as 25 of Borno’s 27 LGAs lack banking services Wants branches at Gwoza, Monguno this week Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has directed the State Ministry of Finance and that of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to, in accordance with regulatory procedures, hastily establish branches of Borno’s...
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has been awarded with the honourary fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyors ( NIQS) for his commitment to transparency and good governance. Presenting the award to the Governor in Abuja, the NIQS President, Mr. Michael Shonobi maintained that after a dispassionate monitoring...
‘No official told me of power outage’ Orders upgrade of solar installations At about 10pm last night (Friday), Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, showed up unannounced at two hospitals in Maiduguri only to find patients in darkness due to power failure that had lingered for a number...
Directs security heads to invite, warn parties Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed sadness over reports of violence largely involving some supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during their recent campaigns. Zulum, in a statement issued on Thursday by his...
Asks security to ensure justice ‘I’m against political thuggery’ ‘We delivered on our 2019 promises’ Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday inaugurated Borno State’s Campaign Council for the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2023 general elections. During the inauguration held at the multipurpose hall of the Government House...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has written a condolence letter to the United Nations following the killing of a humanitarian worker by an unruly soldier, on Thursday in Damboa. Zulum addressed the letter to the UN’s resident representative in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale. The letter, titled “condolence and solidarity”...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Saturday reopened Gamboru International cattle market which was closed for about 7 years as a result of Boko Haram insurgency.   The market is located in Gamboru, a commercial border town in Ngala Local Government Area (LGA) within Borno Central.   Gamboru shares border with Cameroon and has...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday released a grant worth N814m to a combined number of 9,154 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s), to stimulate local businesses. The Governor gave the grant at the launch of the “Borno COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus” programme, codenamed “BO-CARES”. ‘BO-CARES’ is Borno State’s...
Gifts N15m to mothers of benefitting orphans Raises allowances of CJTFs, others by 35% Gifts them end of year bonus Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday flagged-off a scholarship scheme worth three hundred million naira in support of 300 orphans whose parents died as volunteers under...
Shares textbooks, 200 bicycles to pupils Biu Emir praises Governor Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Wednesday in Biu town, commissioned a 60-classroom community school for higher Islamic studies, built and donated by the state government. Zulum arrived Biu town on Tuesday and passed the night, before today’s commissioning...