Yobe State

US condemns increased violence in Nigeria

The United States condemned a spike in attacks in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram, urging…

Damaturu calm after another night of Boko Haram assault

Sounds of gun fire and explosions quietened overnight in Damaturu, the capital of the Nigerian…

Boko Haram fighters battle Nigerian troops in Yobe town

Suspected Boko Haram militants have launched an attack on Babban Gida town, the headquarters of…

Boko Haram storms Governor Gaidam's town, razes his home

Boko Haram gunmen have stormed Geidam in the north eastern Nigerian state of Yobe, setting…

Yobe's Gaidam unopposed to run for second term

Delegates at the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Yobe state on Thursday unanimously…

Boko Haram: NAF jet drops bomb on Damaturu, residents flee

Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants attacked northeastern Nigeria's Yobe state capital Damaturu on Monday and…

"I saw many people on the ground. Human flesh and blood ", says witness to Potiskum bombing

A Nigerian teenage student of the suicide bombing this morning at the Senior Science School…

23 students killed, 72 injured in Nigerian school bombing

At least 23 students were killed on Monday in the Government Senior Science Secondary School…

Severed heads of Boko Haram fighters put on wooden spikes in parade

* A catalogue of atrocities being perpetrated by all parties in the Boko Haram war…

Children mostly hit by Potiskum bomber, says cleric

About twenty children, aged between nine years and 15 were killed in yesterday's bombing of…