Tag Archives: Bornu

The Borno State Government has approved the closure of all boarding secondary schools located outside Maiduguri, the state capital following the recent attack on Dapchi village of Yobe state by Boko Haram gunmen during which about 100 schoolgirls were abducted. The state government said it took this far reaching decision after an expanded Security Council meeting of all security, government ...

To address office and residential accommodation challenges in Maiduguri metropolis, the Borno State Government has acquired nine-abandoned properties valued at N1.2 billion The acquired properties, located in various parts of the metropolis are to be “demolished and rebuilt” as model schools, El kanemi Warriors Football Quarters, Government Lodge and office accommodations for State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). Commissioner for Works ...

Rice farmers in Borno State have called for road rehabilitation to accelerate production and ease movement of produce to markets. A cross section of the farmers made the call in separate interviews with newsmen, yesterday, at Zabarmari Rice Plantation in Maiduguri, the state capital. They described the deplorable state of road to the rice plantation as “inimical” to sustainable growth ...