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Borno SSG unveils “5th Verdict”, as Media Aides Celebrate Zulum @55
Borno SSG unveils “5th Verdict”, as Media Aides Celebrate Zulum @55
By: Our Reporter
Media aides to Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State have released the “5th Verdict” to showcase his achievements and commemorate his 55th birthday, which is celebrated every August 25th.
The Secretary to the Borno State Government, Alhaji Bukar Tijani, who represented Governor Zulum, unveiled the compendium.
The ceremony was held today Sunday, August 25, 2024 at the Governor’s Office, Musa Usman State Secretariat, Maiduguri.
A statement from Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi, Zulum’s Senior Special Assistant on New Media who is also the Compendium’s Deputy Editor, highlighted that the publication includes news reports, analyses, features, columns, commentaries, discourses, editorials, selected speeches, and scorecard on the fifth year of Professor Zulum’s tenure as Governor of Borno State, from May 29, 2023 to May 29, 2024.
The compendium series was initiated by Zulum’s late spokesperson, Malam Isa Gusau, who assembled a team to work all year round for the compilation. The team collates and compiles relevant news and media discourses that shaped decisions, policies, and programmes during the tenure of his principal in office to document history and the process of governance.
The latest compendium is the fifth in the series. It is a 307-page document with 22 sections, including a Scorecard on Zulum’s performance in his fifth year as Governor, as well as President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s visits to commission innovative people-oriented projects in Borno State.
Two newspaper editorials from different media organisations also eulogise the Governor’s legacies in the education sector and compassionate interventions to mitigate the high cost of living, resulting from the fuel subsidy removal.
The sectoral compilation in the “5th Verdict” comprise 25 stories on Zulum’s humanitarian engagements, 21 news articles and discourses on security, 7 stories on resettlement and reconstruction, 13 news and features on transport, infrastructure and energy, 27 on education, and 9 on healthcare.
The compendium has other publications on Agriculture, Water Resources and Environment; Religion, Culture and Festivities; Budget, Economic Planning, and Commerce; Civil Service, Vocations, and Appointments; and activities from the Deputy Governor’s Office.
The “5th Verdict” also documents issues from the Office of the First Lady and Women Affairs; Zulum’s ‘Unusual’ Approach to Governance and Witnesses to his Service Delivery. There are equally articles on Awards, Tributes and Special Occasions; Foreign, Inter-governmental and Development Partnerships, as well as engagements and discourses emanating from the North-East Governors’ Forum.
This year’s compendium, the fifth in the series, has equally documented special tributes and news on the death of the founding Editor-in-Chief and former spokesperson to Governor Zulum, Malam Isa Gusau, who died on January 11, 2024.
Since the public presentation of the “First Verdict”, Zulum’s media aides and associates have sustained the release of subsequent series to coincide with his birthday.
The “First Verdict” , a 300-page compilation of articles published by various media outlets during Zulum’s first year in office, from 2019 to 2020 was launched in August 2020 at a state event held at the Government House in Maiduguri. The publication includes 336 articles across 17 thematic sections, as well as transcripts from Governor Zulum’s First Anniversary media chat with journalists from prominent local, national, and international media organisations.
Borno SSG unveils “5th Verdict”, as Media Aides Celebrate Zulum @55
Troops Arrest Three Suspected Cattle Rustlers in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of 212 Battalion deployed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Tuba have arrested three suspected cattle rustlers during an operation in Karnuwa general area of Borno State.
Security sources said the operation followed intelligence provided by a local resident, Malam Muhammadu Ardo, concerning alleged cattle rustling activities within the area.
The troops reportedly mobilised to Karnuwa at about 12:30 p.m. on May 4, 2026, where they apprehended the suspects identified as Mallam Mohammad Abatcha, 28; Mallam Mamman Bukar, 18; and Malam Modu Hassan, 30.
According to the sources, the suspects were intercepted while using a pickup vehicle with registration number WW 806 GZ Delta, allegedly employed in transporting stolen cattle.
The rustled cattle were recovered and immediately handed over to their rightful owners at the scene of the arrest.
Items recovered from the suspects included a bow and arrow, three mobile phones, five national identity cards and the sum of N20,650.
Preliminary investigation reportedly revealed that the suspects admitted to repeatedly stealing and selling rustled cattle to buyers in Maiduguri.
Security sources further disclosed that investigators suspect possible links between the suspects and members of the Islamic State West Africa Province or Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad due to alleged inconsistencies observed in their statements during interrogation.
Troops Arrest Three Suspected Cattle Rustlers in Borno
Troops Discover Illegal Refinery Site, Recover 600 Litres of Stolen Crude in Rivers
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of 29 Battalion operating under the Joint Task Force South-South, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), have uncovered an illegal refining site and recovered about 600 litres of suspected stolen crude oil in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Security sources said the discovery was made at about 10:00 a.m. on May 12, 2026, during ongoing anti-illegal bunkering operations in the Niger Delta region.
The troops reportedly discovered the illegal refining site around Asa community, where a large cooking pot loaded with stolen crude oil was found stockpiled in sacks.
Military authorities said the recovered products and equipment were handled in accordance with operational directives guiding anti-crude oil theft operations under Operation Delta Safe.
The operation was conducted without any confrontation or security incident.
The Nigerian military has continued to intensify operations against crude oil theft, illegal refining and other forms of economic sabotage across the Niger Delta region.
Troops Discover Illegal Refinery Site, Recover 600 Litres of Stolen Crude in Rivers
Troops, NDLEA Raid Drug Hideout in Katsina, Arrest Suspected Supplier to Terrorists
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Malumfashi at Kafur, in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have raided a suspected drug peddlers’ hideout in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Security sources said the operation was conducted at about 12:30 p.m. on May 12, 2026, at Huguma village following intelligence on illicit drug activities within the area.
During the raid, troops apprehended one suspect identified as a major supplier of illicit drugs and other substances to terrorists and criminal elements operating within Kafur Local Government Area and surrounding communities.
Items recovered during the operation included 146 grams of suspected cannabis and 16.5 grams of a substance identified as Exol-5.
The suspect and the recovered drugs have since been handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for further investigation and necessary legal action.
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