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Nigeria: Blackout in North-East - Residents, Business Owners Count Losses

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Faruk Shuaibu |Amina Abdullahi |Yusha'u A. Ibrahim |Magaji Isa Hunkuyi |Habibu Idris Gimba

Residents and business owners in the north-eastern region are counting losses, following a blackout occasioned by the construction of a 330kV Turn-In and Turn-Out towers at the new Bauchi 330kV substation transmission lines. Recall that the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) notified electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) serving the six states in the North-east that there would be blackout in the region while some places would witness significant drop in the supply of electricity.
Nigeria: Plan International Enrolls 7,000 Northern Kids in School

Aug 16, 2024 | allafrica.com | Habibu Idris Gimba

Plan International, a humanitarian organisation that advances children's rights and equality for girls in over 80 countries, has enrolled 7,000 out-of-school children in schools in three North Eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. The Project Coordinator of Plan International, Mr Gambo Daniel, disclosed this to newsmen at the end of a workshop organised by Plan International in collaboration with Save the Children and Education Cannot Wait held in Damaturu, Yobe State.
Nigeria: 3 Dead, 50 Houses Destroyed As Rain Wreaks Havoc in Yobe

Jul 1, 2024 | allafrica.com | Habibu Idris Gimba

At least three people were killed while 7 sustained injuries after a building collapsed due to heavy downpour in Nangere Local Government area of Yobe State. Daily Trust reports that the tragedy occurred at Tsohon Gari in Nangere Local Government Headquarters this weekend. It was gathered that over 50 houses were destroyed, rendering several families homeless. Shuwa Adamu a resident of the community, told Daily Trust that the torrential rain was accompanied by wind.
Nigeria: Yobe Establishes 4 Sesame Hubs, Resuscitates State-Owned Industries

Jun 5, 2024 | allafrica.com | Habibu Idris Gimba

The Yobe State Government has established four new sesame clearing and packaging industries in Machina, Nguru, Potiskum and Damaturu LGAs to promote the production of quality and valuable seeds. The state's Deputy Governor, Hon Idi Barde Gubana, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in his office at the government house, Damaturu.
Nigeria: Yobe Doctors Boycott Nationwide Strike

Jun 4, 2024 | allafrica.com | Habibu Idris Gimba

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Yobe State Chapter, has refused to join the nationwide strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) which began on Monday over the N60,000 new minimum wage proposed by the federal government. Dr Abubakar Kawu Mai Mala, the NMA Chairman in the state, stated this while briefing newsmen in Damaturu on the ongoing strike action.
Nigeria: NAFDAC Bans Selling, Use of Dex Luxury Soap in Yobe

Apr 17, 2024 | allafrica.com | Habibu Idris Gimba

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has banned the selling and use of Dex Luxury Bar Soap due to the presence of the chemical, butylphenyl methylpropional, in it.
Nigeria: Warder Brutalised At Yobe Police Station

Mar 27, 2024 | allafrica.com | Habibu Idris Gimba

A corrections officer, Abubakar Umar Mainta, has been brutalised at the Police Area Command's office in Potiskum, Yobe State. The family of the victim accused policemen at the station of the act, saying he had been admitted at a hospital in Potiskum. Dr Suleiman Sa'id, a brother to the victim, told City & Crime that his brother, Mainta, an officer with the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), was brutalised when he went to the station to secure the bail of an accused person.
Meningitis: Yobe records 214 cases, 8 students hospitalised, 206 quarantined

Feb 29, 2024 | dailytrust.com | Habibu Idris Gimba

No fewer than 214 cases of cerebrospinal meningitis have been recorded in Yobe State schools, with eight students in critical conditions, while 206 others have been quarantined. The disease killed at least 20 students in the Government Science Technical College; Government Girls Science Technical College and Federal Government Girls College, all in Potiskum LGA, on Tuesday. The cases were also recorded in Fune and Fika LGAs and several students admitted to the specialist hospital in Potiskum.
195 female students affected in Yobe varsity fire – VC - Daily Trust

Feb 25, 2024 | dailytrust.com | Habibu Idris Gimba

No fewer than 195 female students of the Yobe State University, Damaturu, lost their property in a recent fire in the institution. The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the university, Professor Mala Muhammad Daura, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the fire incident that razed down a female hostel, said out of the 195 students, five of them who were asthmatic and inhaled the smoke, were rushed to the hospital.
Again, Boko Haram Destroys Two TCN Towers in Yobe

Feb 24, 2024 | dailytrust.com | Habibu Idris Gimba

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have again targeted critical infrastructure in Yobe State, bringing down two Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) towers in Kasaisa Village, along Kasaisa-Damaturu-Gujba road. The attack which occurred on Friday morning had resulted has plunged the state capital and its environs into darkness. The incident was the second in three months, coming one month after the TCN had repaired the facility and restored electricity to the region.