Tag: Yobe
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…