…the increased revenue had yet to translate into improvements in their daily lives. In Yobe, the government listed flyovers, roads, agricultural inputs, healthcare, education, electricity projects and youth empowerment as evidence of how the increased revenue was being used. However, some residents said the benefits had…

…Florence Ita-Giwa. Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, were assigned as deputy director-generals for the campaign in the South and North zones. They will work with Senator Bamidele Opeyemi and Senator Jibril Barau. Senator Adams Oshiomhole will serve as Dep…

…drawing on a past experience during the early days of the Boko Haram insurgency in Yobe State. He said he had advised a sitting president to summon the security chiefs and demand results or their resignations, a step he argued current leadership had failed to take, Daily Trust reported."Boko Haram started in Yobe. At t…

…Ondo, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara, while Akwa Ibom, Edo, Osun, Rivers and Yobe recorded no expenditure in the listed categories. The figures cover spending on security equipment, homeland security personnel, security votes and operations, ministries of security or special advisers, and security trust funds…

…University, Ondo, Ondo State 121. Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State 122. Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State

…governments that recorded increases were the Federal Capital Territory, Edo, Borno, Yobe, Benue, Kaduna and Nasarawa. The FCT recorded by far the largest increase, with its domestic debt stock rising from N188.86bn to N389.88bn, an increase of N201.01bn or 106.43 per cent. Edo followed, with its debt stock jumping from…

…frontline communities have yet to fully reopen because of lingering security concerns. Yobe Unlike Borno, Sunday Vanguard’s correspondent in Yobe reports that no school is currently shut because of insecurity except the College of Agriculture, Gujba. The state, however, remains deeply affected by the legacy of Boko Har…

Yobe husband discovers his wife and another man in "compromising situation", shoots him with bow and arrow The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old suspect for shooting a man with a bow and an arrow in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, wh…

…profiling. “Troops also arrested two suspected terrorist collaborators in Geidam, Yobe State, who allegedly supplied hard drugs to terrorists. “Items recovered included substances suspected to be cannabis, 11 mobile phones and ₦14,530. In Monguno, troops apprehended two suspected logistics suppliers to ISWAP terrorists…

…region, with prospects of thunderstorms accompanied by rainfall over parts of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Taraba states during the morning hours. The agency said thunderstorms accompanied by moderate rainfall are expected across the northern region later in the day. “A cloudy atmosphere is expected over the North-Central…

2 k!lled in flood after heavy rainfall in Yobe Two people have di£d in a flood that affected Malari, Pompomari and neighbouring communities in Damaturu Local Government Area of Yobe State after a heavy downpour on Sunday, August 2. The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) confirmed the incident in a Flash Floo…

…following fresh market review. Photo: BloombergImagesSokoto – N1,282Taraba – N1,300Yobe – N1,340Zamfara – N1,370Dangote resume free petrol loadingEarlier, Legit.ng reported that Dangote Petroleum Refinery has opened the sale of PMS, also known as petrol, to all licensed marketers, ending its previous consortium marketi…

…the earlier training and graduation of more than 7,000 forest guards in Borno, Sokoto, Yobe, Adamawa, Niger, Kwara and Kebbi states. The ONSA said many of the recruits were drawn from communities heavily affected by kidnapping, banditry and other security threats because of their familiarity with forests, footpaths, ri…

…March, with the cost of a healthy diet jumping 49.3%. It was followed by Gombe at 34.1%, Yobe at 29.9%, Cross River at 28.1%, Kano at 27% and Ogun at 26.7%.However, BudgIT cautioned that percentage increases should be viewed alongside actual naira values. Taraba, for instance, started January with a healthy diet cost o…

…and armed banditry in the North-East. Its operational area covers Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. The Army describes it as the youngest among the original six divisions. 7 Division | NA Its motto is "Doggedness and Boldness." The formation type is not specified on the Army website. 8 Division - Sokoto 8 Division The Ni…

…declaration of winnersCases span Zamfara, Gombe, Delta, Plateau, Kogi, Ekiti, and Yobe states, with hearings still ongoing in several Federal High CourtsPAY ATTENTION: Find it fast with our new search feature at Legit.ng! At least eight aspirants who contested the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primaries in…

…Felix Morka. According to the statement, the council will have three co-chairmen: Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni; Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political and Other Matters, Hon. Ibrahim Kabir Masa…

…with local hunters at the Buni Yadi Friday Market in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. Military sources on Sunday revealed that the operation was carried out at about 2:00 p.m. on July 24 by troops of 27 Task Force Brigade in conjunction with members of a hunters’ group acting on intelligence. The suspects wer…

Troops of Sector 2 Operation Hadin Kai and Yobe State Hunters Group conducted an intelligence-led raid in Fune LGA on July 23, 2026Five suspected kidnappers were arrested at Jegalari Village following credible intelligence on criminal activity in the areaThe joint operation led to the recovery of rifles, a pistol, ammu…

Military troops of Sector 2, Operation HADIN KAI, in collaboration with the Yobe State Hunters Group, have arrested five suspected kidnappers during an intelligence-led operation in Jegalari Village, Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State. The operation, conducted on July 23 2026, by troops of the 233 Battalion deplo…

…Akwa Ibom and Cross River States)6. 7 Division Headquarters - Maiduguri (Borno and Yobe States)7. 8 Division Headquarters - Sokoto (Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States)8. 9 Division Headquarters - Ilorin (Kwara and Niger States)9. 10 Division Headquarters - Jalingo (Taraba and Adamawa States)10. 81 Division Headquarters -…

Troops foil Boko Haram extortion mission, k!ll terrorist in Yobe Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have foiled an attempt by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists to extort residents in Yobe State, killing one insurgent and recovering weapons, ammunition and logistics items during a coordinated operation. The Nigerian Army…

Kidnapping kingpin nabbed as police arrest two men for r@ping minors, aged 7 and 8 in Yobe Yobe State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly r@ping minors, aged 7 and 8. The spokesperson for the command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, who disclosed this in a statement on July 19, 2026 said police operatives also arre…

…per cent), Sokoto (35.22 per cent), Benue (35.06 per cent), Osun (34.46 per cent), Yobe (34.40 per cent), Kebbi (34.07 per cent), Enugu (34.00 per cent), Bauchi (33.68 per cent), Gombe (33.51 per cent), Oyo (32.81 per cent), Lagos (32.28 per cent), Akwa Ibom (31.85 per cent), Adamawa (31.82 per cent), Ekiti (31.00 per…

…Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, the outage will affect parts of Bauchi, Gombe, Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, and Taraba states.