Tragedy struck in Yobe State on Tuesday night when a devastating road accident claimed the lives of at least 12 passengers. The crash occurred along the Baimari-Geidam road, specifically at Km 20, Chelluri village, at around 10:00 pm. According to…
By Samuel Omotere Two Yobe businessmen, Haruna Ahmadu and Kabiru IIiyasu have been sentenced by Justice Fadimatu Aminu to separate jail terms at the Federal High Court in Damaturu for operating Bureau de Change businesses without a requisite licence. According…
An operative of the Yobe State Police Command has been arrested over alleged homicide. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, in a statement on Tuesday, noted that the Commissioner of Police, Garba Ahmed, has ordered an immediate investigation…
Reports indicate that Boko Haram terrorists have killed numerous residents in Mafa village, located in the Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State. The attack occurred early Monday when the terrorists raided the village. Sources from the community revealed on…
Early Friday morning, gunmen attacked Faudiya School in the Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, resulting in the deaths of at least three students. The school is associated with the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, a Shiite sect. The attackers,…
The Chief Judge of Yobe, Justice Gumna Kaigama, has pardoned seven inmates at Potiskum, Gashua and Nguru correctional centres in Yobe. Kaigama, who is also the Chairman, state Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee, granted bail to 14 others when he toured…
By Rauf Oyewole, Gombe The WASH Specialist, The UNICEF WASH Specialist in Nigeria, Jonathan Ekhator, has disclosed that over 997,000 residents of two selected local councils in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states have been provided with safe drinking water. He…
The Yobe State Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ethical Re-orientation, through its Hisbah department, has arrested 14 suspects for alleged prostitution and use of illicit drugs. The suspects were arrested during a recent raid carried out by the Hisbah…
A viral disease, Meningitis, has hit Yobe state leaving at least 20 students dead. This was disclosed by the State’s Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Muhammad Sani Idris, who confirmed the outbreak, saying 20 students were killed by…
…Says food inflation remains a concern for low, middle, high-income nations By Sodiq Adelakun The World Bank has projected that seven states in Nigeria’s North-west and North-east regions are on the brink of a food security crisis by 2024. The…
