“The party commended the timely response of the legislators to the allegation and also passed a vote of confidence on the governor,” Bakabe said
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Samuel Chibok, a survivor of the attack on Kautikiri village in the Chibok community, said that around 20 men in a Toyota pick-up truck and motorcycles rolled into town.
The number of casualties could not be ascertained as at press time
In allegedly misadvising the President to declare partial emergency rule in the three troubled states, the Ijaw leader and elder statesman said Adoke cited the case of former Governor Joseph Dariye of Plateau State
Sources informed The Eagle Online that the Boko Haram members told the indigenes of the town not to panic as they had come specifically for the security operatives
Northern senators on Wednesday, after their closed doors meeting, vowed to vote against the extension of emergency rule in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno States
Moving the motion on the postponement of the debate, the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, hinged it on the fact that the aspect of the constitution dealing with emergency rule has not been gazetted
If the Senate approves President Jonathan’s request, it would be the second extension of the emergency rule in the three states
Jonathan explained that the security agencies had done creditably in fighting terrorism
The target of the attack was the ‘A’ Division of the Nigeria Police Command situated by the main roundabout in the heart of the town
Dr. Mustapha Gaidam, the Manager, Yobe Pilot Livestock Development Programme, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Damaturu
The village is about 100km from the Yobe State capital, Damaturu
Ngelzarma is 40 kilometres west of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, and located on the Damaturu-Potiskum-Kano Highway
Goniri is not far from Buni Yadi, also in Yobe State, where the terrorists killed school children recently
Isa was involved in the accident in Gerei, Adamawa
Ngama, who made the disclosure at a send-off party organised in his honour by the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, said he had to leave early because of the magnitude of work to be done
The commission equally called on the National Assembly to urgently reconvene plenary in memory of the dead children and all others that died in the ongoing crisis in the North East
Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is sinful” in the northern Hausa language, has frequently attacked schools in the past.
Scores of people were killed in two attacks last week
The demand was contained in a statement issued by Ibrahim Yusuf, the Media Assistant to the state PDP Chairman, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Damaturu
Rufai stressed that the police was rebuilding confidence among the communities to volunteer information to security operatives