Tag: Yobe
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Yobe school attack: FG confirms 110 Dapchi girls unaccounted
The Federal Government on Sunday confirmed that 110 schoolgirls of Government Girls Technical School Dapchi, were unaccounted for in the Boko Haram attack on the school last Monday. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of information, disclosed this to newsmen in Damaturu after a closed door meeting between a federal government delegation,Yobe government, security agencies, community leaders…
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Stakeholders to get update on search for missing Dapchi girls – Lai Mohammed
Security officials and other stakeholders are to get an update on the search for the missing Dapchi girls of the Government Science and Technical Girls College, Yobe. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in a statement signed in Damaturu on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Segun Adeyemi…
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JUST IN: Again, presidential delegation arrives Yobe for missing #DapchiGirls
A presidential delegation led by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, and his counterpart in the interior ministry, Abdulrahman Dambazau, have arrived Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. TheNewsGuru reports this is the second time a presidential delegation will visit the state after Lai Mohammed first visit the state on Thursday over the issue of the…
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No abducted schoolgirl rescued yet – Yobe governor Gaidam
The Yobe state Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, has faulted the claim that the Nigerian Army’s rescued some of the girls of the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe state who were abducted by Boko Haram terrorist on Monday. The Governor who visited Dapchi town on Thursday, however, said, contrary to the claim, that no…
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BREAKING: Military rescue abducted Yobe school girls inside bush
The Nigerian Military have rescued the abducted Yobe school girls on Wednesday night. They were rescued at Jilli-Muwarti, a border village between Gaidam in Yobe state and Borno State. It is still unclear how many of the girls they rescued. Mr. Abdullahi Bego, Director-General Press Affairs to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam said the girls were currently…
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Just in: 48 of 94 missing Yobe school girls return – Yobe Govt
The Yobe state government has announced the return of Forty-Eight out of the missing ninety-four students from Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi. This was made known by the state commissioner of education, Mohammed Lamin, who disclosed that while 28 of the missing students returned on Tuesday night, 20 more returned on Wednesday morning. “This has…
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Parents storm Yobe school, evacuate students over Boko Haram attack
Parents of the students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe state, have started evacuating their children. This is as a result of the attack on the school by Boko Haram. Ninety-four students have been reportedly missing after the raid which happened on Monday night. Out of fear, parents started arriving the school as early…
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Yobe attack: ‘Over 90 students allegedly missing after Boko Haram invasion’
About ninety four students are missing after suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked a girls’ secondary school in Yobe state Monday night. The attack on Government Girls Secondary School Dapchi came after sunset when some of the students were breaking their fast which they usually observe on Mondays. Aishatu Abdullahi, one of the schoolgirls that escaped…
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Yobe state civil servants to benefit N300m furniture loan in 2018
The Yobe Government has earmarked N300 million as furniture loan to be granted civil servants on its payroll in 2018. The state Head of Service, Alhaji Saleh Abubakar, disclosed this to newsmen in Damaturu on Friday. Abubakar said the loan would be a revolving programme to enable every eligible civil servant access the funds. The…
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Panic as suspected Boko Haram insurgents attack Yobe village
Suspected members of Boko Haram sect on Tuesday attacked Sasawa village in Damaturu Local Government Area of Yobe. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abdulmaliki Sumonu, confirmed to newsmen that the village was attacked on Tuesday night. “The attack happened on Tuesday night; we are still working on the details,” Summonu said. The…