The Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Adamu Dala Dogo says Laws for couple to undergo HIV/Aids test before marriage will come into effect before the end of this year. Addressing people living with HIV and Aids who called on him today in his office in Damaturu, the speaker decried the alarming spread of the scourge which he says can be curtailed through test before marriage. The speaker sa ...

Seven persons have been confirmed dead in a renewed clash between the Military Task Force the JTF and the dreaded Islamic fundamentalists the Boko Haram in Gashua, the Bade Local Government Area of Yobe state North-East. Gashua is 187 kilometers north of Damaturu the state capital. A statement issued by the military spokesperson in the state, Lieutenant Eli Lazarus, said two police personnel and five member ...

The Yobe state Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) has postponed indefinitely the Local Government Election earlier scheduled for June this year. Announcing the postponement on Thursday  in Damaturu after a stakeholders meeting with members of political parties and security agents in the state, the Chairman of the commission, Jauro Abdu attributed the postponement to the insecurity problem bedevilling t ...

About ten people lost their lives in a road accident along Damaturu-Gashua road in Yobe state, north-east Nigeria. The sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Yobe state, Mr Shehu Umar, confirmed that the bus had a tyre bust before it summersaulted and went up in flames. The sector commander cautioned drivers against over speeding especially at this time of the season when the tempe ...

Nine persons have been confirmed dead in a renewed clash between security forces and suspected extremist group, Boko Haram in Babbangida town of Yobe state. Babbangida is the capital of Tarmuwa Local Government Area and is 50 kilometres north of Damaturu the state capital. Witnesses said the gunmen stormed the Divisional Police Station of the area at the early hours of Thursday and opened fire at the police ...

The Joint military Task Force (JTF) in Yobe state said one of its officers lost his life in the clash between security forces and the members of the fundamentalist sect; Boko Haram on Sunday. The spokesman of the Joint Task force in the state; Lieutenant Eli Lazarus in a statement on Tuesday in Damaturu debunked report that four soldiers were killed in the battle as published by a national daily. “I can con ...

Gunmen have killed one police officer following an attack on Bara Divisional Police Station in Yobe State on Monday. The attack on Bara, the headquarters of Gulani Local Government Area of the state, took place at about 1am, and lasted for two hours. The gunmen succeeded in burning down the Police station and carting away three cars  in the area, including a Hilux Van belonging to the local government. The ...

As peace gradually returns to the state, the Yobe State Government on Tuesday adjusted restriction of movement earlier imposed on some towns in the state. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Yobe State Governor, Abdullahi Bego indicates that restriction of movement in Damaturu, the state capital is now between 10 P.M to 7 A.M daily. The statement further reveals that restriction of movement in ...

President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that there will be no amnesty for members of the fundamental sect, Boko Haram, as demanded by some northern leaders. The President made the declaration while speaking in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital on Thursday during an interactive session with the people of the state as part of his one-day official visit to the North East State. The President affirmed that the ...

As Yobe State gets set to host President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday on a one-day official visit, one area of concern is the safety of the President and members of his entourage, sequel to the wave of attacks by members of the fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram. The state Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Sanusi Rufai, told our correspondent, Jonathan Gopep, in Damaturu the state capital, that all security arrang ...