Borno state government recently organised a townhall meeting where the values which the state was known for prior to insurgency were discussed. SADIQ ABUBAKAR reports. With the gradual emergence of relative peace from the 14 years insurgency that claimed hundreds of human and animal lives as well as the wanton destruction of public and private property worth billions of naira, Read More
The Court of Appeal has a precedence on Friday, following its ruling declining the petition to sack the Member of the House of Representatives representing Askira-Uba/Hawul federal constituency of Borno State, Hon. Midala Balami (PDP). The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, dismissed an appeal that was brought before it by the All Progressives Read More
Borno state government in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) has flagged-off July 2023 Polio Outbreak Response Vaccination Campaign. The Executive Director of the Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Professor Mohammed Arab Alhaji, revealed that the Polio Programme in the state was able to interrupt the transmission of the Circulating variant Polio Virus (cVP2). “It has been 13 Read More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative, Dr. Walter Kazadi Molumbo, has pledged more support for the Nigerian government in strengthening the healthcare and public system, especially during emergencies. Dr. Molumbo, who was represented by the WHO zonal coordinator, Northeast Zone, Dr. Jalal-Eddeen Salah, disclosed this during the ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the University Maiduguri Teaching Hospital Read More
Dear Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state, on behalf of the good people of London Ciki, especially Tashan Bala area, I write to draw your attention to the situation which I believe you are unaware of it. Sir, with due respect and total sense of humility and esteemed personality I want your humane administration to reward the residents of Read More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Borno State Government in collaboration with University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) have trained 155 local government Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) from all the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state including the security compromised areas. Declaring the four-day training open, the Director of Disease Control in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Aliyu Read More
A high-ranking and reverend traditional ruler in Northern Nigeria, Shehu of Borno, His Royal Highness, Abubakar Ibn Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi, has commended and appreciated the World Health Organisation (WHO) Borno State Field Office, for working tirelessly with government in providing better healthcare services for the residents. The first class traditional ruler disclosed this when WHO team paid him visit as Read More
Dear Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state. On behalf of the good people of Baga road, I write to draw your attention to the situation of Baga road market Maiduguri, which is situated at the metropolitan city of Maiduguri. I want your humane administration to reward the people of Baga road for their support towards your achievements by relocating Read More
Dear Alangubro, with regard and salutation, I may use this means to write this letter to you, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state, openly in order to draw your attention and drop a message to your notification bar. This pen of mine is writing on behalf of the good people of Baga road area of Maiduguri metropolitan council. I Read More
Popular perishable good market, Gamboru market around the Custom area in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital was gutted by fire. The fire began at a time most traders went out to vote at the 2023 governorship and State Assembly’s election.
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum Monday in Maiduguri hosted hundreds of victims the fire inferno at Borno Monday Market. Most of those hosted are traders at the Monday Market whose shops and goods worth billions of naira, were razed by an inferno that engulfed the market Sunday. Zulum presented a cheque of one billion naira for onward disbursement as emergency palliative Read More
In its quest to minimise deaths resulting from Tetanus infections, the Borno state government in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and partners have immunised over one million women of reproductive age against tetanus. According to Executive Director, State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Lawi Mshelia, Tetanus is a preventable disease, but Nigeria is yet to eliminate the Read More
The Labour Party (LP), presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has revealed why he went on a surprising visit to Borno South, despite advice from security agencies against visiting the area.
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Gwoza town in southern Borno, Sunday, where he announced the upgrade of Gwoza General Hospital to a Specialist Hospital, which will undergo expansion, attract more equipment and consultants in specialised areas of medical needs. Zulum also announced plans to establish a new College of Nursing to be sited in Gwoza. The governor made the Read More
The Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, has given go ahead for the recruitment of 3,000 teachers for the public schools in the state. In a statement by the Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Ali Musa, encouraged all interested and eligible candidates to apply through the portal link: moeapplication.bornostate.gov.ng “This is to inform the public that the Borno Read More
The Senate Tuesday passed for second reading a bill meant to establish the Nigerian Police Special Forces and the Nigeria Police Special Forces Training School, in Gwoza, Borno state. The sponsor of the bill, who is also the chairman, Senate Committee on the Army, Senator Ali Ndume ( APC Borno South) , said the proposed legislation when passed into law Read More
The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba has lamented the neglect in the operation of the Lake Chad Basin. Speaking when he hosted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday, the Shehu of Borno made the remarks, urging the PDP presidential candidate to prioritise the project Read More
Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, has defended the former governor of Borno state and the Vice Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Kashim Shettima over allegation of being a terrorists’ commander. Fani-Kayode described Senator Shettima as “a refined, decent and godly man, who simply want to help his nation and ensure we move forward as a people.” Read More
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Hon, Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, has described Vice Presidential candidate of the APC Senator Kashim Shettima as a shining light of the party even as he celebrates his 56th birthday anniversary. The former Borno state governor turns 56th Friday, September 2nd. In a congratulatory statement made available Read More
Many of the internally displaced persons recently relocated to settlement areas by Borno state government relieve their experinces in this report by SADIQ ABUBAKAR. Thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri are being resettled in their ancestral homes despite the selective attacks from Boko Haram insurgents.A cross-section of the returnees have expressed fears that their relocation may be threatened Read More
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has said the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPAII) project will be implemented in Lagos (Southwest), the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) (North Central), the Bay states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (Northeast), Akwa-Ibom (South South), and Enugu (Southeast). During the inception workshop of the Project in Abuja, the Country Director, Ene Obi who was represented by the Director, Research, Read More
The Professionals Forum of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown their weights behind the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the vice presidential candidate of the party. In a statement released Monday in Abuja, by the acting chairman, Board of Trustees for the forum, Nkem Okeke, said the choice is inline with the Forum’s objective of dedication to Read More
Yobe state Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has congratulated the APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the choice of a man he described as worthy Vice Presidential candidate, Sen. Kashim Shettima. The Governor who was the former Chairman APC Caretaker Committee, described the Tinubu/Shettima ticket as “a victory ticket for the party.” In a statement signed by the Read More
Governor of Kebbi state, Abubakar Bagudu, and Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state embarked on tour of 3,000-hectare rice farm in Damasak, headquarters of Mobbar local government area on Wednesday. The mega farm is one of Zulum’s ongoing programmes in agriculture. The farm’s location, Damasak, is on the fringes of Lake Chad and it was one of Boko Haram’s Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday mourned the victims of terror attacks in Borno and Katsina states, saying that perpetrators of the killings would be brought to justice. The President said this in statement issued in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Mr Garba Shehu. The statement reads: “Today, Nigeria is in mourning for the senseless loss of Read More
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