Alhaji Malu Kachala
Borno state, known as the 'Home of Peace' to Nigerians, is located in the Chad Basin in the north east of Nigeria and shares boundaries with Niger, Chad and Cameroon. It is one of the oldest in the Nigerian federation and its political centre, Maiduguri, has served as capital for the old North Eastern State as well as for the current entity.

Inside of Nigeria's frontiers, Borno borders with Adamawa to the south, Yobe to be the west and Bauchi to the south-west. With a pluralistic ethnic composition and a diverse historical and cultural heritage which is still very much alive today, Borno is a land of some 30 languages.

The State's 69,436 square kilometres make it one of the largest in the federal republic. It has a population of approximately 2.5 million people (1991) and with an average population density of just 38 inhabitants per square kilometre.