The Zonal Secretary of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, and member of the presidential council of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Babayo Liman, alongside 17 local government executives, have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Yobe State. Liman announced…
Fire has gutted some sections of a popular Potiskum market in Yobe State. The inferno was said to have started on Sunday at about 8 pm. Although no life was lost, the fire destroyed property worth millions of Naira at…
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has signed into law bills establishing Yobe State Emergency Medical Ambulance Service and Yobe State Healthcare and Health-Related Facilities Inspection and Monitoring Agency. This was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement by Gov. Buni’s…
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has signed a N163 billion budget estimate for the 2023 fiscal year into law. The 2023 finance and appropriation bill was signed yesterday at the West African Women Association (WAWA) Hall, Government House,…
The Yobe Geographic Information Service (YOGIS) said that the Damaturu Timber Market will be relocated to relieve traffic congestion in the city. Alhaji Usman Geidam, the spokesman of the agency, announced this while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Damaturu.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi has assumed duty as the new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in Yobe State. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Head of Voter Education & Publicity Department…
Yobe government has clinched the Due Process and Good Governance best state award by the Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria. Mr. Mamman Mohammed, Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Gov. Mai Mala Buni, made this known in a…
The Correspondents’ Chapel, (NUJ) Yobe State has resolved to boycott all state government activities in the state alleging intimidation and harassment of its members by security operatives attached to the government house. The Chapel also alleged that there is a…
The North-East Zone of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has assisted 150 households displaced by flood in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe. Dr Mohammad Goje, Executive Secretary, Yobe Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) disclosed this to newsmen…
We have seen a report circulating online by the Sahara Reporters with regards to the APC candidature for the 2023 senatorial election in Yobe North. The report claims that the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, made a u-turn on his earlier…
