Yobe State

Nigeria: Governor Ali Tasks Investors

allafrica.com     Jul 8, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 8 July 2008 Hussaini Jirgi Damaturu Yobe State Governor, Senator Mammam Bello Ali, has called on investors to set up more hotels in Damaturu, the state capital and others towns in the state. The governor made...                    

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Yobe Economic Summit Opens Tomorrow

allafrica.com     Jul 7, 2008   1 related          

A two-day economic summit designed to chart the way forward for Yobe State's socio-economic development will be opened in Damaturu, the state capital tomorrow.Yobe indigenes in the private sector, industry and the academia, in...                    

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Nigeria: Fed Agric Ministry, Yobe Govt Trade Blames Over Grains

allafrica.com     Jun 25, 2008   2 related          

Posted to the web 25 June 2008 Peter Duru Lagos The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources and Yobe government are trading blames over the late allocation of grains to the state. Addressing newsmen in Damaturu, the...                    

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Nigeria: Damaturu Gets Rain After Prayers

allafrica.com     Jun 23, 2008          

Posted to the web 23 June 2008 Hamza Idris Damaturu Shortly after prayers by residents of Damaturu, a torrential rain fell heavily in the town and environs on Saturday, a development which brought relief to the anxious people....                    

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Nigeria: NDLEA Confiscates 350kg of Indian Hemp

allafrica.com     Jun 19, 2008   3 related          

Posted to the web 19 June 2008 Hussaini Jirgi Damaturu Yobe State command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confiscated 350 kilograms of Indian hemps in January this year in Damaturu the State capital....                    

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Nigeria: Damaturu to Host NUJ Summit

allafrica.com     Jun 13, 2008          

Posted to the web 13 June 2008 Hamza Idris Damaturu Damaturu, the Yobe State capital is to host journalists from the 19 northern states for the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) summit slated for this month. Governor Mamman B....                    

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Ahamba Drags Ume-Ezeoke to Court

allafrica.com     May 19, 2008   1 related          

After narrowly escaping removal at the just concluded National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Damaturu, Yobe State, embattled chairman of the party Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke seems not to be enjoying any respite. Chief Mike Ahamba, lead counsel to General...                    

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Nigeria: Contractor Refunds N359 Million

allafrica.com     May 19, 2008          

Posted to the web 19 May 2008 Michael Olugbode Damaturu Yobe State Government has recalled N359.1 million on contract abandoned in the state even as an approval of N2.8 billion was given for the construction of a comprehensive drainage network of the capital town, Damaturu. These were part of the...                    

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Pains of Putting Ghosts Away

allafrica.com     May 14, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 14 May 2008 Michael Olugbode Lagos Weighed down by a burgeoning work force and huge wage bills, the Yobe State government recently introduced drastic measures to lay the ghosts to rest. This is what the government and people of Yobe State are going through to drive back the...                    

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Grappling With Burden of a Rural State

allafrica.com     May 9, 2008          

If the creation of Yobe State on August 27, 1991 was seen as political, then the citing of its capital in Damaturu was more than meet the eyes. One would have expected such towns as Potiskum, Nguru and Gashua to be chosen as the capital but alas, Damaturu, which was then anything but a town or...                    

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