Yobe state

August 17, (THEWILL) – The Yobe State Government has disclosed that a total of 17 people have lost their lives, while 227 sustained injuries as a result of severe flooding that displaced 5,953 households across the 16 Local Government...

August 15, (THEWILL) – The Yobe State Government, on Wednesday, inaugurated the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 5th edition of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum, otherwise known as the Regional Stabilisation Strategy. The Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum,...

August 01, (THEWILL) - The Yobe state Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Potiskum, Gashua and Nguru communities. This followed the security situation in the areas where hoodlums took advantage of the ongoing protest against hunger and economic...

August 01, (THEWILL) - At least seven mass transit buses have been set ablaze by suspected arsonists who attacked the Potiskum Local Government Secretariat in Yobe State on Thursday. According to an eyewitness, the arsonists invaded the Secretariat...

June 17, (THEWILL) - A suspected notorious kidnap gang leader who specialises in demanding money and valuables from victims through menacing phone calls, death threats or harm, Haruna Mohammed, has been arrested by operatives of the Yobe State Police...

May 2, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has flagged off the distribution of assorted food items comprising millet, sorghum, maize, and garri from the National Strategic Reserve to 126,000 vulnerable persons across the 17 LGAs of Yobe State. The...

February 26, (THEWILL) - Suspected terrorists have again attacked two electricity transmission towers (T377 and T378), along the Gombe-Damaturu segment of power infrastructure operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The attack came about two months after the TCN...

February 06, (THEWILL) - The Yobe State Government has declared Wednesday, February 7, 2024, as a work-free day in honour of the late former Governor of the state, Bukar Abba Ibrahim. A statement signed on Tuesday, by Mamman Mohammed,...

February 05, (THEWILL) - Northern Senators under the aegis of Northern Senators Forum have described the death of the first Executive Governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, as an immense loss to the nation. In a condolence message...

December 28, (THEWILL) - The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists have destroyed another 330KVA high-tension transmission line along Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway. This was disclosed on Thursday, via a post on X formerly Twitter, by Zagazola Makama, a...