A top brass of the Nigerian Army has been confirmed dead after he was involved in a fatal auto accident along the Damaturu/Maiduguri road in Yobe State on Tuesday. The victim, Major-General Yusha’u Mahmood Abubakar, was the Chief of Training and Operations of the Nigerian Army. He was also the former Commander of Operation Lafiye…
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Yobe Governor Hometown Under B'Haram Siege
There are reports of sporadic gunshots in Geidam area of Yobe State. The attack, according to what we learnt, is being carried out by suspected members of Boko Haram sect. Geidam is the hometown of governor of Yobe State, Ibrahim Gaidam. Residents of the community claimed the insurgents stormed the area in about seven Toyota…
Bomb Rocks Buhari Housing Estate In Yobe
A housing estate in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital was on Wednesday morning bombed by some suspected terrorists. The Yobe State’s Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, confirmed to the media that about 16 persons were feared dead in the attack. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, October 7, 2015, was allegedly carried…
BREAKING: Fresh Bomb Explosion In Damaturu
Report just reaching our news desk indicates that a fresh bomb attack has occurred in Damaturu, Yobe State. This is coming barely three days after suicide bomber attacked a Muslim praying ground during the Eid-el-Fritri celebration last Friday. Details later.
16 Perish In Potiskum Bus Station Attack
No fewer than 16 passengers have been feared dead in a suicide bomb attack at a bus station in Potiskum, Yobe State. The blast occurred on Tuesday morning. The bomber, according to information reaching our news desk, boarded the bus, an 18-seater, at the motor park in the city, and detonated the explosives, when the…
Bomb Explosion Rocks Federal College Of Education In Niger
Almost 72 hours after a suicide bomber attacked a secondary school in Potiskum, Yobe State, another suicide bomber has detonated a bomb at the Federal College of Education in Kontagora, Niger State. The suicide bomber, a female, died in the explosion as well as another person, who we could not confirm as at the time…