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Yobe Government to Power All Secondary Schools with Solar Energy by 2025

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 11, 2024

The Yobe State Government has announced plans to replace fossil fuels with solar energy to supply electricity to all public secondary schools in the state by 2025. Alhaji Baba Malam-Wali, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), made this statement during an inspection of several ongoing

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Yobe school reopens after 12 years of closure due to insurgency

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 9, 2024

The Yobe State government has reopened Government Senior Day Secondary School in Bara, located in Gulani Local Government, after a 12-year closure due to insurgent activities. Since 2012, this school, along with Government Secondary Schools Goniri and Babbangida, had been operating from a temporary location at Government Secondary School in Damaturu. The school’s new

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Gunmen attack Yobe school, kill 3 students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 31, 2024

Gunmen attacked Faudiya Islamic School in Geidam Local Government Area, Yobe State, early Friday morning, killing three pupils, according to the Yobe State Police Command. Dungus Abdulkarim, the police spokesperson, verified the attack, which happened around 3:45 a.m. According to the statement, the attackers, who arrived on motorcycles and wielded dangerous weapons,

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167 Yobe students supported by the state graduate from Indian universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 18, 2024

The Yobe State Government has announced the graduation of 167 students who were sponsored to study in Indian universities through a state-funded scholarship programme. Governor Mai Mala Buni, through his Director-General of Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed, stated that the graduates would make major contributions to boosting the state’s health and other