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Spokespersons Awards: Zulum’s media team wins award from 100 days campaign
Spokespersons Awards: Zulum’s media team wins award from 100 days campaign
… Gusau lauds social media associates
By: Our Reporter
Media Team of Borno’s Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has emerged winner in the social media category at this year’s
Spokespersons’ Communication Awards (SCA2023) held in Abuja.
A letter confirming the award was addressed to the Governor’s special adviser on media and strategy, Malam Isa Gusau.
Gusau in September, 2023, coordinated and headed a multimedia campaign with a hashtag #77ProjectsInZulum100Days.
The media campaign involved a syndicated circulation of one minute cinematic videos, infographics, photographs and texts which captured 77 projects delivered by Governor Zulum within the first 100 days of his second term.
The videos were tactically circulated by Zulum’s media team and hundreds of social media associates through multiple social media platforms.
The campaign was done in a number of days and each day had different content syndicated at the same time.
The success of the media campaign made it voted as this year’s best engagement on social media during selection of award categories at the spokespersons’ communications awards.
Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, who hailed the entire media team and associates for the nomination asked the senior special assistant on new media, Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi, to receive the award on behalf of the Governor’s media team.
The award presentation took place on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja.
The event was organized by Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR).
The Spokespersons Communications Awards, according to the organizers, was instituted to recognize the most outstanding public relations contributions and communications strategies undertaken between 2022 and 2023.
The award ceremony honoured individuals and organizations behind some of the most successful campaigns, initiatives, people and teams in the communication, public relations, and integrated marketing communication industry.
Receiving the award on behalf of Zulum’s media team, Senior Special Assistant on New Media, Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi, commended the governor for the giant stride and for providing rich content that enables the media team to produce compelling media campaigns.
“Let me first and foremost commend my Governor for always providing content for us to showcase, 77 projects in 100 days is remarkable,” Bundi said.
The Governor’s New Media aide expressed gratitude to the organizers of the Spokespersons’ Communication Awards 2023
Earlier in his address, Alhaji Yushau Shuaib, Executive Director of Image Merchant Promotion Limited (IMPR) said 13 winners emerged in different categories from over 139 entries.
The event which was endorsed by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, was attended Public Relations experts amongst them individuals and representatives of civilian and armed forces’ institutions.
Mr Bundi was accompanied by Special Assistant to Governor Zulum on Photography, Mohammed Alhaji Gana, the Coordinator of Borno Social Media Frontiers, BSF, Habu Kale Tijjani, and the Coordinator of Borno APC New Media, Mohammed Sheriff.
Others included Dogo Mohammed Shettima, Bulama Mohammed Bukar, Mohammed Jidda and Aisha Sanusi Mafindi.
Spokespersons Awards: Zulum’s media team wins award from 100 days campaign
Police arrest two suspected informants to bandits in Kwara
By: Zagazola Makama
Two suspected informants to bandits have been arrested by the police in Kwara State.
According to a police sources, the suspects, Abdullah Yakubu, 27, and Jamilu Hamidu, 25, both from Kaima, were arrested on April 26, 2025, in Chikanda via Yashikira.
They were brought to the station by a retired DSP and vigilante members.The suspects, who had escaped from Kainji National Park, confessed to providing information to bandits operating within the park. They reportedly received ₦20,000 for each tip-off given to the criminals.
Police arrest two suspected informants to bandits in Kwara
Army troops rescue Deputy Commander of NDLEA officer, five others from kidnappers in Taraba
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of the Nigerian Army in collaboration with other security agencies rescued six persons, including a senior officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), from suspected kidnappers in Taraba State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the rescue followed a distress call received at about 11:40 p.m. on April 27 from a youth leader, Abe Samuel, who reported that a Toyota Hilux vehicle had come under attack along the Wukari–Kente Road.
Responding swiftly, the troops deployed to the area and found the abandoned vehicle with registration number FG 117-B03 and a punctured tire, but the occupants were missing.
A joint search and rescue operation was immediately launched, and by 6:00 a.m. on April 28, troops successfully rescued the Deputy Commander of NDLEA Zone 1, Ibadan, Musa Hudu, and five other victims from a nearby bush.
The victims were unharmed, and preliminary investigation revealed that they had fled into the bush after three armed men attacked their vehicle and shot at them with a dane gun.
The victims were safely escorted out of the area and allowed to proceed with their journey after their vehicle was repaired.
Rival gangs clash at wedding, one dead in Kontagora, Niger State
By Zagazola Makama
A deadly clash between rival gangs erupted at a wedding ceremony in Bayan-Waya area of Kontagora, Niger State, on April 27, 2025, resulting in the death of one man.
According the a police source, the fight involved members of rival groups known locally as “Sarasuka.” During the altercation, Aliyu Abubakar, 25, from Gangare Sagi Area, was seriously injured.
A team of police officers quickly responded to the scene and rushed the victim to Kontagora General Hospital, where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
The sources said efforts are ongoing to arrest the culprits involved in the fatal incident.
Rival gangs clash at wedding, one dead in Kontagora, Niger State
Police arrest two suspected informants to bandits in Kwara
Army troops rescue Deputy Commander of NDLEA officer, five others from kidnappers in Taraba
Rival gangs clash at wedding, one dead in Kontagora, Niger State
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