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,...
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...
Signs law on rape, thuggery Signs 7 other Laws Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday signed into law nine different Bills passed by the State House of Assembly, one of which was the “Borno State Social Investment Bill” which will provide legal backing for the state to...
Says only 11 communities restricted on aide Govt monitors resettled communities Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday met with International and Local Non-Governmental Organizations, as well as civil societies during which he once again explained the State Government’s decision for closure of IDP camps and restrictions...
His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed has today pledged to continue to work together with relevant stakeholders and groups against Gender Base Violence. The Governor was speaking when a team of campaign against violence led by Her Excellency, the State First Lady Hajiya Aisha Bala...
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, who is chairman, Northeast Governors forum, today, at the forum’s third meeting ongoing in Jimeta, Yola, said governors in the region need take far reaching measures to ensure incidences of house kidnapping as reported in some states, does not extend to the northeast. Zulum...
Around midnight on Sunday, Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum showed up at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies in Maiduguri, where internally displaced persons from Abadam local government area of northern Borno were being camped. Zulum immediately sealed entrance and supervise a headcount to identify actual IDPs, in...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday embarked on humanitarian responses in Dikwa town of Dikwa Local Government Area, which made him to pass the night in the town. The interventions that reached 40,000 households was part of the Zulum’s routine approvals of support to vulnerable persons, even...
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...
Zulum in Chad, gifts Borno refugees 5,000 CFA each Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced a plan to construct three integrated villages for the resettlement of Nigerian refugees displaced by Boko Haram insurgency in 2014. Over 20,000 refugees were reportedly displaced by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents...