Tag: Yobe

District head abducted by gunmen in Yobe

Alhaji Isa Mai-Buba, the District Head of Jajere in Fune Local Government Area of the state has been…

NSCDC reacts as family of 8-year-old rape victim accuses one of its officers of shielding the rape suspects

Barely 24 hours after the family members of a raped eight-year-old girl claimed that an NSCDC officer was…

Yobe records 471 deaths within three weeks

No fewer than 471 deaths have been recorded across five local government areas in Yobe state within three…

PHOTO: 22-year-old man arrested for cutting off wife’s hand in Yobe

A 22-year-old man has been arrested by Police for cutting off the hand of his wife from the…

PHOTOS: Fire guts 20 potash shops in Yobe

Fire razed down about 20 shops loaded with potash at Gashau market in Bade local government area of…

Yobe: Flood submerges 500 farmlands, destroys over 37 houses

Flood has submerged 500 farmlands, while also destroying over 37 houses, following a torrential rainfall in four communities…

Yobe State PDP Chairman, Sani Inuwa defects to APC last minutes to election

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Yobe State, Alhaji Sani Inuwa Nguru on Thursday defected…

Boko Haram: Coalition salutes military for repelling multiple attacks in Adamawa, Yobe, Benue

The Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism (CATE) has saluted the Nigerian Army for averting what it described as…

Boko Haram: How Borno, Yobe Governors promote insurgency – Elizebeth Robertson

Elizebeth Robertson, a renowned expert in Counter-Insurgency and Confliction Resolution based in Geneva has made a shocking revelation…

How colleagues ran away as Boko Haram behead Inspector Ahmed in Yobe

Members of Boko Haram terrorist group, yesterday, beheaded one of the Governor Ibrahim Gaidam’s security aids in Kukareta,…

Fresh Ambush: Boko haram kill 13 soldiers, police officer in Yobe

The Army have confirmed the killing of thirteen soldiers and a police officer in Yobe State in a…

Boko Haram faction reportedly collects taxes from some Muslim communities under their protection in Borno, Yobe

A breakaway Boko Haram faction known as the Islamic State in West Africa has seized some towns in…