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BSTH to take off with its own internally generated electricity supplies

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BSTH to take off with its own internally generated electricity supplies

By: Bodunrin Kayode

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has stated that the Borno State Teaching Hospital (BSTH) will take off with its own five megawatts solar facility to ensure steady electricity supply.

This is deliberate to ensure that the facility does not rely on the comatose national grid supply in the state capital which has been destroyed by insurgents fighting a 15 year war in the north eastern States of the federation.

The BSTH will also not rely on diesel which is equally not readily available as prices have skyrocketed due to the fact that subsidies have been withdrawn on petroleum products in the country.

Zulum who visited the hospital yesterday also noted that when completed, the facility will significantly reduce medical tourism among indigenous residents of the state and the entire North East region of Nigeria.

Governor Zulum made this known during an inspection tour of the ongoing construction of the multi-billion naira facility located along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road.

The 400 in patients bed Teaching Hospital, which has a proposal for 15 specialised departments, will equally serve as the focal training centre for medical students from the Kashim Ibrahim University, Maiduguri, while providing high-quality healthcare services to residents.

Speaking to journalists after the inspection of the structure, Governor Zulum emphasised the importance of the project in delivering affordable and efficient healthcare to the people of Borno State.

He said his government will replicate the concept of affordability as it exists in all health facilities in the state adding that nothing will be beyond the common residents when it comes to getting better while staying at home or as in patients instead of going to foreign countries.

“The reason we established this Teaching Hospital is to ensure quality and affordable healthcare delivery system for our people. S

“It will significantly reduce medical tourism, as many of our indigenes currently seek treatment in Cairo and other countries.

“We will equip the hospital with cutting-edge medical technology, qualified professionals, and a 5-mega watts solar power facility to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply for the hospital and surrounding infrastructures.

“I believe that if we can have a befitting hospital with state-of-the-arts equipment, people will prefer to patronise the Teaching Hospital than to travel overseas to Cairo and India. I am ready to provide all what it takes to make this gigantic hospital a befitting one,” he added.

Governor Zulum hinted that the Teaching Hospital will generate over 1,000 skilled employment opportunities both within the medical and non medical sub sector upon completion.

“This hospital will provide job opportunities for no fewer than 1,000 qualified professionals. Currently, the construction phase alone is employing between 2,000 and 3,000 workers,” he noted with satisfaction.

During the inspection, the Governor was briefed by the Chief Medical Director, (CMD) Professor Ibrahim Kida, and the site engineer, Engr. Usman Tijjani.

He inspected sections of the proposed hospital, including medical and surgical wards, the General Outpatient Department (GOPD), accident and emergency (A and E) unit, physiotherapy and radiology departments, operating theatres, and the conference hall.

Governor Zulum assured residents that the hospital would be fully operational by the end of September 2025.

This is the first state owned teaching Hospital built in Borno since the creation of the state on the 3rd of February, 1976.

It already has a board chaired by the Chief Medical Director of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) Professor Ahmad Ahidjo.

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17 abducted victims released in Zamfara

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17 abducted victims released in Zamfara

By: Zagazola Makama

At least 17 abducted victims, including 14 females and three males, who were kidnapped in Katsina State earlier in the year have been released in Zamfara state.

Zagazola report that the victims were among those abducted on June 19, 2025, at Birdigau village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.

According to the sources , the victims regained their freedom on Oct. 3, 2025, at about 8:30 a.m.

Upon receipt of the information, police operatives visited the scene, after which the victims were conveyed to the Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, for medical examination under tight security.

The Chairman of Gusau Local Government, Hon. Abubakar Imam, supervised their evacuation and medical assessment.

Sources added that the victims would be handed over to their relatives in Katsina State after completion of medical checks.
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Fake news factories fueling religious tension in Northern Nigeria — No faith spared

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Fake news factories fueling religious tension in Northern Nigeria — No faith spared

By; Zagazola Makama

A dangerous campaign of fake news and deceptive online propaganda is threatening Nigeria’s fragile peace, security, and unity.

