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Yobe

Yobe meaning

A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital: Damaturu. Largest city: Potiskum.

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However, Mohammed Kuchichi of Network of Yobe Civil Society Organizations, said there was no distribution of rice by any lawmaker in Yobe East during Christmas.

I want to express my appreciation to the governor of Yobe State for his unwavering support for the security of Yobe State.

According to the Yobe State APC, the natural successor of Hon. Mai Mala Buni as the National Secretary having been elected as Governor should have come from Yobe State as it was in the past with Alhaji Lai Mohammed and his two successors.

Lawan flew from Abuja to Dutse airport in Jigawa State where he was first received by the state officials before he proceeded on road to neighbouring Yobe State to meet his constituents in Yobe North senatorial district.

Mr. Idris said that PMF personnel would be deployed to all schools in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa in order to prevent a recurrence of the recent ugly incident at the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe.

According to him, the good people of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa are steadily picking up their livelihood as the military, in collaboration with the government, is helping to restore governance to hitherto ungoverned areas.

Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim, the apostle of politics without bitterness, who many think was from Borno State, is actually from Yobe and he chaired the GNPP.

All his scheming to be nominated as the Vice-Presidential Candidate to Abiola was resisted by the SDP governors, led by Chief Odigie John Oyegun, Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim and Chief Segun Osoba of Edo, Yobe and Ogun States respectively.

A newly appointed Caretaker Management Committee Chairman of the Karasuwa Local Government Area in Yobe State, Lawan Karasuwa has died less than 24 hours to his official swearing-in scheduled for Friday, May 26, 2023.

Buni re-elected Also, the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni was re-elected.

Dignitaries who attended the event include: SFG, Sen. George Akume, Governors and representatives of Borno, Yobe, Taraba, Gombe, Adamawa and Bauchi states, Alh.

He also praised Yobe residents living abroad for contributing to the state’s development.

He expressed gratitude for the unwavering solidarity and cooperation extended to the NCS by the Nigerian Army, its sister agencies, and the good people of Yobe State under the leadership of His Excellency Mai Mala Buni, the Executive Governor.

He saud the agency planted 1 million trees in Borno, Yobe and other states, adding that N2.4 billion was released in the first phase and N7.3 billion released in the second phase.

In his remarks, Gov. Mai Mala Buni said Yobe witnessed one of its worst flood disasters in 2022.

Irabor said a huge progress is being made in joint military operations to restore peace in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.

Kano has the highest number of cases with 7,747, followed by Yobe with 841 cases.

Others are – Romokere Ibiani, Bayelsa State Command; Mohammed Bunu, Yobe State Command; Garba Musa Yusuf, Kaduna State Command; Garba Ahmed, Zamfara State Command; Hayatu Kaigama Ali, Sokoto State Command and Aliyu Musa, Katsina State Command.

Our Correspondent reports that the FOU, Zone ‘D’, comprising the nine states of Bauchi, Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe, Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States; with headquarters in Bauchi.

People are tired of them and what happened is just a referendum for us to take over power in Yobe come March 11, 2023,’’ he stressed.