Governor Babagana Umara Zulum
Zulum assesses Malam-Fatori on fourth time as resettlement starts before ramadan
– Meets soldiers’ battalion, approves 20 fighting vehicles For the fourth time, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday, undertook a humanitarian assessment of Malam-Fatori, headquarters of Abadam Local Government Area in northern Borno on the fringes of the Lake Chad. Zulum had visited Malam-Fatori in February 2020, July 2021 and October […]
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Zulum celebrates Shehu of Borno’s 13th anniversary
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday led citizens to celebrate the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin Elkanemi, as he marked 13th year on the throne, since March 2009. In a statement by his spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, the Governor said the humility and modesty of the Shehu has made his anniversary […]
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Maiduguri: Osinbajo opens Zulum’s 78 doctors’ apartments, 78 shops, school, road
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Maiduguri on Thursday, to launch the 30th edition of the Federal Government’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic during which he commissioned four out of over 500 projects executed by Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The Vice President arrived Maiduguri around 11am and […]
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Zulum bags Anglican Church award for “courage and purposeful leadership”
At least six hundred clergies, amongst them 20 Archbishops, 144 Bishops, and hundreds of reverends converged in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where the church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) honoured Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, with a “prestigious award for courageous and purposeful leadership in challenging times”. Nigeria’s head of the Anglican church, […]
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2023: Pro-Osinbajo group visits Zulum to seek support
A group, Progressive Consolidation Group, PCG, in support of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, was in Maiduguri on Friday and paid courtesy call to Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The group, led by its National Chairman, Dr. Aliyu Kurfi, was at the Government House in Maiduguri. The […]
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After rebuilding 803 homes, Zulum resettles Malari returnees with N58.5 million cash, food
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was on Wednesday at Malari village in Konduga Local Government Area to flag-off the safe resettlement of households who had been internally displaced for more than seven years. The resettlement followed the reconstruction of 803 existing houses which were destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents during serial attacks […]
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Zulum gives 18 security vehicles to military, Civilian JTF for Dikwa-Gamboru road patrols
Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum has presented 18 patrol vehicles to strengthen the military and volunteers in the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes dedicated to patrols along Maiduguri- Dikwa- Gamboru highway. Zulum presented the vehicles to the theatre commander of operation Hadin Kai, Major Gen. Christopher Musa, while flagging off the reopening […]
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Mass transit: Zulum launches 610 taxis, tricycles, buses in Maiduguri, Gives N50m to 1,000 operators
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has launched 610 taxis, tricycles and buses to enhance urban mass transportation in Maiduguri and parts of Jere and Konduga Local Government Areas which fall under the metropolis. Zulum arrived Maiduguri after his presidential press briefing in Abuja today, Thursday, and drove from the airport to Ramat Square in […]
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Resettlement: Zulum, Yahaya attend as Buhari inaugurates presidential committee on Northeast’s refugees, IDPs
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, alongside his colleague, the Governor of Gombe, Inuwa Yahaya, were in attendance on Wednesday, when President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated a Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East of Nigeria. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said in a statement that […]
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Zulum flags-off N11.5 billion works for 10 major roads, bridges
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday, flagged-off N11.5 billion worth of construction works for eight major roads and two bridges cited in key parts of Maiduguri, the state capital. A Chinese construction company, Eighteenth Engineering Company (EEC) and a Borno-based construction company, Obtuse Tech Engineering Company Limited, both of which are […]
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