Borno state
15 Feb
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has commissioned rebuilt houses and a border market for teachers and returnee Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
12 Feb
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 24 suspected drug traffickers and dealers, including a 42-year-old man conveying thousands of concealed opioid pills to insurgents in the Banki area of Borno State.
28 Jan
Before some headline and title readers arrive on this scene to deplore this article before reading it, let me quickly state from the outset that this stuff isn’t about the elite in the North some of whom have been quite remarkable in their interventions on National issues.
12 Jan
Borno State Governor Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has lost his Special Assistant on Media and Strategy Isa Gusau. The Borno State Government announced Gusau's death in a statement on Friday. "We regret to announce that Mallam Isa Gusau died in the early hours of Thursday in a hospital outside the country after battling with heart…
12 Jan
ISWAP militants have severed the hands of two fishermen in Marte, Borno State, for allegedly stealing fish.
10 Jan
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has ordered the reactivation of the South Chad Irrigation Project (SCIP) to boost food security and create jobs.
9 Jan
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has decried the overloading of many trucks plying federal border roads to Chad and Cameroon.
7 Jan
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has released N55.9m medical school fees for 153 students studying various courses at the Federal University of Health Sciences (FUHS), Azare.
4 Jan
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists in gun trucks and motorcycles have killed 12 persons in two communities of Chibok Local Council of Borno State.
3 Jan
Twelve persons have been killed in a fresh Boko Haram attack on Gartamawa community in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The Borno State Police spokesperson, Nahum Daso, who confirmed the attack said it happened in the evening of Monday 1 January 2024. According to Daso, two others were injured when the gunmen drove…
1 Jan
Borno State government has threatened to revoke land title documents in the Government Reservation Areas (GRA) and other layouts in Maiduguri Metropolis and Jere local council for failure to perfect their respective land documents.
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