Major cities across Nigeria have come to a standstill as the #EndBadGovernance protests sweep the nation. From Abuja to Lagos, Port Harcourt to Kaduna, citizens have taken to the streets to voice their frustrations over poor living conditions and perceived…
Suspected meningitis outbreak kills 20 students in Yobe state
Twenty students have died in three boarding girls’ secondary schools and the Federal Government Girls’ College in Potiskum and Fika local government areas of Yobe State from a suspected outbreak of meningitis. The Yobe State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary…
So long a letter — Gbubemi Atimomo
Reflections on the almost completely lost art of letter writing A couple of months ago, while looking for something I cannot remember, I stumbled upon a stash of letters I received during youth service about twenty years ago. My National…
Nobody can blackmail me, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying “I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.” Speaking at a State banquet, Monday night, organised in his honour in…
President Buhari’s visit: Yobe declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays
Gov Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has declared Monday and Tuesday as public holidays to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari to the state. This is contained in a statement by the state Head of Service, Alhaji Garba Bilal, in Damaturu on…
Yobe PDP Reps candidate dies
A Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) House of Reps candidate in Yobe State for 2023, Mohammed Bukar is dead. Bukar was the candidate of the party for Gulani, Gujba, Tarmuwa and Damaturu Federal Constituency in Yobe State. The news of his…
Buni condoles Bade LGA over death of cleric Goni Aisami
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, has condoled with the family, the people of Bade local government area and the entire state over the death of Islamic cleric, Shiek Goni Aisami. In a press statement signed by Mamman Mohammed, Director…
Court jails 43-year-old for 25 years over incest, rape
A Magistrate in Damaturu has sentenced one Umar Alhaji Mustapha to 25 years in prison for committing rape and incest with his 18-year-old daughter, Fatima. The presiding Magistrate Mohammed Bilyaminu ruled that all the ingredients of section 390 and 283…
Yobe: Humanitarian Minister condoles with market fire victims
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has sympathized with victims of the fire incident that razed the Central market, Nguru, in Yobe State. In a statement by the Special Assistant on Media, Nneka…
Army loses four officers repelling Boko Haram attack in Yobe (Guardian)
The military at the weekend lost four officers in a gun duel involving its Special Forces of Army (SFA) and Boko Haram insurgents who were attempting to seize the Buni/Yadi military base in Gujba council area of Yobe State. Five…