A group supporting the presidential ambition of Sen. Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of All progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday in Damaturu carried out a market place sensitisation to enlighten the public on his political values. Leader of the group, Ali Rambo, said the sensitisation was to motivate the people...
Yobe State
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Thursday led Borno’s delegation to the Yobe State Government Education Appeal Fund Raising, held in Abuja. The event which was chaired by Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, was co-hosted by Governor Mai Mala Buni and the Senate President, Senator Ahmad...
Sen. Mohammed Hassan, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a former senator representing Yobe South, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Gov. Mai Mala Bun in Damaturu on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) in consolidating on their operational feat against Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province Terrorists (ISWAP) have eliminated the criminal elements in a fierce encounter at Goniri, Yobe State on Saturday 29 January 2022. A statement issued...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Yobe State Government has described as misleading a post on social media purportedly from Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), claiming that the state is boiling. This is according to a statement issued on Sunday by Malam Mamman, Director General, Press and Media Affairs to...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – Unknown gunmen on Tuesday have abducted an Assistant Headmaster of Central Primary School, Buni Yadi, identified as Babagana Kachalla and four others in Madiya Village, Gujba Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the village on Tuesday at...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has expressed sadness over the incident at Garin Alkali in Bursari Local Government of Yobe State where a military personnel allegedly shot and killed a driver who was identified as Mohammed Musa. The incident ignited violent protests on Saturday in Gashua, the headquarters of Bade...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – The Executive Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has called on youth in Gashua, to remain calm following the alleged shooting of a youth by security operative in Garin Alkali, Bade LGA of the state. A statement issued by Malam Mamman Mohammed, the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Goods worth several millions of naira were on Friday destroyed during a fire incident that occurred at the Potiskum grain main market in Yobe State. Residents told our correspondent on phone that the fire began as early as around 3:00 am which attracted the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR,Damaturu – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has launched school feeding programme with chicken and egg been added to the daily menu of students of all government boarding secondary schools and colleges in the state. The governor also launched the distribution of 100,000 textbooks and laboratory...
Gov Mai Mala Buni of Yobe on Saturday said the state had introduced the Enhanced School Feeding Programme and will soon distribute 100,000 textbooks to junior and senior secondary school students. Buni, who stated this in Damaturu at the launch of the maiden Education Day, said his administration would...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – The Yobe State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old man, Usman Ali, for allegedly stealing over 200 cell phones and other valuables in Damaturu. A statement issued by the command’s spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, on Saturday in Damaturu, said the suspect, a resident of...
Several shops and goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed by fire at Nguru popular central market in Yobe State. The Chairman of the Nguru Local government council, Madu Kachalla who confirmed the incident to Channels Television said no life was lost but many businessmen who have shops...