In their determined efforts of wiping the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have embarked on aggressive clearance operations on suspected Boko Haram terrorists hideouts and crossing points with tremendous results.
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The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned the unabating bloodletting and killing of innocent and vulnerable citizens in Zamfara State by marauders.
The United Nations World Food Programme has welcomed a contribution of $500,000 from the Republic of Korea that will provide one month of food assistance for nearly 125,000 food-insecure people in the conflicted-affected North East Nigerian states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Plateau defeated Yobe 3-1 after taking charge of the game mostly by winning 20-25 25-14 25-17 25-21.
During the inauguration, the State Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Chilariye, said: “It is a well-known fact that no election comes and goes without disagreements”.
Ibrahim Alkali, the Desk Officer of Fadama III Second Additional Financing, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
The Executive Director of the Fund, Prof. Sunday Ochoche, disclosed this on Tuesday while flagging-off Education Support in North East at Gaya-Fa’a village of Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa.
The National Association of Nigerian Students on Friday expressed sadness over the death of 11 students of the University of Maiduguri in an auto accident on Tuesday.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by Abdullahi Bego, the Director-General, Media Affairs to the governor.
The Nigerian Army said the situation at Katarko in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe had been brought under control after troops foiled terrorists attempted attack on the military location in the town.
On the 19th of February this year more than a hundred girls were kidnapped from the Government Girls Science and Technology College, Dapchi in Yobe state by a faction of the dreaded Boko Haram.
The Yobe State Government said it had concluded arrangements to vaccinate no fewer than one million livestock following reported cases of animal diseases in some parts of the state.
Grace Samuel, nephew to Leah, made the commendation in Dapchi, during distribution of food items and livelihood packages to 40 families of the abducted schoolgirls by Yobe Government.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Yobe council, has directed all workers in the state to prepare for an indefinite strike slated to commence from November 6 to push for a new minimum wage.
The Senator, who is the husband of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Khadijat, said it should not be assumed that like 2015, the North East will vote for the President and APC.
Ibrahim, a three-time governor and senator, spoke at the launch of his book, “Poorlitics”, to mark his 70th birthday in Abuja.
Residents of Dapchi in Yobe say their confidence in government’s ability to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, the lone school girl still in Boko Haram captivity, has been further renewed by the expected visit of a high-powered Federal Government delegation to the town.
Senator Mohammed Hassan has attributed his victory during the Peoples Democratic Party Senatorial Primaries in Yobe to the people’s confidence in his representation.
Alhaji Umar Kareto, the returning officer of the election, said a total of 1,865 delegates were accredited out of which the senate leader polled 1,702 votes and 12 invalid.
The Yobe Governor Ibrahim Gaidam on Tuesday in Damaturu picked the Yobe East Senatorial ticket under the platform of All Progressives Congress for the 2019 general elections.