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Akwa Ibom, Anthony A. Kila, Ebonyi, Headlines, Kogi, State News, Yobe, Zamfara
Monday, November 9th, 2015
CGPI October Report: Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom are worst performing states. ….CGPI October panel focuses on salary payment The Governors of Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom have been judged to be Nigerian worst performing States Governors of the month based on a comparative analysis of Governors performance in Nigeria. […]
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Headlines, State News, Yobe
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
(DAMATURU) Two suicide bombers carried out separate attacks Tuesday that killed five people in Damaturu, a town in northeastern Nigeria, police and witnesses said. In one attack, a girl bomber died in an explosion that killed five people at the crowded entrance to the main bus station, said Assistant Superintendent Toyin Gbagedesin. Witnesses said a […]
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Headlines, State News, Yobe
Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
The Yobe State Government on Saturday said it has developed a document to be submitted to the state assembly to enact a law against open defecation. General Manager, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Alhaji Mohammed Bukar, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Damaturu. “The document will be ratified by the state […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Yobe
Friday, July 17th, 2015
Two women on Friday detonated Improvised Explosive Devices in two screening areas for intending Muslim worshippers in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, killing a total of 50 persons. Nigerian Army spokesman, Col. S.K Usman, who made the announcement, said the blasts took place at Gwange, where 43 persons were killed; and at Phase One, where […]
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Headlines, State News, Yobe
Sunday, July 5th, 2015
Potiskum (Yobe)- The Police in Yobe on Sunday confirmed the killing of six persons in a suicide bomb attack on a church in Potiskum. Mr Toyin Gbadegesin, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu that the death included the suicide bomber. The spokesman […]
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Boko Haram, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News, Yobe
Sunday, March 29th, 2015
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Yobe, Habu Zarma, on Sunday said the electoral commission, INEC, had postponed elections indefinitely in 18 polling units in Giedam Local Government Area of the state due to security challenges. He told journalists in Damaturu that security challenges in the council area had scared adhoc staff from going to […]
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Abia, Abuja (FCT), Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Election 2015, Elections, Enugu, Gombe, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Presidency, Rivers, Sokoto, State News, Taraba, Top Stories, Yobe, Zamfara
Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
State-by-state projection of their chances With the presidential election just around the corner, our correspondents write that the battle, which is a straight one between President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, may spring some surprises As Nigerians, nay the world, wait for the March 28 presidential election and the 10 competing political parties putting […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News, Yobe
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
Kano motor park bombing scene… on Tuesday There was bloodbath in Kano and Potiskum on Tuesday following suicide bomb attacks on motor parks in the two cities. Fifteen people died and 53 others were injured in the Potiskum, Yobe State attack while 12 were said to have lost their lives in the incident at the […]
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Adamawa, Armed Forces, Bauchi, Boko Haram, Borno, Gombe, Headlines, State News, Yobe
Friday, December 12th, 2014
The Nigerian Army has discovered a plan by the Boko Haram insurgents to attack 25 communities and villages spread across five states in the troubled North-East zone. A credible security source, who confided in our correspondent on Thursday, said that the Boko Haram hit list was recovered by Special Forces during an operation at the […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Nasarawa, Ogun, Oyo, Party Politics, Rivers, Sokoto, State News, Top Stories, Yobe, Zamfara
Thursday, December 4th, 2014
Tambuwal, Ambode, others win APC governorship ticket FOR the All Progressives Congress the 2015 contests got underway on Thursday with state chapters electing their governorship candidates. The APC governorship candidates for the 2015 polls, as they emerged on Thursday, include Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto); a Fellow of the Institute […]