Babagana Umara Zulum CON[1] mni (born 25 August 1969) is a Nigerian professor and politician who has served as governor of Borno State since 2019 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

[6] In 1990, Babagana moved into Borno State Unified Local Government Service as Senior Field Overseer and later Principal Water Engineer.

[6] In 2015, Governor Kashim Shetima of Borno State made Zulum the Commissioner of the newly established ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement.

[14] In October 2022, a Nigerian National Honour of Commander Of The Order Of The Niger (CON) was conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari.

[15] Babagana Zulum, has completed and commissioned 77 projects for service deliveries in the health, education and other sectors of the economy.

[16] Zulum stated that the palliative distribution was to salvage communities whose sources of livelihood were cut off due to the activities of Boko Haram insurgents.