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- 6 May 2021
Mercy Corps Partners MoMo Agent to Deliver Cash Transfers to Vulnerable Households in Yobe State, Others
European Union funded Mercy Corps’ ‘Building Resilience in Complex Crisis (BRICC)’ programme has signed a new partnership with Y’ello Digital Financial Services, a subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, to…
- 22 Sept 2020
Yobe Gov Approves Employment of Staff @ State Owned Broadcasting Stations
Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe State has approved the appointment of experienced casual staff working at Yobe Broadcasting Corporation (YBC) and Yobe State Television (YTV). This is as part of…
- 17 May 2018
Channels TV Reporter Dies in Yobe
Jonathan Gopep, Channels TV reporter in Yobe state, is dead. He died after a brief illness at Yobe State Specialist Hospital, Damaturu on Thursday. Aged 47 years, the late Gopep was a graduate…
- 10 Jul 2013
Gaidam, Yobe Governor Begs for GSM Services
Ibrahim Gaidam, governor of Yobe State has called on the federal government to restore GSM services which were cut across the state following the declaration of emergency rule by President Jonathan…
- 20 Nov 2013
Gaidam, Yobe Governor Courts Investors @ UKICE in London
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State, would be addressing infrastructure investors at the UK Infrastructure Investors Summit, taking place at the prestigious London Stock exchange on December 3, as…
- 3 May 2021
Bandits Destroy Telecom Facilities in Bauchi
Bauchi State Government has confirmed the infiltration of Boko Haram insurgents from neighbouring Yobe State in four local government areas destroying some facilities. Alhaji Sabiu Baba, secretary to…
- 20 Jul 2013
GSM Service Restored in Maiduguri
Mobile phone services of MTN has been restored in the restive city of Maiduguri for the first time in more than two months on Friday. It is the latest area of the conflict-torn North- East to be…
- 18 Feb 2020
Telcos Wax Worriedly as Terrorist Destroy Facilities in Yobe
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has waxed worriedly over the recent destruction of telecom facilities in Yobe state, describing the attacks as as very…
- 9 May 2016
Etisalat, Abuja Global Shapers Partner to Boost School Enrolment in the North
Efforts towards rebuilding the North-East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa have received further boost, courtesy of a partnership between Etisalat Nigeria and Abuja Global Shapers Community, an…
- 26 Sept 2019
Unity Bank Manager Accused of Stealing N11.6m Meant for ATMs
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Adam Kaka Adam, an employee of Unity Bank Plc, for the criminal appropriation of N11.6 million. Adam was a service manager in…
- 4 Jun 2021
Mercy Corps Partners MoMo Agent to Deliver Cash Transfers to Vulnerable Households in North-East Nigeria
Mercy Corps’ has signed a new partnership with Y’ello Digital Financial Services (owners of the MoMoAgent Network), to efficiently deliver automated cash transfers and provide an avenue for programme…
- 8 Oct 2023
SERAP Drags Akpabio, 9 Other Ex-Govs to Court Over Collection of Salaries, Pensions
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and nine other former governors in the 10th Senate over their collection of…
- 5 Aug 2016
Most States in Nigeria Unsafe- US
The United States of America has warned its citizens against travelling to 20 states in Nigeria due to security concerns According to the travel advice on the Department of State’s website, the…
- 27 Aug 2020
NEXIM Bank, Yobe Sign Export Development Pact
The Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Yobe State Government to facilitate export-related industrialization and attract investments that would…
- 25 Mar 2013
Gunmen Attack Police Station, Burn MTN, Glo Masts
Gunmen Monday killed one police officer following an attack on Bara Divisional Police Station in Yobe State and also burnt down the MTN and the Glo masts in the area after the attack on the police…
- 7 Sept 2012
Why We Bombed GSM Facilities- Boko Haram
The Jama'atu Ahlis Sunnah Lidda'awati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the series of bombings of telecommunication facilities in Borno, Yobe, Kano and Bauchi states…
- 26 Oct 2014
MTN Foundation Takes Breast Cancer Screening to Enugu
In a drive to create renewed awareness about Breast Cancer, MTN Foundation (MTNF), the corporate social investment vehicle of MTN Nigeria, has taken its free breast cancer screening to residents of…
- 7 Jul 2008
Itan Partners Mandriva Linux, Omatek, Zinox, others for OSPC
Information Technology Association of Nigeria (Itan), announced its partnership with Mandriva West Africa for Mandriva Linux (ML) an Open Source Operating and Application software on all the Personal…
- 31 May 2021
FG Inaugurates More Emergency Communication Centres Nationwide
Dr Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has said that 23 Emergency Communications Centres (ECCs) were inaugurated in some states of the federation, with 13 others underway. Dr…
- 31 May 2021
NIMC Registers 56m Nigerians for NIN – DG
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that it has so far registered 56 million Nigerians with their National Identity Number. Prof Aziz Aliyu, director-general of NIMC, , said this…
- 28 Apr 2021
FG Targets Nearly 1m Jobs through DSO
Some 800,000 jobs will be created through the Digital Switch Over (DSO) being put in place, according to Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture. Mohammed,, disclosed this during an…
- 28 Aug 2022
NDLEA Arrests Lagos Airport Cleaner who Leads Drug Syndicate
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, Ohiagu Sunday, who leads a drug syndicate at…
- 27 Apr 2016
Etisalat Lifts Primary Education in North East with Kits
As part of sustained efforts towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Education in the country, Etisalat Nigeria, has partnered with a non-governmental…
- 5 Aug 2026
FG Expands Solar Power, Targets 60.82MW Boost to Nigeria's Electricity Supply
Federal Government is set to inject a cumulative 60.82 megawatts (MW) of solar-generated electricity into the national grid as it intensifies efforts to improve power supply and expand access to…
- 12 Oct 2015
Ministerial Nominees: Odimegwu, Oyinlola, Others on Buhari’s 2nd List
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday sent the second list of ministerial nominees to Senate President Bukola Saraki. This is coming 12 days after the first list was sent to the lawmakers, who will…
- 5 Jul 2016
Gilat Satcom, Total IT Solutions Connect 10 Villages in Nigeria
Gilat Satcom said that it is providing voice and high-speed data to ten villages in the states of Adamawa, Borno, Kano, Katsina, Oyo and Yobe in the North East of Nigeria. Gilat Satcom’s Village…
- 19 Oct 2020
NCC Worries as Labourers Cut Telcos Services over Arrears of Wages
Telecommunications infrastructure, including fibre optic cables, belonging to MTN, Airtel and other telecoms operators in parts of the North East have been damaged by aggrieved labourers who were…
- 19 Jun 2013
Army Bans Thuraya Phones in Borno
Nigeria’s military banned the use of Thuraya satellite phones on Wednesday in Borno State; a step it said was designed to stop communication by Islamist militants. Thuraya, from the Arabic name…
- 6 Jun 2013
Mark, Senate President Prays against Civil War
Nigeria cannot survive another civil war and those beating the drums of war ahead of the 2015 elections must stop, according to David Mark, president of the Senate. “Those beating the drums of war…
- 10 Jan 2015
UN Sees Jonathan, Buhari Contest as ‘Grave Test’
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, secretary general of United Nations (UN), has expressed profound concern about the forthcoming Nigerian election, calling the presidential polls between President…