… Zulum Spends 7 Hours Coordinating Food Aid … Rules Out Forceful Relocation Amid IOM … To Support IDPs Who Choose Maiduguri, Others More than five thousand internally displaced persons who indicated interest to return to safe and rebuilt communities on Friday received half a billion naira (N500m) …
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 »Extortion: Disguised Zulum finds health officials collecting N10,000 for free medical services
Borno Governor, Professor Engr Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday disguised his convoy and visited some Government healthcare centres unannounced, during which he found some officials collecting between N8,000 to N10,000 from patients, whereas the services are meant to be provided free of charge. Zulum summoned the State’s Commissioner of …
Read More »Zulum: Borno’s primary school teachers to get 30k minimum wage, soon
… Rules out sack of unqualified teachers All qualified teachers in primary schools across Borno State will soon begin to enjoy N30,000 minimum wage, as against current situation in which some number of teachers receive as low as N11,000 due to activities of ghost teachers, Governor Babagana …
Read More »Zulum Inspects 5 Multi-Billion Naira Projects
… Gives CBDA’s Irrigation Packs to 120 Alau Farmers Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday assessed five capital multi-billion naira projects ongoing in Maiduguri and neighboring Jere Local Government Area. The five projects include: new trailer park, flyover at the customs roundabout, a dual carriage way from custom to …
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 Bags Fellowship of Architects Institute
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday received honorary fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Architects. The event took place in Abuja during which Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, and Governors of Kaduna and Taraba were amongst those honoured. In his reaction, Zulum reaffirmed his commitment to providing leadership …
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 …
Read More »Zulum appoints three for SUBEB’s Board; approves new adviser for projects monitoring
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has appointed three members for the Borno State Universal Education Board. Two of the appointees, Professor Bulama Kagu, who will serve as the Executive Chairman and Hon. Habu Daja Aliyu Damboa, a member representing southern Borno were appointed for their first term at the Board, …
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