Tag: Yobe State
Atiku angry over bombing, deaths in Yobe school
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has expressed outrage over the bombing of the Government Technical Science College, Potiskum, Yobe, by a…
47 students killed in Yobe suicide bomb attack
Boko Haram were suspected of killing nearly 50 pupils Monday in a suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria, in one of…
Explosion rips through school assembly in Yobe
An explosion ripped through a school in northeast Nigeria on Monday, as students gathered for morning assembly before classes began,…
16 men arrested by Nigeria soldiers ‘found dead with bullet wounds’
Sixteen men who were arrested by Nigerian soldiers in the country’s northeast were found dead just hours later with bullet…
Eid El-Kabir: Borno, Yobe halt travel over holiday threats
Nigeria’s embattled northeast Yobe and Borno states on Friday imposed a travel ban through the Muslim holiday weekend to guard…
2015: Associations offer to buy nomination form for Gov. Gaidam
About 200 trade associations in Yobe on Wednesday said they would buy nomination form for Governor Ibrahim Gaidam to re-contest…
Yobe legislators right to dismiss impeachment rumours – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe on Sunday said that the dismissal of alleged impeachment plot against Governor Ibrahim…
Boko Haram takes over town in Yobe
Boko Haram has seized control of a town in northeastern Nigeria, the latest to fall into Islamist hands in the…
Suicide bombers kill at least six in Yobe mosques
Suicide bombers attacked two mosques in northeast Nigeria’s Yobe state late Tuesday killing at least six people and injuring several…
21 die, 27 wounded in Damaturu bomb attack
Latest reports said no fewer than 21 people have died in the latest bomb attack at a TV viewing centre,…
Bomb blast rips viewing centre in Yobe
An explosion has rocked a popular viewing centre in Damaturu, Yobe State, sources claim. The explosion is believed to have…
24 dead after Boko Haram attacks military, police base
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked the military and police in the northeast Nigerian town of Buni Yadi, where the group…
Insecurity: Lawmaker urges recruitment of policemen
Lagos State lawmaker, Abdulbaqi Balogun, on Tuesday called for recruitment of more policemen and other security operatives to tackle Nigeria’s…
National Assembly approves state of emergency extension
The National Assembly on Tuesday approved a six-month extension to the state of emergency in three northeast states hit by…
State of Emergency: Reps to debate President Jonathan’s request
The House of Representatives will on Wednesday debate President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of the state of emergency in…
Abduction of schoolgirls: WAEC boss blames Borno officials
The Head of National Office of WAEC, Charles Eguridu, says the Borno government officials should be blamed for the abduction…
Election by consensus has yielded good candidates, says APC chief
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe,Alhaji Sani Fema, said the party’s election by consensus in the…
Two killed, many injured, during UEFA match in Yobe
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamists stormed a packed viewing centre in Potiskum, Yobe state and shot dead two…
North East Governors Appeal To INEC On 2015 Poll
Governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states facing the challenges of Boko Haram insurgency on Wednesday urged the Independent National…
Boko Haram attack kills 17 in Yobe
Boko Haram militants have attacked a village in Yobe state, killing 17 people and setting houses and cars ablaze, the…
Students flee boarding houses in North east Nigeria
Terrified students in northeast Nigeria have fled boarding schools after an attack by suspected Boko Haram extremists in which 59…
Yobe massacre monstrous, says PDP
Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday described the killing of 43 students of the Federal Government College, Buni-Yadi, Yobe,…
One Massacre Too Many
The invasion of Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State, by Boko Haram terrorists which left 43 students dead on…
Large turn-out of voters in Yobe
Voters across Yobe today turned out in large numbers to cast their votes to elect Chairmen and Councillors of the…
Shekau in new video, claims leading Damaturu attack
Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau said in a video released Sunday that he led an October 24 attack in…
Boko Haram: Army slams 24 hour curfew on Yobe state
The Nigerian military on Friday imposed a 24-hour curfew on the north eastern State of Yobe following attacks on Damaturu…
Governor cries after another Boko Haram massacre
It was an emotional scene as the Governor of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Yobe visited the capital’s specialist hospital…
Pastor, 2 children killed in fresh Boko Haram attack
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Thursday opened fire on a church in Dorowa in Nigeria’s north eastern state of Yobe,…
Boko Haram in deadly rampage in Yobe town
Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgents have rampaged through a town in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria with heavy weapons, setting public buildings…
Yobe Killings Devastated Me As A Father
By Joe Igbokwe I have been trying to imagine the state of minds of the parents and the siblings of…