Governor Babagana Umara Zulum
Boko Haram: Zulum Salutes military for Clearing 25 ISWAP Fighters, Gun Trucks
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has saluted the Nigerian military under the 7 Division Garrison of Operation Hadin Kai for successfully clearing 25 fighters of ISWAP and Boko Haram who manned dozens of gun trucks on Monday evening along Chabbal on Maiduguri-Gubio road. In a statement by his spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, […]
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Thuggery Sponsor: Zulum vows to deal with any Politician, Youth found wanting.
“Any politician, no matter how highly placed he is, if found harbouring or sponsoring thugs, we will deal with him accordingly. This administration will not condone any act of indiscipline”, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has warned. The governor gave the warning on Monday at the Government House while addressing leaders of political youth groups […]
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Zulum appoints three for SUBEB’s Board; approves new adviser for projects monitoring
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has appointed three members for the Borno State Universal Education Board. Two of the appointees, Professor Bulama Kagu, who will serve as the Executive Chairman and Hon. Habu Daja Aliyu Damboa, a member representing southern Borno were appointed for their first term at the Board, while Hon. Abubakar Deribe who […]
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Empowerment: Zulum unveils mechanic village, empowers 4,250 artisans, traders
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday in Maiduguri commissioned Borno’s first alpha mechanic village, to support artisans working on different automobiles, tricycle and generator sets. The mechanic village consists of over 633 auto-mechanics workshop, 80 wheel balancing and alignment technicians workshop, 55 panel-beating workshop, 32 vulcanizers workshop, 120 Keke Napep and Generator […]
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Regional Security: Zulum, 7 Other Lake Chad Governors meet in Cameroon
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, alongside seven other Governors within the Lake Chad Basin, on Monday, met in Younde, Cameroon, to discuss regional security cooperation and path to improve stability. The meeting had six Governors in attendance: Zulum from Borno, Issa Lamine of Diffa in Niger Republic; Midjiyawa Bakari of Far North of Cameroon; Abate Edii […]
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Zulum hosted Keke NAPEP Operators, orders 100 cars, 500 tricycles as subsidy for 2,200 Keke NAPEP operators
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Saturday, in Maiduguri, hosted operators of ‘Keke NAPEP’ during which he directed the procurement of 500 tricycles and 100 Toyota cars (Corolla LE) for subsidized allocations. At Government House meeting, held at his instance, Governor Zulum explained that about 2000 Keke NAPEP operators, who currently do […]
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On Buhari’s Behalf, Zulum Flags-Off NNPC’s Power Plant for Maiduguri
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has, on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, laid the foundation stone for construction of 50 Megawatts Emergency Power Plant, being funded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in Maiduguri. The gas plant was approved by President Buhari as part of measures to address power outages caused by attacks on […]
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To fast track completion, Zulum visits Borno’s University Teaching Hospital
In order to fast track the completion of an ongoing work of the State University Teaching Hospital, the Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday visited the hospital site to assess work level. The State University work which began in November last year, the Governor said is to enable the state […]
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NNPC to begin 50 Megawatts plant work in Borno
A 50 megawatts gas power plant being funded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, will soon be on stream to electrify parts of Borno State, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has explained. Speaking on Thursday at a town hall meeting on insurgent attacks on power and telecommunications equipment organized by the Federal ministry of […]
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Food security: Zulum to fund Maiduguri flour mill for full capacity production
… Gives largesse to N-power youths As part of efforts to increase public access to food items in Maiduguri and other parts of Borno, the State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum is ready to pump money into the Maiduguri flour Mills to maximize the company’s full production capacity of semovita and other food products. Zulum […]
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