Tag: Babagana Zulum

2023: “With Osinbajo-Zulum ticket, APC would win election before 12 noon” – APC Chieftain, Dr.Gololo boasts

Aminu Imam

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC), Dr. Garus Gololo, has advised the party to field Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo, and Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, for an overwhelming victory in the 2023 presidential election. Speaking in an interview in Abuja on Friday, Gololo said Osibanjo has displayed competence, loyalty, hard work and statesmanship to pilot the affairs of the country. Gololo said, with dialogue and negotiation, power could rotate to the South, despite the fact that the North has the numbers, adding that the South might…

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Gov. Zulum receives another Chibok schoolgirl in Gwoza

Aminu Imam

Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, yesterday in Gwoza, received another Chibok girl who presented herself to the Nigerian Army. The schoolgirl, Hassana Adamu, alongside her two children, was handed over to Governor Zulum by the Commander, 26 Task Force Brigade, Brig-Gen. DR Dantani. Zulum, who was in Gwoza, from there he moved to Bama, undertaking humanitarian activities, had just returned from northern Borno where he spent five days for humanitarian interventions. Hassana was one of over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at a Government Secondary School in Chibok…

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North-East Governors urge military to sustain fight against insurgency

Aminu Imam

Governors of the North-East geo-political zone have asked the military to sustain its momentum in the fight against insurgency in the region by taking advantage of the current division among the insurgents. The governors made the call on Tuesday, at the 5th edition of the North-East Governors’ Forum, which was held at the Government House in Jalingo, Taraba State. The meeting came 24 hours after southern governors met in Lagos State and reached some decisions on insecurity, PIB, 2023 presidency, among other issues. In a communique issued at the end…

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Buhari visits Maiduguri, says, “I’m paying Nigerians back for their love for me”

Aminu Imam

…Directs security agencies to give no breathing space to terrorists President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said his commitment to serve Nigeria is a payback for the love Nigerians have shown him.  The president made this statement at the palace of Shehu of Borno, while on visit to the State yesterday,  according to an issued statement by the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu. “My commitment to serve Nigerians is a payback for the love shown to me,”  Buhari stated, adding that “I started my political adventure in Maiduguri and I always look forward…

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“Appreciate President Buhari when he arrives”, Zulum begs Borno residents ahead of PMB’s visit

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the expected official visit by  President Muhammadu Buhari to Borno State today, Thursday, the State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has urged residents to show appreciation to the President during his visit. In his address to the residents yesterday, Zulum said the President will appraise the security situation in the North-East and commission some of the projects executed by the State government. During the visit, President Buhari is expected to also inaugurate the first phase of 10,000 houses he approved and for the resettlement of Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees. The Federal…

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Insecurity: “I was in Aso Rock to tell Buhari the truth” ? Zulum

Aminu Imam

The deteriorating insecurity in Borno and the rest of the North-East had prompted Borno State governor Babagana Zulum, to storm the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday to, according to him, tell President Muhammadu Buhari the truth. Speaking to correspondents after the meeting, he bemoaned the latest terrorist attacks that led to the death of many soldiers in the State and declared that it was his responsibility to come and tell the president the truth about the situation in the region. While noting that the situation was pathetic, Zulum emphasised the…

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Borno: Zulum stops his convoy to give a ride to women fetching firewood

Aminu Imam

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday stopped his convoy to assist some women and girls who were fetching firewood by the roadside in the Monguno area of the State. His motorcade was moving to Monguno in the northern part of the state at the time about 12 young girls stood by the roadside. On spotting the girls, the governor reportedly ordered the convoy to stop, bearing in mind the dangers associated with stopping at the road, which is known for Boko Haram activists. In some pictures trending on social…

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Gov. Zulum uncovers fake internally-displaced persons in Borno camp

Aminu Imam

Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, has discovered fake internally-displaced persons, (IDPs), at the Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies, in Maiduguri, where IDPs from Abadam local government area of northern Borno were being camped. It was gathered that Zulum, at about midnight on Sunday, stormed the camp and immediately sealed entrance and supervised a headcount to identify actual IDPs, in order to put a stop to rampant cases of dubious residents pretending to be displaced, who spend day times at IDP camps to share food meant for IDPs, and towards…

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Gov. Zulum urges FG to seek external support to end insurgency

Aminu Imam

Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, has called on the Federal Government to seek external support from neighbouring countries, in order to end insurgencies in Nigeria. Zulum, who is also the Chairman, North-East Governors’ Forum, made the call in Bauchi, yesterday, at the commencement of the ‘4th North-East Governors’ Forum meeting’.He lamented the high rate of insurgency, especially, in the Northeastern part of the country, and called on the new Service Chiefs to devise tactical measures to counte r the current and future attacks in the region. Zulum, also lamented that…

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Zulum approves N14m, car for Ogun doctor who stayed despite Boko Haram

Aminu Imam

Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the payment of N13.9 million and a car gift to a 65 yr-old medical doctor from Ogun State. The medical doctor, Dr. Isa Akinbode lived within the General Hospital in Monguno, and continued to offer health-care services to patients even when the town was faced with the most severe threats from Boko Haram in recent years. Dr. Akinbode graduated from the University of Maiduguri and joined the Borno State Civil Service, where he served for 22 years before he retired in…

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