Geidam, 44, Nigeria

Yobe killings: Northern govs demand action, military plans more troops

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said on Wednesday that the military would be deploying more soldiers in Yobe State following Sunday’s terror attack on Mafa village, Tarmuwa Local Government Area, where insurgents massacred at least 34 villa…

2024-09-05 04:54

FG warns 22 states, FCT of heavy rains, floods

The Federal Government has predicted heavy rains in 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The two predictions were issued separately by the National Flood Early Warning  Systems Centre of the Federal Ministry of Environment. The predictions obtained by…

2024-09-03 02:22

Many feared killed, houses razed in Yobe terror attack

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have looted and set ablaze shops and houses in Mafa village in the Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State. The spokesman for the Yobe State Police Command,  Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known to the News Agenc…

2024-09-03 02:22

Gunmen kill many, burn houses, shops, in Yobe

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents looted and set ablaze shops and houses in Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe. The Yobe State Police Command Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Dama…

2024-09-02 08:12

I hand over my son’s killers to God – Father of student murdered by B’Haram

Mallam Saleh Ali, one of the parents of the Faudiya Islamic school in Geidam, Yobe State, where children were attacked and killed by suspected Boko Haram members, described the killings as barbaric and heartless. Gunmen, suspected to be members of the Boko Ha…

2024-09-01 00:38

Gunmen shoot three students dead in Yobe school

No fewer than three students of Faudiya School in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State have been confirmed dead after an attack by gunmen at the school early Friday. The school is reported to belong to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria — a Shiia sect. The…

2024-08-30 11:38

Flights of fancy: Govs slammed for wasting N160bn on unviable airports

Six state governments including Ekiti, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Yobe, Nasarawa, and Bayelsa have spent about N160bn on airport projects that opposition politicians and aviation professionals classified as unviable. Stakeholders say the huge public funds expended on th…

2024-08-27 23:39