Tag: Yobe
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Gunmen attack Yobe community, kidnap village head, son
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have attacked a community in Yobe State. The attackers went into Mashio community in Fune Local Government Council and started shooting sporadically, abducting the village head, Isa Mai Buba, and his son. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, and Acting Chairman of the…
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Mixed reaction trails Yobe Govt N5bn contract awards for two modern market
Penultimate week, Yobe state government awarded the construction of two modern markets in Potiskum and Gashua local government areas of the state at the sum of N5 billion to two different contractors, to boost the social-economic development of the state. The news of the contract was received with mixed feeling with some cross-section of Yobe…
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BREAKING: Yobe Chief Judge, Nabaruma is dead
The Chief Justice of Yobe State, Honorable Justice Garba Musa Nabaruma has passed on. Justice Nabaruma was said to have died in an Abuja hospital after a protracted renal disease, a family source revealed. He has served as Yobe number one judicial official for about ten years, having been sworn in since 2011 in that…
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Yobe discharges 6 COVID-19 patients, retains 21 active cases
Yobe State COVID-19 Committee on Prevention and Control has disclosed that six Coronavirus patients have been discharged including an index case, after full recovery from the virus. Vice-Chairman of the Committee and the State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Mohammed Lawan Gana disclosed this today in Gashua town, when he led members of an intensive community…
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Gov Mai Mala Buni speaks on alleged mass COVID-19 deaths in Yobe
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has debunked reports that there were COVID-19 related deaths in the state. Buni urged the public to disregard those reports in a statement by his Director General, Press and Media Affairs, Malam Mamman Mohammed. “Our attention has been drawn to an online report alleging COVID-19 related deaths in Yobe…
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Unbelievable! Yobe’s index COVID-19 case has no travel history, contact with infected person
Yobe State Government on Thursday confirmed its index case of coronavirus (COVID-19). Alhaji Idi Gubana, the Chairman of the State Committee on Covid-19, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Damaturu. He said; “The confirmed case is a 29 year-old-man who developed symptoms on April 23, he presented himself at the State Specialist Hospital, Damaturu, with…
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JUST IN: Panic as Boko Haram strikes again in Yobe
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly attacked motorists near Lantaiwa, a community located 70 kilometers north from Damaturu the Yobe state capital and 30 kilometers to Dapchi where 110 schoolgirls were abducted in 2018. The Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations, Sector 2 Operation Lafiya Dole, Lieutenant Chinonso Oteh told Channels Television that operatives of…
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Tragic! Mother, three daughters die in Yobe fire
The Yobe State Fire Service has confirmed that a mother and her three daughters were killed in a fire incident on Tuesday night at Red Bricks Quarters, on Maiduguri road, Damaturu. Damaturu Fire Station Officer, Mr Usman Habu, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday, said that the incident…
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Yobe Governor backs Ruga initiative
Yobe Governor, Alhaji Maimala Buni, on Wednesday supported the proposed Federal Government Ruga policy, saying it would provide sustainable solution to the recurring conflicts between farmers and herders in Nigeria. The governor backed the initiative when the state branch of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) paid him a courtesy visit in Damaturu.…
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Motorists, commuters want stations hoarding petrol in Yobe sanctioned
Motorists and commuters in Damaturu, have urged the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to sanction petrol stations not selling the product and creating artificial scarcity. The respondents spoke with the News the Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Monday, alleging that some petrol stations deliberately closed their stations in anticipation of hike in…