Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday inaugurated a 14-Member Committee which he gave 30 days to develop an action plan for reformation of ‘Tsangaya (another name for ‘almajiri’) system of traditional Islamic education in Borno state.
Khalifa Aliyu Ahmad Abdulfatahi, a famous cleric and leader chairs Zulum’s reform committee. Sheikh...
Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday met Nigeria’s minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama to conclude intergovernmental efforts for voluntary repatriation of thousands of Borno citizens currently taking refuge in parts of Cameroon, after fleeing from Boko Haram attacks in batches, within the last six years.
The meeting...
Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has offered scholarship to health workers and teachers in Dikwa local government area to study courses in medicine, sciences and technology in various tertiary institutions within and outside Nigeria.
The governor made the offer while on inspection tour of healthcare facilities and educational institutions...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has commended Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL), a private estate development company, for its significant role in the construction of 200 low-cost resettlement houses in Chibok town which were commissioned on Monday.
Zulum had commissioned the houses for permanent allocation to families displaced...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday received 15 women and children from Borno State, abducted by Boko Haram insurgents between 2020 and 2021, at different churches located in Borno and neighboring Adamawa State.
They comprised six women and their nine children, all of whom escaped from the insurgents. Zulum was...
Says Boko Haram surrender making impact
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has expressed strong concern over the increasing presence of terrorists from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in some parts of the State, and called for urgent security measures to curtail their growth.
Zulum disclosed this...
Guterres praises Zulum’s approach
Governor wants CJTF, hunters, vigilantes skilled
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday received the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, who was in Maiduguri to assess the humanitarian situation in the state.
Guterres arrived at the Maiduguri International Airport onboard a UN humanitarian aircraft at...
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has suspended the Emir of Birnin ‘Yandoto, Aliyu Marafa, for conferring the traditional title of Sarkin Fulani on a wanted bandit leader, Adamu Aliero-Yankuzo, aka Ado Alero.
The decision of the emirate had drawn outrage, with many people condemning the bestowal of honours...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday commissioned 300 units of resettlement houses built for citizens affected by Boko Haram attacks in Rumirgo town of Askira-Uba Local Government Area in southern Borno State.
The project is one of several housing interventions from which about 10,000 resettlement houses were freshly built by...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointments of Nigeria’s former minister of state for agriculture and rural development, Malam Bukar Tijani as Secretary to Borno State Government.
The Governor has also reappointed Professor Isa Hussaini Marte as Chief of Staff.
The two appointments were announced by the Governor’s spokesman Malam...
