Yobe govt issues fresh flood alert to 9 LGAs …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Yobe State Government has issued a fresh flood alert to nine Local Government Areas of the state due to impending release of water from Dadinkowa and Lagdo dams. The LGAs are Nguru, Bade, Karasuwa, Jakusko, Yusufari, Geidam, Tarmuwa, Bursari, Machina, Gujba and … Read more
Flood kills 20, displaces 2,000 in Yobe …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Twenty persons have died as a result of devastating floods that ravaged Bade Local Government Area of Yobe since early August, its Chairman, Alhaji Babagana Ibrahim, has said. Ibrahim disclosed on Friday in Gashua that most of the deceased were people trapped under the debris … Read more
20 dead, 2,000 displaced in Yobe …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Twenty people have died, and over 2,000 displaced, following devastating flood that have swept through Bade Local Government Area of Yobe since early August, according to the council chairman, Alhaji Babagana Ibrahim. Speaking in Gashua, Ibrahim said most of the victims were trapped beneath debris … Read more
Houses, hectares of farmland destroyed as flood wreaks havoc in Gombe, Yobe …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has said that 2,517 houses and shops were either completely or partially destroyed by flood which ravaged 33 communities in the State. Mr Ibrahim Nalado, the Deputy Director, Relief and Rehabilitation of … Read more
Yobe health workers suspend strike …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Joint Association of Medical and Health Workers Union in Yobe has suspended the strike it started on Friday morning. The workers went on strike demanding the payment of their hazard allowances approved by the state government in 2019. The union’s Chairman in the state, Satomi … Read more
No new minimum wage for Yobe workers yet – Gov’s Aide …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The Yobe State Government says a viral post credited to it on the approval of a new minimum wage is false and misleading. This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Gov. Mai Mala Buni’s Director-General, Press and … Read more