The Yobe State Police Command has arrested one Nasiru Junaidu,30, for s3xually abusing a 9-year-old girl in Damaturu. The spokesperson of the command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, November 8, 2025. According to the PPRO, the suspect lured the victim into a shop several times and def!led her. “On 3…
The Yobe State Police Command said it has launched an investigation following the discovery of a lifeless body of a 45-year-old woman found near Federal University Gashua (FUG) in Bade local government area of Yobe State. A statement issued on Saturday by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said that the deceased person identified as…
The Yobe State Hisbah Commission has destroyed a large quantity of confiscated alcoholic drinks and arraigned suspected prostitutes and alcohol offenders in court following a major raid in the state. The operation was carried out in Garin Alkali town, Walawa community, in Gashua Local Government Area on Sunday. In a statement on Wednesday, the Chairman…
The Yobe State Police Command has confirmed that a 55-year-old man, Hamidu Ali of Koriyel village, Babangida, Tarmuwa LGA of Yobe State, has allegedly killed his 40-year-old wife. According to the State Police Command, on June 28, 2025, at about 1100hrs, the Tarmuwa Divisional Police Headquarters received a distress call from inhabitants of Koriyel Village,…
A 32-year-old man, Goni Umbadu, has been killed during a fight over suspected grass theft in Saleri Village, Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe state. According to a counter insurgency reporter, Zagazola Makama, the said development occurred on June 20, 2025. According to the sources, the deceased had confronted a herder simply identified as Haruna…
Senator Ahmad Lawan of the Yobe North district has denied ordering the arrest of a constituent, Ishe’u Ibrahim Jadda, who criticized his Gashua water supply project. In a statement released on Saturday, Ezrel Tabiowo, media adviser to the Yobe senator, stated that Lawan, the former Senate President, “has never used, and will never use his…
An 18-seater Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number KTG 283 XA has rammed into the busy Damagum market in Yobe State, killing a pregnant woman, four others and injuring 19 persons. Confirming the number of casualties, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Livinus Yilzoom, said the incident happened…
At least one female student was killed, while 5 sustained injuries after a classroom wall collapsed at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Potiskum, Yobe state, on Thursday. Multiple sources told Daily Trust that the unfortunate incident happened when the victims were in the classroom. ‘‘This unfortunate incident happened around 12:30 pm when most of the…
Humans and serpents have been known to have a conflicting relationship, that of mutual fear for each other. Biblically, the serpent is the enemy of mankind. However, in the Machina Emirate, Yobe state Northeastern part of Nigeria in West Africa, reversed is the case. Snakes are regarded as brothers and also as royalty according to the myth of…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that no fewer than 12 persons lost their lives in a fatal auto crash on Baimari–Geidam Road in Yobe. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Livinus Yilzoom, confirmed the deaths in a statement in Damaturu on Wednesday. According to him, the accident occurred at about 10:00 pm on…