Tag: Potiskum
Tragedy as wife 18 cuts off husband’s manhood in Yobe
Tragedy has struck a matrimonial home in Potiskum, Yobe State as 18-year-old housewife (name withheld) allegedly cut off her husband’s…
Torrential rains ravage Potiskum: Dozens of homes flattened, families left homeless
For years, residents in these communities have lived at the mercy of seasonal floods, their vulnerability worsened by poor or…
Secondary school teacher brutalizes student in Yobe
A disturbing picture of a boy identified as Ibrahim Muhammad Mai luku, an SS1 student of King Abdul'azeez African Institute in…
DSS arrests Boko Haram members that executed Potiskum, Kano, Zaria, Jos bombings
The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has arrested some members of the ruthless Islamist sect, Boko Haram that…
Police confirm bombing of Redeemed Church
The Police in Yobe on Sunday confirmed the killing of six persons in a suicide bomb attack on a Redeemed…
9 dead in twin blast in Potiskum
The Police in Yobe, on Monday confirmed the death of nine persons in twin bomb explosions which rocked Potiskum, the…
Police foil bomb attack in Potiskum
Nigerian Police Force has foiled a bomb attack on a secondary school in Potiskum, Yobe state. The police said that…
Gunman opens fire in Potiskum, injures 6 students
BAUCHI, (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on students after walking into a high school in Potiskum in northeast Nigeria,…
Bomb blast rocks Shiite mosque in Potiskum, 3 injured
A botched suspected Boko Haram suicide attack targeting a group of Shiite Muslims injured three people in northeast Nigeria on…
Jonathan condemns Kano, Potiskum attacks
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in Abuja condemned the reversion by the Boko Haram terrorist group to the bombing of…
Blasts hit two Nigeria bus stations, at least 27 dead
Two blasts rocked bus stations in embattled northern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people, as relentless attacks persist…
UPDATE: At least 17 dead in Potiskum bus blast
At least 17 people were killed on Tuesday when a blast ripped through a bus in Potiskum, northeast Nigeria, witnesses…
Blast rips through bus in Potiskum
A blast ripped through a bus in Potiskum, northeast Nigeria, on Tuesday, witnesses said, in the latest explosion to hit…
News alert: Boko Haram’s bomber kills five in Potiskum
A Boko Haram female suicide bomber killed five people and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint outside a GSM phone…
Suicide bomber kills four at Potiskum bus station
A suicide bomber killed four people and wounded dozens Sunday in an attack at a bus station in Potiskum, northeastern…