The campaign, largely driven by faceless actors from Nigeria and foreign-based platforms, deliberately promotes false narratives portraying Nigeria’s security crisis as a religious war between Muslims and Christians.

In reality, both Muslims and Christians have suffered devastating losses from terrorism, banditry, and communal violence across the North and other parts of the country.

Over the years, extremist groups such as Boko Haram and ISWAP have attacked mosques, churches, markets, schools, and military formations killing thousands of innocent Nigerians without discrimination.
Rural bandits in Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, and Niger States have also targeted farming communities, where the victims have overwhelmingly been Muslim.

In the North-Central states of Plateau, Benue, Taraba, and parts of Southern Kaduna, both Muslim and Christian communities have endured repeated cycles of reprisal killings, with no group left untouched.

Despite these facts, foreign-based organisations and online platforms continue to publish distorted reports and manipulated images, branding every incident in Northern Nigeria as an “attack on Christians.”

In several cases, images from Muslim funeral prayers were misrepresented as photographs of Christian victims, fuelling anger and suspicion among faith communities.

Some of the fake reports also cite unverified statistics, claiming that “2,000 churches are destroyed daily” or that “3,000 Christians are killed daily.” These figures are not only false but mathematically impossible designed purely to inflame emotions and attract international condemnation against Nigeria.

These claims are “a deliberate campaign of psychological warfare” aimed at dividing Nigerians along religious lines and damaging the country’s image abroad.

The motive ⁰is to destabilise the nation by creating mistrust, promoting religious extremism, and pressuring foreign governments to impose sanctions based on fabricated data.

These actors have double standards, while they amplify unverified claims about Nigeria, they have remained silent on global revelations, such as those made by the U.S. President Donald Trump, alleging that certain international agencies indirectly funded Islamist extremist groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP through aid channels.

Nigeria’s government and civil society have been urged to rise to the challenge by countering false narratives, strengthening media literacy, and ensuring that verified information dominates the digital space.

This is no longer about careless reporting, it is a war on truth, unity, and the sovereignty of the Nigerian state.

We called on Nigerians, regardless of faith or ethnicity, to unite in defense of the country’s image and resist efforts to plunge the nation into a religious crisis built entirely on misinformation.

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NEAZDP flags off mosquito fumigation in Yobe

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NEAZDP flags off mosquito fumigation in Yobe

By: Yahaya Wakili

In a bid to combat malaria in 9 local government areas of Yobe state. The North East Arid Zone Development Programme (NEAZDP) has flagged off a large-scale mosquito fumigation campaign in Gashua, the headquarters of Bade local government, aimed at curbing the increasing cases of malaria across the communities in the state.

Dr. Mulima Idi Mato, the Programme Manager of the North East Arid Zone Development Programme (NEAZDP), described the exercises as part of the program’s ongoing commitment to public health and rural development.

According to Dr. Mato, mosquitoes remain one of the leading causes of morbidity in the state, adding that fumigation, combined with proper hygiene and environmental management, will significantly reduce health risks.

He commended Governor Dr. Mai Mala Buni’s administration for its sustained support of NEAZDP’s integrated rural development program.

Speaking on behalf of the Chairman of the Bade local government area, Hon. Ibrahim Baba Gana, the Vice Chairman of the council commended NEAZDP for the proactive initiative, while urging the residents to cooperate with health workers and embrace clean hygiene practices to ensure sustainable malaria prevention.

The stakeholders at the event pledged their support for the program and noted that the initiative will not only protect households from malaria but also enhance productivity by reducing the burden of sickness in the rural communities.

The fumigation campaign begins in Bade and will be extended to Bursari, Geidam, Jakusko, Nguru, Machina, Yusufari, and Yunusari local government areas, and the exercises will target mosquito breeding sites, public facilities, and residential areas to reduce the menace of malaria in the affected communities.

The fumigation campaign will be monitored across all the participating local government areas to ensure effectiveness, while the health education campaigns will run simultaneously to sensitize residents on the importance of sanitation, using mosquito nets, and environmental cleanliness.

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