After the release of the Dapchi School Girls by the Boko Haram insurgents, curiosity took me to Yobe State. I traversed Potiskum, Damaturu, Gashua and Geidam, with stops at some interesting villages and hamlets.

The Chairman, National Logistics Committee (NLC), Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs Abdulkadir Azarema, on Thursday handed over 18,968 (50kg) bags of rice and other relief materials to assist Internally-Displaced Persons in Yobe.

Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe on Friday said the state government has commenced the process of returning over 300,000 displaced persons to communities hitherto held by Boko Haram insurgents.

This call was made yesterday when the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Perry Calderwood, paid a courtesy visit on Geidam at Government House, Damaturu.