Yola Electricity Distribution Company, YEDC says electric power supply has been restored to Maiduguri after months of blackout.
Senior Corporate Communications Officer of YEDC, Mr Kingsley Nkemneme in a statement issued to pressmen on Saturday, said that electricity has been restored to Maiduguri and adjoining towns.
The statement said that the company has restored power to Maiduguri, Gombi, Mubi etc and has been recording improvement in power supply despite security challenges.
It appealed to electricity consumers in the zone to pay their bills...
Saturday, 12 September 2015
To ensure fitness for the ongoing counter-insurgency operations, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar has introduced a routine exercise schedule for officers and personnel of the Air Force.
This was disclosed by Air Vice Marshall James Gbum who addressed newsmen on behalf of the Chief of Air Staff at the end of a five-kilometers road walk in Abuja on Saturday.
He said : “As you know, we are fighting insurgency and it behoves on the military officers and personnel to be ready at any time they are called upon for any operation against...
Emergency services have confirmed seven people dead in an attack on a displaced persons camp by two suspected female suicide bombers.
The attack on Malkohi IDP camp in Adamawa State which happened around 11am also left 13 persons including four NEMA officials injured.
LEADERSHIP WEEKEND's investigations showed that over 300 new IDPs from Sambisa forest and Madagali local government area were admitted into the facility the day before the bomb blast occurred.
Adamawa State Commissioner for Information, Comrade Ahmed Sajoh who confirmed the attack...
Operatives of the Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA, on Friday arrested eight persons over their alleged plan to bomb targets within the Abuja Federal Capital Territory on Sallah Day which comes up on September 24.
The suspects who are already undergoing interrogation are reported to have made useful statements.
Boko Haram terrorists had in the past bombed targets in Abuja which included the UN building at Asokoro, Police Force Headquarters, Emab Plaza in Wuse 2, This Day Newspapers in Jabi, and Nyanya Motor Park....
Friday, 11 September 2015
Following the recent murder of an 80 years old vigilante leader in Kankara village of Kankara local government area of Katsina State by unknown gunmen, Gov Bello Masari has ordered the immediate removal of the DPO in charge of the area. He also ordered the redeployment of all key police officers serving in Kankara Division.
Eyewitnesses said that armed attackers on motorcycles stormed Kankara late in the night, blocking the main entrance to the village and shooting sporadically before invading octogenarian Baba Koshe's home.
By the time...
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