Tag: Yobe
NYSC D-G assures Corp members safety in Yobe
Brig, Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Sunday assured parents on the safety of their wards…
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…