages inflicted and advise government […]
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Borno Governor receives UNSG’s envoys to west, central Africa, plays critical role at Lake Chad Govs forum
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday received the United Nation Secretary General’s Special Representatives to the West Africa and Sahel (UNOWAS), Mr. Mahamat Saleh Annadif and his counterpart of the Central Africa (UNOCA) Mr. Francois Lounceny Fall in Maiduguri. The meeting held at the council chamber of the Government House. The two […]
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Zulum spends two days in Niger Republic clearing Malam-Fatori, a liberated Boko Haram stronghold
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has spent two days in Diffa and Bosso provinces of neighboring Niger Republic, from where he led some Nigerian refugees on Thursday, to undertake clearance exercise in Malam-Fatori, headquarters of Abadam Local Government Area in northern Borno. Malam-Fatori, located in the fringes of Lake Chad, was violently occupied […]
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Goronyo attack: Zulum, Yahaya visit Sokoto as NEGF’s Reps; donate N20m
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum who is the Chairman of the Northeast Governors’ Forum, alongside Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, were in Sokoto on Saturday, for condolence and solidarity visit to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal over a recent attack on Goronyo market by bandits, which left about 40 dead. Zulum led the visit on […]
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