No fewer than 5,029 civil servants out of 32,140 were conspicuously absent at the just concluded screening, meant to ascertain staff strength in Yobe. Alhaji Bukar Kilo, the Committee Chairman, made this known while presenting the committee’s report to the Head of Civil Service in Damaturu yesterday, reports Vanguard. Kilo, who also the Perman...
•Terrorists The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack that led the killing of 34 villagers in Yobe State. It was earlier reported how the terrorists attacked Mafa town around 4pm, on Sunday, killing people and setting houses and shops on fire. In a letter written in Arabic and […]
•Troops The corpses of 34 villagers killed by Boko Haram insurgents have been evacuated from Mafa, a town in Tamuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State. Sources told our correspondent that the remains of the victims were moved to Babbangida General Hospital ahead of mass burial which took place by 10 am. Yobe State Deputy […]
•Terrorists Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have looted and set ablaze shops and houses in Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe. DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Yobe police Command Spokesman, made this known in Damaturu today, reports NAN. ”We are yet to ascertain the number of lives lost in the incident, […]...
Seven mass transit buses were burnt in Potiskum, the headquarters of Potiskum Local Government Area of Yobe State amid the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests. The buses were set ablaze on the premises of the local government secretariat in Potiskum today, reports Channels TV. An eyewitness told our correspondent in the North-East state that...
•An explosion An explosion suspected to be a planted Improvised Explosive Device has exploded at the popular Buni Yadi market in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. A resident of Buni, Ali Hassan told our correspondent via telephone, that the incident happened at around 12.30 PM today, injuring a girl, reports Channels TV. The […...
A protest has rocked Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, by the Association of Tricycle Drivers (NAPEP) over what they called extortion by the Yobe State Road Transport Agency (YOROTA). According to them, the agency is extorting payment of daily fees from their members, ordering fresh registration by every rider, reports Channels TV. The protest...
•Late Bukar Abba Ibrahim The first civilian governor of Yobe State Bukar Abba Ibrahim has died while receiving medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni confirmed the death of the former Senator representing Yobe East district. A statement via Buni’s Director General of Press and Media Affairs Mamman Mohammed noted t...
•Okoro A middle-aged man, Samuel Erukoghene Okoro, who started riding bicycle from Damaturu, Yobe State, on December 9, to celebrate the victory and performance of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, arrived Akwanga, Nasarawa State yesterday, on his way to Asaba. Okoro, 38, told newsmen earlier on arrival that he was also carrying a letter from Delta...
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