The 12 Million Votes Bank
By Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde In my last article, Zulum is Coming, I mentioned a 12m votes bank whose ownership a founding member of the APC, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, and…
2023: Zulum dissolves Borno State Executive Council
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the dissolution of the Borno state executive council. The dissolution, which is with immediate effect, was contained in a statement signed…
2023: 179 clubs, associations present N50m cheque for Zulum’s form, demands Gov. re-election
Over 179 clubs, associations and professional bodies with thousands of members have raised funds and presented a cheque with the value of N50m to Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum,…
Humanitarian needs: Zulum sleeps in Dikwa, shares N120m, food to 40,000 households
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday embarked on humanitarian responses in Dikwa town of Dikwa Local Government Area, which made him to pass the night in the…
Zulum gives N100m business grant to 152 youths who renounced thuggery
After organizing for them, one month of intensive practical training on entrepreneurship, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday presented N100m to 152 reformed youths who were prominent…
Attacks: Northeast Governors donate N20m to Zamfara State.
Governor of Borno State and chairman of Northeast Governors forum, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, was in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Monday on behalf of governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba…
Professor Zulum and his ‘empty seat of power’
By Isa Gusau From the most part of March 2020 to date, I have observed that Borno’s governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, abandons the executive red chair, and desk in…
Zulum in Damasak: Gives irrigation packs to 2,000 resettled farmers, directs drilling of 500 boreholes
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum was today, Friday, in Damasak, headquarters of Mobbar local Government in northern Borno. The Governor distributed packages containing varieties of agricultural tools and implements…
79 PHCs get N418m as Zulum launches Borno’s Basic Healthcare Fund
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday launched Borno State’s Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, with the disbursement of N418m to 79 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the State. Launch held at…
Kala-Balge attack: Zulum vidits army hospital, Gifts N5m to Injured Soldiers
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…
Maiduguri Estate Attack: Zulum Asks Military to Wake Up as He Visits Scene
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…
Borno Governor receives UNSG’s envoys to west, central Africa, plays critical role at Lake Chad Govs forum
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday received the United Nation Secretary General’s Special Representatives to the West Africa and Sahel (UNOWAS), Mr. Mahamat Saleh Annadif and his counterpart…
Zulum spends two days in Niger Republic clearing Malam-Fatori, a liberated Boko Haram stronghold
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has spent two days in Diffa and Bosso provinces of neighboring Niger Republic, from where he led some Nigerian refugees on Thursday, to undertake…
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…
Zulum walks on street in Banki to see nightlife, 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…
Independence: Zulum Attends Borno’s Special Juma’at as Worshippers Pray for Peace
Borno State on Friday, held a special Juma’at ssrvice at the Maiduguri central mosque, to commemorate Nigeria’s 61st independence day anniversary. Governor Babagana Umara Zulum led the Shehu of Borno,…
North East Governor’s Forum to meet President Buhari on Mambila Power Project
Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi State says his colleagues in the North East Governors’ Forum (NEGF) will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on the current status of the Mambilla…
Resettlement: Zulum visits Malam-Fatori, meets 68 battalion, approves 10 patrol vehicles
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday visited Malam-Fatori, headquarters of Abadam Local Government Area, located in the fringes of Lake Chad in northern Borno. The visit aimed to…
Governor Zulum meets Nigerien President Bazoum in Diffa, Discuss refugees repatriation
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum is in Niger Republic on the invitation of President Bazoum Muhammadu. President Bazoum on Thursday, hosted Zulum alongside Governor of Diffa region, Isa…
BREAKING: Borno Governor Suspends French iNGO, ACTED, Over Shooting Training at Maiduguri Hotel, Police Recovers Toy Pistols, Investigates Two Trainers
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has directed the immediate suspension of ACTED, an international Non-Governmental Organization (iNGO) following Saturday’s discovery that the humanitarian iNGO was using a hotel in…
Flooding: Zulum out at Night to Supervise Evacuation Work
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, went out, Wednesday night, to supervise drainage evacuation work to mitigate perennial flooding affecting parts of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere Local Government…
Borno Govt, United Nations host high-level donor visit over North-east Nigeria
Borno and the United Nations (UN) hosted a high-level delegation of key partners during a one-day mission to Borno State on Wednesday to highlight humanitarian and development priorities in north-east…
Zulum to re-open farms along Mulai-Dalwa axis, express displeasure with Malai’s 500 Housing
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday visited Mulai and Dalwa communities and also met with security operatives to begin modalities for reopening of farmlands along that axis, so…
556 projects: Shehu of Borno, NASS, State Assembly members, security heads pay tributes to Zulum
The Shehu of Borno, members of the State and National Assembly, and security heads have paid tributes to the Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Saturday for undertaking 556…
Holy Ka’aba’s Imam visits Zulum, says we monitor your achievements from far
Prof. Hassan Abdulhamid Bukhari, a Saudi academic and one of the Imams leading congregational prayers at the Holy Ka’ba (masjid Al-Haram) in Makkah, has paid a visit to Borno Governor,…
Zulum Orders Deployment as Borno Acquires N1.4 Billion Heavy Duty Construction Machines
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has ordered immediate use as the state took delivery of 18 heavy duty road construction machinery worth N1.4 billion. The equipment include four excavators,…
Zulum resumes after 21 days vacation, says security top priority
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has resumed work after 21 days vacation, during which he transmitted power to his deputy, Umar Usman kadafur to act as Governor. Zulum arrived…
Just in: Borno Governor appoints retired General from Lafiya Dole as Security Adviser
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of retired Brigadier General Abdullahi Sabi Ishaq, as special adviser on security affairs. Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, announced in…
10 deaths, 47 injuries after Boko Haram’s RPG hit Gwange
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was at two hospitals on Wednesday, after Boko Haram fighters fired shots from Rocket Propelled Grenades, which killed 10 residents and 47 injured…
Boko Haram: Zulum leads Borno, Yobe elders to meet Buhari
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday led a high delegation of elders and stakeholders from Borno and Yobe States to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at…
Insecurity: Zulum chairs Borno’s first security meeting in the year 2021
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday chaired the first security in the year 2021. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, heads of all…
Vanguard chooses Governors Zulum and Sanwo-Olu for highest ‘Personality of the year’ award
Vanguard newspapers, one of Nigeria’s topmost custodians of prestigious honors, has announced Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum and Lagos governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu as joint winners of the 2020 personality…
Verification: 22,556 ghost teachers, ghost LG workers found in Borno Payroll, 420 Million Naira saved in bogus salaries
Twenty two thousand five hundred and fifty six ghost workers were discovered masquerading as teachers and workers in local government areas after two simultaneous verification exercises ordered by Borno Governor,…
Boko Haram: Sultan leads north, south traditional rulers to meet Zulum
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar and Co-Chairman National Council of Traditional Rulers has led his colleagues from south and northern part of the country to meet Governor Babagana Umara…