Meningitis kills three in Yobe – Commissioner
The state is currently immunising children against measles.
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The state is currently immunising children against measles.
The budget is higher than 2017 spending by about N10 billion.
At least seven soldiers were still missing as at Thursday from one of the attacks.
Yobe last recorded polio case in 2014.
Parents in many parts of the country reacted to the rumour by pulling out children from primary schools.
The rumour turned out to be baseless.
The pipe explosion left a soldier seriously injured.
Mr. Kukuwa scored 23,745 votes to defeat Nasiru Hassan of the PDP, who polled 6,990 votes.
The road was closed for three years due to the activities of Boko Haram.
The father of one of the suspected identified his son as a member of the sect.
Three of the injured were referred to the National Orthopaedic hospital in Kano.
Yobe state has come under repeated attacks from the terrorist Boko Haram group in recent time
The police said five other units of undetonated explosives were recovered at the scene of the explosion.
"...four Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs) planted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists were discovered and successfully detonated."
The suicide bombers were as young as 10.
Many were injured.
People were reportedly killed.
The state says the funds are a form of assistance not compensation.
A witness said the blast occurred at about 11a.m.
The governor says there will be free education to tertiary level if the state receives more money.
Two bystanders were also killed.
Officials say 20 boys are still in custody of the insurgents and express hope that the renewed operation against the ...
The spokesman says his group will stop maiming people if they come to them for repentance.
The Yobe capital had, at about 8p.m. on Friday, come under intense assault by suspected Boko Haram militants
The northeast city is under heavy gunfire and multiple explosions, residents and security officials say.
