The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has commiserated with the Chairman of Yobe State Football Association, Alhaji Mohammed Garba, who lost his wife on Tuesday night. Hajiya Fatima Garba remains were committed to mother earth on Wednesday morning. NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi,
Nigeria’s military on Monday said that Yobe State is now free from Boko Haram after reclaiming the town of Goniri. “We announced the reclaiming of Goniri today,” defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said on his Twitter account @GENOlukolade. “That was the last stronghold of terrorists in Yobe… #YobeIsFree.” Three states — Adamawa, Borno and Yobe […]
The Nigerian military has announced that its troops fighting the Boko Haram insurgents in the nation’s troubled north-east have reclaimed Goniri town in Yobe State, clearing terrorists from the location. The troops reclaimed the town on Monday morning after clearing the terrorists from the town that it had taken over some months back. The Defence […]
The Defence headquarters said troops have discovered terrorist bomb a making factory in Buni Yadi, Gujba local government area of Yobe State. In a statement by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade on Friday, a large quantity of improvised explosive devices (IEDs0 including those commonly used by suicide bombers was recovered from […]
The federal government on Wednesday said that 36 towns have been reclaimed from Boko Haram insurgents since the military forces of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon launched a joint offensive against the sect, voicing hope that the operation could lead to the group’s “total defeat”. National security spokesman Mike Omeri said four towns had fallen […]
A supposedly mad man suspected to be a Boko Haram member, who feigned madness, narrowly escaped arrest at Buni Yadi town in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe on Tuesday. The Commander, 27 Task Force Brigade, Damaturu, Col. Usman Yusuf, gave the order to arrest the man when he was sighted in one of the […]
