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National leader of the Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, congratulates Senate president, Ahmad Lawan for turning 61. Tinubu notes some of the qualities possessed by Lawan who hails from Yobe state.... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/36Pzelk Get More...

Babban Gida, the headquarters of Tarmuwa local government council in Yobe, was under attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday, November 27. According to Alhaji Gidado, a resident of the area, the terrorists attacked a food store after engaging some soldiers in a gun battle. The development...

The Parents Teachers Association and the Association of Abducted Dapchi Children have closed down Government Girls Science Technical College Dapchi, Yobe State, over fear of a renewed attack by Boko Haram insurgents. Read more:

Emir of Fika and Chairman Yobe State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Muhammadu Ibn Abali Muhammad Idrissa, has condemned in strong terms the unfortunate and unprovoked attack on the.... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/2ojaaC5 Get More Nigeria Political News

A fire outbreak has reportedly razed down 11 shops in Nguru town of Yobe state where property worth millions were destroyed. The inferno was said to have started following an electrical fault few minutes to 10pm on Friday, when business operators have shut down all transactions and … Read...

Popular critic of the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government, Reno Omokri, has declared that Leah Sharibu is not dead, Igbere TV reports.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2Y8KBUS Get More Nigeria Metro News

An army commander and at least 20 soldiers have been killed in an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Yobe state. The troops were ambushed on their way from Borogozo in Yobe where the.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2JNYnT1 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen Benson Akinroluyo has charged troops fighting insurgency in the Northeast to take the battle to the enclaves of the Boko Haram terrorists and remain in the.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2XsjTGv Get More...

Justice Hammadam Dashen of the Federal High Court, sitting in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, on Thursday, admitted in evidence, a response of withdrawal instrument letter from Fidelity Bank to the.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2ZS7qZy Get More Nigeria Metro News

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is committed to the rescue of Leah Sharibu, one of the schoolgirls abducted by the.... Read more via Naijaloaded – http://bit.ly/2J44qm8 Get More Nigeria Political News

Governor Mala Buni of Yobe State has taken a third wife barely 24hours after his swearing in. The Governor tied the knot on Thursday with the daughter of his immediate past predecessor, Ibrahim Gaidam. Buni’s new.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2QAi0kp Get More Nigeria...

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed Hon. Victor Giadom as the Party’s acting National Secretary..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2VZwRuQ Get More Nigeria Political News

Private Akhigbe Tijjani, attached to 27 Taskforce Brigade, has been arrested by the Police in #Yobe State for raping a girl in the presence of her parents in Buni Yadi. . . Read more via Instablog9ja - http://bit.ly/2PSmKBs Get More Nigeria Metro News

Following the release of the Nigerian student, Ms Zainab Aliyu, detained by Saudi Arabia government for alleged drug trafficking, the Christian Association of Nigeria.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2URHJFA Get More Nigeria Metro News

The National Agency for Food and Drug Adminstration and Control (NAFDAC), has closed down RUQAYYA Yoghurt factory, in Lai Lai ward of Potiskum LGA, Yobe state. ... Read more via Instablog9ja✅(instablog9ja)’s feed | WEBSTAGRAM – http://bit.ly/2UMckch Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Presidency has explained why Boko Haram terrorists have not released Leah Sharibu, captured last year February from Science Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe state. In a statement, Garba Shehu, the senior special assistance on media to President … Read more via P.M. News –...

Senate on Thursday called on the Federal Government to expedite action for the release of Leah Sharibu, the only remaining student of Government Science Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe State, who has remained in captivity of insurgents..... Read more via Tribune Online – http://bit.ly/2VI6PYI...

The capital of Yobe State, Damaturu, is currently under attack by Boko Haram insurgents, Daily Trust reports. Resident of Maisandari area, an outskirt of Damaturu, said the attackers came through the eastern part of the town and started shooting sporadically.... Read more via Naijaloaded –...

Troops in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital are reportedly in a fierce battle with suspected Boko Haram terrorists who attempted to infiltrate the state capital late Tuesday evening. DAILY POST gathered that the suspected terrorists, who came in their dozens, attempted to sneak into the...

Mai Mala Buni, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, has been declared winner of the 2019 governorship election in Yobe state. He was officially declared winner of the 2019 governorship election with a total votes of 444,013 trouncing his opponent, Umar Bello Iliya of...