The Emir of Potiskum in Yobe, Alhaji Gidado Ibrahim, has called for the setting up of institutions on comparative religious studies to deepen understanding and tolerance among adherents of various religions in the country. The Emir made the suggestion on Wednesday in Kaduna when he visited
The Nigerian Army has revealed that Boko Haram has recruiters all over the country, especially in the Northeast, adding that the group’s clearing house for such recruitment is at Potiskum in Yobe State. Potiskum, a local government in Yobe state about 234 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Boko Haram epicenter is known in the northeast for […]
At least 12 students have been injured in an open fire by a gunman suspected to be a member of the Boko Haram militants on Friday outside a school in the city of Potiskum, Yobe state. “We have evacuated 12 people with serious gunshot wounds to hospital from the scene of the shooting attack,” said […]