Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has commended the Nigerian military, particularly troops of Operation HADIN KAI, for rescuing 360 abductees from the Mandara Mountains, a notorious terrorist enclave in the southern part of the state. Zulum first visited the people of Ngoshe on March 6, 2026, and two weeks later spent the night…
1 Mohammed Abubakar Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has been conferred with the Northeast Governor of the Year Award. The award presentation was conducted at the Progressive Digital Summit Dinner held in Abuja. The maiden digital summit, 2025, celebrates exemplary stewardship and innovative governance across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones. The award was received by…
By Ndahi Marama Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has dismissed speculation in some sections of the online media that he would lead five other governors in defecting to the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) party. Zulum, in a statement by his spokesperson, Dauda Iliya, on Sunday, described the rumour as an unfounded and…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday squarely attributed the recent suicide bombing in Konduga Local Government Area to the prevalence of illicit drug markets, promising to enforce a sweeping ban on the sale of alcohol and drugs across all 27 local government areas of the state. The governor made this declaration during a sympathy…
0 Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has donated N100 million to aid the families of slain soldiers and those wounded in the ongoing fight against insurgency in the northeast region. The donation was made on Saturday at an Eid El-Kabir Sallah luncheon hosted jointly by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede,…
The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has revealed what brought about Boko Haram. According to him, the improper teaching of Islamic studies contributed to the emergence of Boko Haram insurgency in the state. Zulum stated this while declaring open a summit on reforming the Almajiri Education System in Borno on…
Over 40% of the Maiduguri metropolis was reportedly covered with water following a severe flash flooding, which occurred after the Alau Dam in neighbouring Konduga Local Government Area breached its banks on the night of Tuesday, September 10, 2024. The incident, which impacted the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere local government areas (LGAs), claimed…
