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Osinbajo Commissions Doctors’ Apartment, Shops, School, Road in Maiduguri
Osinbajo Commissions Doctors’ Apartment, Shops, School, Road in Maiduguri
By: Michael Mike
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Maiduguri on Thursday, to launch the 30th edition of the Federal Government’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic during which he commissioned four out of over 500 projects executed by Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum.
The Vice President arrived Maiduguri around 11am and was received by Governor Zulum alongside Senator Kashim Shettima, national and state assembly members, other top government officials and party leaders.
Osinbajo, arrived the ancient town in the company of the Ministers
of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Katagun, Minister of state for Agriculture, Baba Shehuri who is from the state, and some national assembly members also from the state.
The VP immediately went about the task that brought him to the state, commissioning a newly built medical doctors quarters along the Airport Road. A tastefully designed quarters comprising 78 units of three bedroom apartments of 13 blocks of two-storey buildings with each block having six apartments. The quarters was fully fenced, landscaped, flowered and provided with sporting facilities and playground.
Osinbajo then commissioned a shopping complex with 78 shops that are meant to be allocated to operators of small and medium businesses.
Before continuing with commissioning of projects, the Vice President stopped over to address MSME’s at the Maiduguri GSM Market and gave them assurance of Buhari’s commitment towards supporting and empowering them
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Vice President Osinbajo then paid another visit to the Northeast Children Learning Centre, which is a donor-funded primary to secondary school institution, privately initiated by the Vice President in March 2017 during his 60th birthday, to provide homes, education and entrepreneurship skills to 1,500 children orphaned by insurgency across the northeast. Osinbajo who had visited the school on previous visits to Borno, interacted with orphans schooling at the centre.
Returning to the task of commissioning, the Vice President unveiled a mega size senior secondary school named after one of Borno’s foremost personalities, late Alhaji Mai Deribe.
The fully fenced, landscaped and flowered school is made up of 30 classrooms for at least 1,200 students, three laboratories, administrative block and sporting facilities.
Vice President Osinbajo also commissioned Gonidamgari community road which passes communities that include Abbaganaram, Railway terminus, Borno Aluminium, down to Borno flour mill junction in Maiduguri.
He launched the 30th edition of Federal Government’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic with more than 100 business owners to showcase their products and interacted with federal officials involved with enhancing businesses for local consumption and export.
Osinbajo Commissions Doctors’ Apartment, Shops, School, Road in Maiduguri
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
By: Zagazola Makama
Nine persons sustained machete injuries in a clash between Bassa farmers and Fulani herders in Gomoni Village, Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the fight, which broke out on Aug. 9 at about 3:30 p.m., followed alleged destruction of melon and maize farms belonging to the Bassa community by cattle.
It was gathered that the Nigeria army troops
along with joint team of operatives, and vigilantes were deployed to the scene following a distress call.
Six Bassa and three Fulani victims with varying degrees of machete cuts were taken to Rhema Foundation Hospital, Kwali, for treatment.
Authorities confirmed that the situation had been brought under control and normalcy restored, while investigation was ongoing.
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
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VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
By: Our Reporter
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday attended the wedding fatiha of Aisha, daughter of Shehu Aliyu, an Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria, and Muhammad Jalal, son of former Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, Talban Minna, at the National Mosque, Abuja.
The solemnisation, led by the Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Dr. Muhammad Kabir Adam, alongside other Imams, featured prayers for the couple’s blessings.
Vice President Shettima stood in for the bride, while Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu represented the groom, culminating in the presentation of the dowry and the formal tying of the marital knot.
The event was graced by prominent dignitaries, including former Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, former Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi, former Minister of Special Duties Kabiru Turaki, Katsina State Deputy Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe, the Emir of Borgu, Niger State, Muhammad Sani Dantoro among many others.
VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
Unidentified visitor dies suddenly at Niger Government House Lodge
By: Zagazola Makama
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the sudden death of an unidentified man who collapsed and died at Government House Lodge, Minna. Zagazola learnt that the incident occurred on Friday, Aug. 2, 2025.
Sources said that the deceased had visited House No. 8, Government House Lodge, in an attempt to see Mr. Sammy, Chairman of Niger Foods. However, upon meeting his host’s absence, the man suddenly took ill.
Medical doctors were reportedly contacted from the IBB Specialist Hospital, Minna, for urgent attention. Unfortunately, by the time the doctor arrived, the man had already passed away.
Following the report, a team of police operatives from GRA Division visited the scene. The body was photographed and evacuated to the IBB Specialist Hospital Mortuary for autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
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