Yobe State
5 Sep
The Yobe State government and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) plan to scale up programmes to ensure appropriate nutrition services in the state.
4 Sep
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has condemned the killings of about 100 villages in Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State. The embassy in Nigeria, in a statement, said the Saudi authority considered it a treacherous attack while expressing deep sympathy to relatives of victims. "Embassy expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's…
3 Sep
At least 81 people died and several were missing after an attack by suspected Boko Haram jihadists in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State, local officials told AFP on Tuesday. "Around 150 suspected Boko Haram terrorists armed with rifles and RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades) attacked Mafa ward on more than 50 motorcycles around 1600 hours on Sunday," said…
31 Aug
Persons suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists have killed three students with one other sustaining injury in the early hours of Friday in Yobe State.
30 Aug
The Joint Association of Medical and Health Workers Union in Yobe has suspended the strike it started on Friday morning. The workers went on strike demanding the payment of their hazard allowances approved by the state government in 2019. The union’s Chairman in the state, Satomi Hikama, disclosed this to journalists in Damaturu on Friday.…
29 Aug
The Yobe Government on Thursday introduced a new scale of measurement ( mudu) for traders across the 17 local government areas of the state.
8 Aug 2024
Residents of five communities in Yobe State have expressed excitement over the completion of 51.5km of roads, which will ease commuting and haulage of harvested crops and livestock.
1 Aug 2024
The ongoing nationwide #endbadgovernment protest has witnessed seven buses, been burnt in Yobe state, at he premises of the local government secretariat in Potiskum on Thursday. An eyewitness told reporters in the North-East state that some persons came in their numbers to cause mayhem but were quickly prevented by the security personnel. The Spokesman for…
31 Jul 2024
The Yobe Governor has warned the public, especially metal scavengers, against collecting and moving scraps and other abandoned metal objects from other places into the state Retired Brig.-Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, the Special Adviser to Gov. Mai Mala Buni on Security Matters, gave the warning in a statement in Damaturu. ”Abandoned ordinances exploded in Goniri area…
31 Jul 2024
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has empowered 1,780 women with over 5,300 goats to boost employment and food security in the state.
30 Jul 2024
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) identifies Yobe as one of 31 states with high- risk of flooding. Hajiya Zubaida Umar, the Director General NEMA, spoke at the inauguration of 2024 Effective Waste Management and Flood Mitigation Sensitisation Campaign on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe. Umar, representated by Mr…
26 Jul 2024
At least one person was killed in an explosion at the Buni Yadi cattle market in Gujba Local Government Area (LGA) of Yobe State on Friday. Eyewitnesses report that the incident happened at around 11:12 am along the Biu road, during the market's weekly gathering. A spokesman for the Sector 2 Joint Task Force Operation…
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