Tag: Yobe
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BREAKING: Military, Boko Haram in gun battle in Yobe
Damaturu, Yobe State capital is currently under Boko Haram attack. The attack which came from the northeastern part of the town created fears to residents of Maisandari and Red Bricks Housing Estate of the metropolis. The attack which began at about 5.30 pm is said to have lasted for about an hour. A resident of…
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Boko Haram attack stops Yobe gov from voting
Yobe State governor Ibrahim Gaidam could not travel to Bukarti, his country home, in Yunusari Local Government Area of the state to vote due to an early morning attack on Geidam by Boko Haram insurgents. Abdullahi Bego, Director General, Media affairs to the governor, confirmed the development in a statement released to the News Agency…
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Buhari gains as Yobe PDP chairman defects to APC less than 48 hours to presidential poll
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Yobe, Alhaji Sani Inuwa Nguru, has defected to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). Nguru was led to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, by Dr Mohammed Abuza, a Chieftain of the APC in Yobe, where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari. Nguru, whose defection came less than 48…
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Yobe approves dissolution of local councils
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe on Friday approved the dissolution of local government councils with effect from Feb. 16, following the expiration of their tenure in office. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Baba Wali, in Damaturu. The governor directed the Local Government Council Chairmen…
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Yobe House of Assembly speaker resigns
The Speaker, Yobe House of Assembly, Adamu Dala-Dogo, has resigned his position. Dogo tendered his resignation through a letter sent to the house which was read on the floor of the assembly by the Deputy Speaker, Dr Ibrahim Kurmi. He thanked members of the legislature for giving him the opportunity to serve in that capacity.…
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NYSC to host Borno, Yobe 2018 Batch C stream II orientation in Gombe
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is to host the 2018 Batch C stream II orientation course for corps members originally deployed to Borno and Yobe in Gombe State. Mr David Markson, the state coordinator of NYSC made this known on Monday in a statement signed by Ms Margaret Dakama, Head Public Relations Unit in…
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Boko Haram now collecting taxes from residents in Yobe, Borno [Report]
A splinter Boko Haram group, known as the Islamic State in West Africa has seized some towns in Borno and Yobe states, providing protection to Muslim residents and collecting taxes from them, Reuters reports. The Federal Government and the Defence Headquarters have, however, described the report as a tissue of lies. ISWA, which is led…
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13 die of Cholera in Yobe
A cholera outbreak in Gashua, Yobe State has claimed 13 lives out of 160 cases reported in the last six days, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A source at the Gashua General Hospital told NAN that five deaths were first recorded while eight lives were later lost to the disease. The source said…
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Freed Dapchi schoolgirls reunite with parents in Yobe
The Freed Dapchi schoolgirls on Sunday arrived Maiduguri on their way back home, after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that 104 of the 110 abducted students of the Government Girls Secondary Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, were released by Boko-Haram insurgents on March 21. The freed girls, brought in a military aircraft, landed at about 10.00…
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We won’t rest until Chibok, Dapchi schoolgirls are released – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government will not rest until all the Chibok and Dapchi schoolgirls in the Boko Haram custody are released and reunited with their families. The President said this on Wednesday during a meeting with the Yobe State Governor, Mr Ibrahim Gaidam, as well as the parents of…