Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has donated 60 and 40 KVA Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) systems to Nigerian Television Authority, NTA Maiduguri Zonal Network Centre to boost its transmission across the state.

ALMOST half of the teachers of Lamisula Primary and Junior Secondary in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, were absent yesterday, when Governor Kashim Shettima paid an unscheduled visit at noon and took a roll call of the teachers.

LET me place it on record that the decision to invite Your Royal Highnesses and other stakeholders to this crucial meeting was the collective decision of all the 19 Governors under our forum and was borne out of the recognition of the fundamental – if not indispensable – position and role the traditional institution occupy in the grand scheme of things in Nigeria, particularly in the Northern region. For us in Northern Nigeria, our royal fathers are, for the most part, custodians of both our cultural and religious values, highly revered and hold their traditional offices in virtual perpetuity.

Wife of Borno State governor, Hajiya Nana Shettima, said Tuesday that managing and feeding about 1.6 million Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, has become a burden on the state government.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State said yesterday that the state government has continued to take care of the families of Boko Haram insurgents in order to break the Boko Haram cycle of violence and secure the future of Borno State.