Tag: Yobe State
Boko Haram Member Escapes Arrest At Buni Yadi
A suspected Boko Haram member, who feigned madness, narrowly escaped arrest at Buni Yadi town in Gujba Local Government Area…
7,000 APC chieftain, members defect to PDP in Yobe
Alhaji Ibrahim Gero, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and 7, 000 members of the party in Yobe…
Buhari condemns Kano, Yobe bombings, calls for vigilance
The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday condemned the latest bombings in Yobe…
Boko Haram: 158 kidnapped victims reunite with families in Yobe
A total of 158 Women and children abducted by Boko Haram insurgents from Katarko village in Yobe have been reunited…
Two dead in suicide blast at restaurant in Yobe
Two people were killed in a suicide blast at a restaurant in the northeast Nigerian city of Potiskum on Tuesday,…
Death toll rises to 13 in Damaturu bombing – Police
Thirteen people have now died as a result of a female suicide bomb attack at a bus station in the…
16 killed in road accident in Yobe
Sixteen people were killed and 35 injured when a passenger bus collided with a truck on a road in northern…
Suicide bomber kills seven during PDP meeting in Yobe
A suicide bomb attack targeting a political meeting killed seven people in northeast Nigeria’s Potiskum city on Sunday, just two…
Breaking: Boko Haram frees 192 women
Boko Haram has released nearly 200 hostages, most of them women, who were kidnapped from a village in the northeast…
Car explosion kills two at Potiskum police station
At least two people were killed when a car exploded at a police station in Potiskum, northeast Nigeria, an officer…
Breaking: Boko Haram fighting Nigeria’s military for control of Yobe town
Suspected Boko Haram militants have launched an attack on Babban Gida town, the headquarters of Tarmuwa Local Government Area of…
Borno, Yobe restrict vehicular movement through Xmas
Two northeast Nigeria states have put heavy restrictions on vehicle movement beginning on Christmas Eve and lasting through the weekend…
Boko Haram raid: Damaturu death toll rises sharply to 150
More than 150 people, including 38 police, died in a Boko Haram raid on the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu…
Damaturu under fierce attack by Boko Haram
Damaturu, capital of Yobe state is under fierce attack by suspected Boko Haram fighters who according to eyewitnesses and fleeing…
2015: Atiku storms Gombe, Yobe solicits support from delegates
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and APC presidential aspirant, has solicited the support of party delegates for his ambition…