Tag: Yobe State
Boko Haram: JTF seizes 11 rifles
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe, north eastern Nigeria on Sunday recovered 11 rifles in Kandahar Area of Damaturu,…
Boko Haram: 5 Igbo iron welders killed in Yobe
Five Igbo residents of Gaidam in Nigeria’s Yobe state have been killed by gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members,…
3 cops killed in assault on police station
Gunmen on Friday killed three policemen and burnt three churches as well as a school in Bonny Yadi, in Nigeria’s…
Soldiers on patrol after bombs, gunfire rock Gashua
Explosions and gunfire rocked the prison town of Gashua in Yobe state early today, with soldiers deployed to maintain the…
Boko Haram bomb police station, school, phone towers
Boko Haram gunmen with explosives have attacked a police station, a primary school and two cellphone towers in Fika, Yobe…
Army raid yields arms in Damaturu
The Joint Task Force (JTF) security outfit in Nigeria’s Yobe state, said on Monday it had recovered assorted arms in…
Ex-Customs chief, son and family of ASP killed
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed seven people in Potiskum, Yobe state Saturday, taking the death toll to at least 30…
Heavy Bombing in Potiskum
Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Potiskum, the Yobe state capital Wednesday, residents said, after violence this week left at least…
Gunmen attack Nigerian village, many feared dead
Yet-to-be tracked gunmen opened fire Saturday on a village in the northeastern Nigerian state of Yobe, with some residents feared…
35 Boko Haram militants killed, says JTF
Nigeria’s military said Monday it has killed 35 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a crackdown on the insurgent group in…
Curfew slammed on Damaturu, Potiskum
Soldiers of the task force in Nigeria’s Yobe state have conducted door-to-door searches in Damaturu, capital of Yobe and Potiskum,…
29 die as 2 speeding buses collide
Two speeding buses on Friday collided head-on and burst into flames killing at least 29 people and injuring 16 others…
Emir of Fika Escapes Suicide Bomber
The Emir of Fika in the Boko Haram state of Yobe escaped a suicide attack on Friday, when the bomber…
Robbers Kill 3 Soldiers, Snatch LG Salary
Gunmen suspected to be robbers have killed three soldiers and an accountant who were conveying salary of workers of Gulani…
How Gunmen raided Damaturu Prison
Bombers, gunmen spared Nigerian churches and their worshippers today. But they seemed to have another target in mind as they…