Tag Archives: Borno State

The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has described the groundbreaking ceremony of the Maiduguri & Environs Emergency Power Project (MEPP) as the happiest day of his life and a huge relief to the people of Maiduguri, who have been without power supply for nine months.

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GMD NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari has joined the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum to perform the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Maiduguri & Environs Emergency Power Project (MEPP).

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UNITY BANK 1: A building donated by Unity Bank Plc to the Borno State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB.  

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  After more than a decade of armed conflict, outbreaks of severe malnutrition, malaria, measles and cholera, approximately 1.5 million internally displaced people in Nigeria’s Borno state now face the spectre of COVID-19. Many displaced people live in vastly overcrowded camps with poor water and sanitation facilities, limited supplies of hygiene essentials such as soap and water, and often no individual space …

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No fewer than 18 people, including four suicide bombers, were killed in multiple explosions near Maiduguri, Borno capital, on Wednesday. Four bombers infiltrated a remote community, Muna Gari, on  the outskirts of Maiduguri, on Wednesday, as some Muslim faithful were observing their sunset prayers . The bombers detonated explosives strapped on their bodies, killing themselves and 14 others. Police spokesman, …

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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is pleased to announce that it has donated a school to the Borno State Government as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, to help Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The school, Maisandari Alamderi Model Nursery and Primary School, located in the Abuja Talakawa District of Maiduguri, comprises two blocks of nine classrooms that will …

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4.5m Nigerians Starving In Northeast – UN Declares FRIDAY EKEOBA The United Nations has declared that about 4.5 million people are starving and are in dire need of food aid in the Boko Haram plagued Northeast Nigeria. “All indications point to an extremely grave situation,” Abdou Dieng, the UN agency’s Regional Director for West Africa declared on Tuesday. “As the …

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Africa’s richest man and Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote, has announced that he would invest N2 billion to create jobs and end hunger for Borno State residents living in IDP camps. Dangote, the president of Dangote Group announced in company his daughter, while visiting the Dalori and Bakassi IDP camps in Borno State. According to the billionaire, the N2 billion would be spent on …

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