The chairman, Alhaji Umar Kukuri, announced the adoption yesterday in Damaturu, while fielding questions from journalists.Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of APC had reportedly anointed Buni as his successor earlier.

Yobe State governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, yesterday signed into law the State Penal Code Amendment Law 2018, which prescribed punishment for rape, kidnapping and unnatural offences, which were becoming rampant in the state and other parts of the country.

Former Governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Ibrahim, has said that he has not conceded the senatorial ticket to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam. Ibrahim made the declaration yesterday in Damaturu while responding to an online report that he had ceded the Yobe East senatorial seat to the incumbent governor.

Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam has nominated the National Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni as his preferred candidate for the 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.

Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, yesterday charged the electorate to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) before the Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) exercise ends on August 31, 2018. The governor made the call in his message during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations at Government House, Damaturu. He said obtaining PVCs is the only guaranteed means to elect…

The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Abubakar Aliyu also cautioned traditional rulers against illegal massive felling of trees, which he said has degraded the environment with increased desert encroachment for over two decades.

The Yobe state government has disbursed N300 million furniture loan to workers with a maximum of a million naira each. Announcing the step recently in Damaturu, the Head of Service, Saleh Abubakar disclosed that the furniture loan is a revolving one to enable others to benefit. According to him, the 2018 N300 million loans is…

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe state has approved the payment of N670.73 million gratuities to 364 retirees from the state.The gratuity payment also included civil servants that died in the course of service.

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has donated N200m to complete the construction of a military barracks in Damaturu, the state capital.

There is no excuse that can justify non-payment of salaries and pensions of retired workers, the governor of Yobe State, Ibrahim Gaidam has said.The governor, who stated this yesterday in Abuja while commissioning the headquarters of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners.....

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe state; has yesterday signed the N92.2 billion budget into law with an increase of capital expenditures to N45.43 billion this fiscal year.

Yobe Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, has approved N1.1 billion for the payment of gratuities to 631 retired civil servants in the state.Mr Abdullahi Bego, Director-General, Press Affairs to the Governor said this in a statement on Sunday, in Damaturu.