No fewer than six suspects have been arrested for killing two police officers at Kolere village in Fune Local Government Area of the state.   Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, Yobe State Police Command, Abdu Abubakar Ozo, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a routine State Security Council meeting, presided over by the state Deputy Governor, Idi Barde Guban. DCP …

A suspected vandal has been electrocuted while tampering with an exposed live wire in an attempt to steal it from a transformer substation at Commissioners’ Quarters in Damaturu, the Yobe capital. The Communications Officer, Yola Electricity Distribution Company, Blessing Tunoh, made this known in a statement issued in Yola on Saturday. Tunoh said that the company’s Regional Manager, Operations, visited …

Yobe state government has commenced distributing the multi-billion naira agricultural equipment, assorted seeds, and agrochemicals procured for the state agrarian Empowerment Programme in five local government areas of Zone A, covering 53 Wards. After completing the Zone A senatorial district, Zones B and C Senatorial districts will follow. The distribution commenced yesterday in Yunusari, Geidam, Bursari, Tarmuwa, and Gulani local …

Following a considerable improvement in the security situation in Potiskum, Gashua, and Nguru, Yobe, Governor Mai Mala Buni, has approved a review of the curfew imposed on the three towns by five hours. The Special Adviser to the governor on Security Matters, Retired Brig.-Gen. Dahiru Abdulsalam made this known in a statement in Damaturu. The curfew is now relaxed from …

Two bombs exploded at Buni Yadi Cattle market of Yobe state on Friday, killing one girl and four people injured, witnesses and security said. One of the  Eyes witnesses, Musa Hassan Yadi, told LEADERSHIP via a telephone conversation that the incident happened at around 12:57, with multiple injuries. Also, shortly after the incident, the spokesman of the Sector 2 Joint …

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has approved the reduction in the official working hours for the state’s workers in the month of Ramadan. The time adjustment was conveyed through a letter by the state’s acting Head of Service, Alhaji Hamidu M. which was made available to LEADERSHIP in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. According to the letter, workers in …

The Yobe State Government said, on Monday, that 564 out of the  636 patients who came down with meningitis in the state have recovered. The state’s Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer, Primary Healthcare Management Board, Haruna Umar, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Damaturu. It was reported last week that Yobe quarantined …

The Yobe State government has quarantined 206 persons following the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis in three local government areas in the state, resulting in the death of 20 persons. This was as the Commissioner for Health in Gombe State, Dr Habu Dahiru, disclosed on Monday that the state had lost six persons to the deadly disease. The spokesman for the …

National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), has confirmed that 117 children have died following the Diphtheria outbreak in Yobe since 2022. The agency, however, said that 1,600 children had recovered from the disease within the period under review. NPHCDA executive director, Dr Faisal Shuaib stated this during an inspection visit to the Diphtheria isolation centre in Potiskum, the epicentre of …

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved several contracts to boost power supply in various parts of the country. The Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu told the media at the council’s valedictory meeting on Wednesday that FEC approved the award of a contract for the engineering procurement, construction, and financing of the implementation of 330 kilovolts (KV) and 132 …