Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum has presented cheques of N20 billion to support victims of the Maiduguri flood and rehabilitation of affected public structures. A cheque of N10 billion was presented to the chairman of the Borno Flood Disaster Relief Disbursement Committee, and another cheque of N10 billion was given to the Commissioner of Works to rehabilitate public structures. Presenting the …

In a remarkable display of philanthropy, Dr. Sa’id Alkali Kori, founder of Thinklab Group Limited, has donated N20 million to support relief efforts for the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri and Jere, Borno State. This generous donation, made through Thinklab Charity Foundation, will provide crucial aid to the flood affected communities and individuals. The flood disaster has left over one …

Many residents of Maiduguri have fled their homes following a devastating flood in the Borno State capital. The Alau Dam, which has been at full capacity for the past week, collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday. The areas most affected include Fori, Galtimari, Gwange, and Bulabulin.Several videos on social media show flood sweeping through streets, forcing many residents to …

President Bola Tinubu strongly condemns the bomb attacks, which resulted in the loss of precious lives and the maiming of other citizens in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. President Tinubu describes the attacks as desperate acts of terror and a clear manifestation of the pressure mounted against terrorists and the success achieved in degrading their capacity to …

A Federal High Court in Maiduguri, Borno State has ordered the release of no fewer than 313 suspected terrorists who had been in military detention facilities in the North-East. The order for their release on 5th March 2024 followed the ruling of the court that the military failed to advance evidence for their continued incarceration in Maiduguri. According to the …

Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested four suspects for sending fake transaction credit alerts to their victims. A statement on Monday by the EFCC Spokesman Dele Oyewale said the suspects were arrested within Maiduguri metropolis in Borno State, following intelligence on their fraudulent acts. Oyewale said preliminary investigations showed that …

The first lady of Borno State, Dr Falmata Zulum, has marked International Women’s Day (IWD) by distributing N150 million cash and food items to 3,000 vulnerable women. Each of the 3,000 beneficiaries selected from across the 27 local government areas of the state received N50,000 cash, one bag of rice, one carton of macaroni and a gallon of 5 litres …

President Bola Tinubu has condemned what he called “the heinous incidents of abduction involving very vulnerable victims, internally-displaced persons in Borno State, and students in Kaduna State”. In a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President directed security and intelligence agencies to “immediately rescue the victims and ensure that …

The Borno State government has generated N2.8 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) between 1 January and 15 February 2024. The Executive Chairman of Borno State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), Prof. Bello Ibrahim stated this at a news conference on Friday in Maiduguri. He said the Service collected N1.7 billion revenues in January while N1.1 billion had been generated from 1 …

About 285,000 children orphaned by the Boko Haram insurgency and children of the vulnerable have been taught basic literacy and numeracy under UNICEF’s Teaching at the Right Level initiative in Borno State over the last three years. The initiative was funded by the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office of the British government. UNICEF said the project, which is currently in its …