Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, the first Yobe civilian governor, has been reported dead at the age of 75. The Informant247 gathered that Senator Bukar died on Sunday at a Saudi-Germ Hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia Until his death, Bukar was the state’s governor from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Third Republic. He was…
Suspected Boko Haram fighters on Saturday attacked the security convoy of the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, killing one policeman and injuring six others, along the Jakana-Mainok expressway in Borno State. The Informant247 gathered that the security team was on the convoy that escorted the governor to Maiduguri for the 24th Convocation ceremony of…
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday night attacked an office of the Nigeria Customs Service in Geidam town, Geidam LGA, Yobe state, killing one Customs officer identified as Usman Gombe. The Informant247 gathered that the insurgents stormed the Customs office along Maine Soroa Road in a Volkswagen Golf and a Land Rover…
A 65-year-old man, Mohammed Baburam, has been arrested by the men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Yobe State for allegedly chaining and starving his wife for one year in Potiskum. According to the Command’s spokesman, DSC Bala Garba, who made this known in an interview with the newsmen in Damaturu…
Mai Mala Buni, the Yobe State Governor on Monday, approved the appointment of 24 special advisers to work with him in running the affairs of the state. In a statement released by the Shuaibu Abdullahi, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said the appointments followed approval granted by the State House of Assembly, in…
The Yobe state government has began palliative programme of 500 People Living with Disability (PLD) to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. The Executive Secretary, Yobe Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Mohammed Goje made this known on Thursday while flagging off the programme in Damaturu. Goje said the state governor, Mai Mala Buni directed…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ibrahim Bomai the winner for the Yobe South Senatorial District election. This came after the supplementary elections which took place Saturday April 15. The results of the election were made known by the Returning Officer, Abatcha Melemi at the Federal College of Education…
A 34 year old lawmaker-elect, Lawan Musa Majakura has revealed how the Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Ahmed Mirwa Lawan sponsored his arrest for criticising him over alleged poor representation. The Informant247 earlier reported that the 34 year old who contested on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP defeated the…
The Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni has been re-elected in the just concluded governorship election in the state. Buni has been declared the winner of the governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The state returning officer, Prof Umar Pate, made the announcement at the INEC headquarters in Damaturu. Pate revealed…
Lawan Musa, a 35-year-old candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP for Nguru II Constituency has defeated the Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Ahmed Mirwa Lawan. The returning officer of the election, Habib Muhammad, revealed that Musa had 6,648 votes while the Speaker of the All Progressives Congress, APC polled 6,466 votes….
A Yobe High Court has sentenced the auditor general of the state, Idris Yahaya, to 5 years imprisonment for N19,900,000 fraud. The court found him guilty on a one-count charge of criminal misappropriation. The Informant247 recalls that Yahaya was on November 9, 2022 arraigned but he pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Economic and…
The Senate President, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan, has won the Yobe North Senatorial District, as as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Professor Omolola Aduloje from the Federal University Gashua, Bade Local Government, who’s the returning officer of Yobe North announced the result. She revealed that Lawan who contested on the platform of the…
The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Kashim Shettima has revealed that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar does not deserve support from the Northeast. The vice presidential candidate made this revelation at the Yobe State APC zonal rally in Potiskum on Tuesday. He said Atiku…
The Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni on Thursday performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of N12.2 billion Ngalda-Mutai Road in the state. The road project would be funded by the North East Development Commission (NEDC). Speaking at the occasion in Fika, Buni said the road would enhance transportation and ease movement of farm…
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University Gashu’a, Yobe State branch, on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest over unpaid salaries. Members of the Union were seen in their numbers carrying placards with different inscriptions and went around the university campus. Chairperson of the branch, Dr. Melemi Abatcha, said the protest was…
The Yobe State Police Command while acting on the warrant issued by Nguru Senior Magistrate Court, has arrested of Sadiya’s husband, Ibrahim Yunusa, for allegedly detaining and starving of his wife. “The motive of this act is not known, but police have arrested Mr Ibrahim Yunusa and handed him over to the magistrate court,” DSP…
The Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, on his 55th birth anniversary. Mr Olu Awoniyi, the media aide to the senate president, made this revelation in a statement released in Abuja on Friday. He celebrated Buni for living a life of selfless service to promote…
The Police Command in Yobe State has said that it has started investigating Ibrahim Bature, a husband who allegedly detained one Sadiya, his wife, for one year, at their home in the Nguru area of Yobe State. A source told newsmen that the victim who’s a mother of four children, fed only on pap during…
The Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria has given the Yobe government the best state award of the Due Process and Good Governance. This was revealed in a statement released by Mr Mamman Mohammed, the Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Gov. Mai Mala Buni on Saturday. He also disclosed that the association has…
A delegation of the All Progressives Congress women’s campaign team led by the wives of the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the party, Senator Oluremi Tinubu and Hajiya Nana Shettima, respectively, have donated N20 million to 400 flood victims in Yobe State. According to a statement issued by the media office of the campaign…
