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  – One hostage rescued – Motorcycles, other items left behind by fleeing bandits. Ten armed bandits hibernating around some flash points in Kaduna state met their disastrous end. The joint security forces came in contact with the heavily armed bandits in Kwanan Bataru, on the outskirts of Fatika in …

    The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps Brigadier General Shu’aibu Ibrahim has again received another accolade to his already long list of honours as he was presented the Sun Awards 2020 for Public Service by the Publishers of ‘The Sun Newspapers’ at a grand ceremony in …

  Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of Mustapha Loskuri as new General Manager, Maiduguri Monday Market. The Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau announced the appointment in a statement released on Friday. Loskuri, until his appointment was Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sharia and civil …

    The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has been conferred with the fellowship of the Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN). This honour was bestowed on the DG at the 66th Annual conference of the Society which held in Enugu.   In a statement …

      BY SANI ALIYU, Zaria     The Deputy Governor Kebbi State Colonel Samaila Dabai Yombe (rtd)has attributed the success recorded by the Nigerian Military School Zaria to the commitment of the instructors.   He stated this at the 63rd Annual Speech and Prize giving day ceremony of …

  Malam Nasir El-Rufai has assigned new portfolios to some commissioners and senior officials of the Kaduna State Government. The governor said that the reshuffle is designed to help harness fresh energy for the government’s final lap, bring new insights and enable the commissioners to have more rounded experience of …

  … Approves additional N50m for night traders Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday night, went out on the streets, to see first hand, how the commercial town of Banki was going to seem after seven years of desertion. Zulum was impressed that at 10:30pm, the town was bustling with …

  … Returnees get N40,000 each for trading    Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum alongside humanitarian partners were in Banki, a border town on Thursday, where N84m was distributed to 2,200 families who returned after fleeing from insurgent attacks. The funds is to enable the families engage in …

  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 …

  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 …