Tag: Yobe
UN to deliver food aid to 1.8m people in Borno, Yobe
The UN says its agencies, the World Food Programme and UNICEF are increasing food and nutrition services to urgently reach…
Rice farmers exploit ban on importation
Yobe Commissioner for Agriculture Mustapha Gajerima says that rice farmers in the state have scaled up their production following the…
French Embassy spends N300m on food-aid projects in Borno, Yobe
The French Embassy in Nigeria says it is supporting two food-aid projects in Borno and Yobe with 850,000 Euro (about…
Japanese largesse for IDPS in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa
Japan has extended a grant of $1.5 million to support food distribution and provision of agricultural inputs to most vulnerable…
Workers shun strike in Bauchi, Yobe, Adamawa, Jigawa
Normal activities are continuing in Bauchi, Yobe, Adamawa, and Jigawa states, as residents ignored the call by the Nigeria Labour…
410 births, 187 marriages recorded at IDP camps
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Over 410 births were recorded between August and September and 187 marriages were conducted at Internally Displaced Persons…
Unicef, Yobe Govt to construct N460m water, hygiene facilities
The Yobe Government, in collaboration with Unicef, are to execute water, sanitation and hygiene projects worth N460 million under the…
Police says 15 killed, 47 injured in Yobe suicide attack
Fifteen people were killed and 47 others injured in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded market in Damaturu on…
Nigeria: Car bomb kills six persons in Yobe
A car bomb has killed six persons today in Maiduwa village, Fika Local Government Area of Yobe state north east…
Police foil suicide bombing in Damaturu
The Police on Sunday said they foiled an attempt by a suicide bomber operating in a pick-up van laden with…
Yobe School Attack Horrific, Says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has unreservedly condemned Monday night’s horrific attack on the Federal Government College in Yobe State,…
APC sweeps council polls in Yobe
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all 17 chairmanship seats in the Yobe local government elections. Announcing the results…
INEC clarifies stance on polls in Borno, Adamawa
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Tuesday that it would conduct elections in states under emergency rule, if…
Nigerian senators extend state of emergency
Nigerian Senators on Thursday approved a request by President Goodluck Jonathan to prolong emergency rule in the restive northeast by…
Boko Haram Kills 70 Teachers, Destroys 50 Schools —Amnesty International
Between January and now, the Boko Haram insurgency has claimed the lives of at least 70 teachers and scores of…
Shekau backs Yobe school massacre
The head of Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants said he supported a July 6 attack on a government owned school in…
Going Tough With Boko Haram
The military deploys its might to regain national territories from Boko Haram as President Goodluck Jonathan belatedly declares state of…
Emergency: US wants Nigeria protect civilian rights
The Nigerian authorities must protect the rights of civilians and avoid any “heavy-handed” response as they move against Islamist rebels…
News Analysis: The entire country needs a state of emergency
By Bayo Onanuga President Goodluck Jonathan, ignoring a last minute dissuasion by Nigerian Governors Forum, has slammed a state of…
ACN slams emergency rule in Borno, others
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the declaration of a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe…
Boko Haram Emergency: Jonathan’s Full Speech
Full text of PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BORNO, YOBE AND ADAMAWA STATES…
Boko Haram: Panicky Potiskum residents flee
Hundreds of residents of Potiskum, capital of Nigeria’s Yobe state were fleeing Sunday after three days of Islamist attacks that…
One-eyed Boko Haram commander, 29 others killed
Contrary to earlier reports that four suspects, belonging to the militant Boko Haram sect in Yobe state, were killed today,…
Flood kills 11 in Northern Nigeria
Flooding in two areas of northern Nigeria has killed at least 11 people and displaced hundreds, officials and residents said…
Explosion destroys school in Yobe
The police in Yobe on Monday said that a section of Damagum Primary School in Damagum Local Government Area was…
Strife-torn Nigerian states stable, says NSA
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja General Owoeye Azazi, the National Security Adviser has said government is not considering declaring a state of emergency…
Boko Haram Plans Fresh Attacks In Abuja, says US Embassy
As Nigerians continue to count the number of lives lost to series of bombs, suicide and gun attacks by members…
CERTIFICATE FORGERY: Court Orders Yobe State PDP Gov Candidate To File His Defence
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP for Yobe…
Police Arrest 2 Corps Members Over Missing DDC Machine
The police in Yobe on Tuesday arrested two NYSC members serving as registration officers in the state over an alleged…