The Yobe State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called for the reinstatement of annual leave grants and increment of salary for civil servants...
A Police Response Unit, known as Haba Maza, has, in a joint operation with the State Intelligence Department apprehended one Sani Musa of Nayi-Nawa ward, Damaturu...
The Yobe State Government has said meningitis has killed 85 persons between January and April following an outbreak of the disease in the state. Dr Muhammad...
The Yobe State Government says it recoded 2,510 cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Type C, from 25th December, 2023 to April, 2024. It added that 85 patients...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has approved the dissolution of all the 17 local government councils of the state. This was revealed in a statement...
The Network of Yobe State Civil Society Organizations (NYCSOs) has said it is deeply concerned about the recent water scarcity crisis that has affected thousands of...
The remains of three persons, who were allegedly killed by soldiers in Gashu’a, Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State, were buried yesterday amidst tears and...
Three corpses of those who were allegedly killed by soldiers in Gashu’a town, Yobe State, were buried on Monday amidst tears and anguish. The Emir of...
President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has called on military authorities to immediately investigate the killing of three innocent civilians by soldiers in Gashu’a,...
Three persons have been confirmed dead while 10 sustained injuries after soldiers and tricycle riders clashed in Gashua town, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area...
Three persons have been reportedly killed while others sustained injuries after a military patrol vehicle crushed a Keke filled passengers in Yobe State. The incident occurred...
Thousands of Muslim faithful trooped out in Maiduguri, Yola and Damaturu the capitals of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states respectively to observe prayers for the Eid-el-Fitr...
The Yobe State Police Command has issued a stern warning to potential troublemakers within the state, emphasizing that any form of disruptive behaviour will be met...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Yobe Command, has deployed 862 personnel to ensure a hitch-free Eid-el-Fitr celebration in the state. Mr Bala Garba,...
The Yobe State Police Command said its operatives have arrested nine suspects for culpable homicide in two separate incidents within Damaturu, the state capital. The command...
The Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has deployed 862 personnel to ensure a hitch-free Eid-al-Fitr celebration in the state....
The Yobe State Government has approved the establishment of three weather stations to enable it fight the effects of climate change. The Commissioner for Home Affairs,...
The Yobe State Government said it has resolved 3,214 cases of potential conflicts between farmers and herders including other communal disputes within three years. This was...
The Yobe State Government has successfully resolved 3,214 cases of various conflicts including farmers/herders’ clashes, communal disputes, marriage issues, and other forms of conflicts within three...
As part of activities marking this year’s Ramadan fasting month, Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has pardoned 33 inmates from various correctional centres in the...
Terrorists, suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents, about midnight of Saturday attacked a military base in Gujba town, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, killing...
The Federal University, Gashu’a, Yobe State, has confirmed the death of a 300-level student of Geography, Shamsiya Murtala, in the fire incident in one of the...
Yobe State Emergency Management Agency,, YOSEMA, has confirmed the death of one student in the fire outbreak that razed down one of the female hostels at...
A fire incident at the female hostel of Federal University, Gashu’a, Yobe State, has destroyed the building and burnt students’ property worth millions of Naira. The...
Yobe State government, in collaboration with development partners, has organized a five-day workshop to itemize and domesticate the National Policy on the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs....
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has approved the adjustment of official working hours in the public service for the Holy month of Ramadan. The approval...
The Yobe State Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ethical Re-orientation, through its Hisbah department, has arrested 14 suspects for alleged prostitution and use of illicit drugs....
The Yobe State Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ethical Re-orientation has arrested 17 persons for alleged prostitution and use of illicit drugs. The suspects were arrested...
No fewer than 564 patients out of the 636 recorded cases of meningitis outbreak in Yobe have recovered, an official has said. Mr Haruna Umar, the...
Islamic clerics and preachers have been admonished to avoid contentious issues, as well as divisive and inciting comments, in their sermons during the Holy Month of...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Yobe State University chapter, has accused the varsity’s management of dragging its feet over the payment of N145,714,360.61 as...
The Yobe State government has been advised to establish a psychiatric hospital for the treatment of the growing number of people with ‘mental illness’ in the...
The Emir of Fika and Chairman of Yobe State Council of Chiefs, Dr. Muhammadu Abali Ibn Muhammadu Idrissa, said drug abuse is one of the tools...
The Yobe State Police Command has reportedly arrested a lecturer, Adamu Gambo Hudu, for allegedly raping a female student in Potiskum town. The lecturer is said...
Potiskum Cattle Market in Yobe State was thrown into crisis on Thursday as the marketers protested over an increase in tax rate by the Potiskum local...
No fewer than seven persons have died, while three others are receiving intensive care as meningitis outbreak hits schools across Yobe State.Already, Governor Mai Mala Buni...
The Yobe State Ministry of Health and Human Services has said seven people died following the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis in Potiskum town in the state....
At least 20 students of some boarding public schools in Potiskum, Fika, and Fune local government areas of Yobe State have died from a suspected Meningitis...
Removal of fuel subsidy, inflation and the increasing prices of medications influenced by foreign exchange have adversely affected healthcare in Yobe State. This is according to...
The Yobe State Commissioner for Health, Dr Muhammad Lawan Gana, has said the elimination of fuel subsidies, inflation, and increasing prices of medications influenced by foreign...
The police command in Yobe State has reported that suspected Boko Haram insurgents destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in the state. Dungus Abdulkarim, the...
The Yobe State Police Command says suspected Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in the state, plunging residents of Borno and...
The Gombe Division of the Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of Alhaji Idris Yahaya, Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State. Yahaya was convicted...
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have again targeted critical infrastructure in Yobe State, bringing down two Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) towers in Kasaisa Village, along Kasaisa-Damaturu-Gujba...
The Yobe State government has set up a 24-man committee on food security, to tackle food scarcity and ameliorate the hardship citizens are experiencing. The Committee...
The Yobe State Government has assured to support the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in the fight against human trafficking, child...