Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday night visited soldiers injured during a fierce battle, on Friday, between troops and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists at Rann, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon, in Kala Balge, Local Government Area in the central part Borno State. Zulum interacted …
Read More »Maiduguri Estate Attack: Zulum Asks Military to Wake Up as He Visits Scene
… To Set Up Committee on Damages Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has visited the 1,000 units housing estate in Maiduguri which was hit on Saturday morning by a rocket launcher believed to have been fired by Boko Haram/ISWAP terror groups. He also …
Read More »Day 2 in Southern Borno: Zulum Commissions Schools, Hospital in Kwaya Kusar
… Asks HMB to Fix General Hospital On his second day of commissioning tour in southern Borno, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday commissioned a skill acquisition centre and a secondary school in Kwaya Kusar Local Government Area. The governor, after passing Tuesday night at …
Read More »Zulum in Southern Borno to Commission 23 Projects
… To Strengthen Security Formations Governor Babagana Umara Zulum is in southern Borno senatorial zone to commission 23 government projects, mostly schools and healthcare centres in towns and villages. Zulum arrived Biryel, headquarters of Bayo Local Government Area on Tuesday evening and passed the night …
Read More »Attacks/abductions: Zulum, Borno Senators meet Defence Chief in Abuja
Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has led the state’s senators to meet Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor at the Defence headquarters in Abuja. Zulum led senators Kashim Shettima (Borno Central), Muhammad Ali Ndume (Borno South) and Abubakar Kyari (Borno North) on Monday, for a closed door meeting, which …
Read More »Nationwide: DMO Ranks Borno Lowest in Foreign Debt
Nationwide: DMO Ranks Borno Lowest in Foreign Debt In its last reports, Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) released debt profiles of all the 36 states and the federal capital territory (Abuja), with Borno emerging the state with lowest amount of debt nationwide. According to the DMO report …
Read More »Zulum Sets December 15 Deadline for Completion of Borno’s First Flyover, Three Other Projects
… Directs Speedy Payments to Contractors Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has set a dateline of December 15, less than a month from now, for contractors to complete the state’s first flyover and three other major projects. The governor gave the deadline on Thursday evening, during an inspection …
Read More »PROFOH, Borno Partner on Health, Environment
A humanitarian organization, Professionals for Humanity (PROFOH) is to partner with Borno State Government to address challenges in healthcare service delivery and environmental issues affecting Borno. This was the outcome of a meeting held on Tuesday between officials of PROFOH and Governor Babagana Umara Zulum at the Borno State …
Read More »Goronyo attack: Zulum, Yahaya visit Sokoto as NEGF’s Reps; donate N20m
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum who is the Chairman of the Northeast Governors’ Forum, alongside Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, were in Sokoto on Saturday, for condolence and solidarity visit to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal over a recent attack on Goronyo market by bandits, which left about 40 dead. …
Read More »Zulum Salutes military for Clearing 25 ISWAP Fighters, Gun Trucks
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has saluted the Nigerian military under the 7 Division Garrison of Operation Hadin Kai for successfully clearing 25 fighters of ISWAP and Boko Haram who manned dozens of gun trucks on Monday evening along Chabbal on Maiduguri-Gubio road. In a statement by …
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