In late October 2023, two terrorist attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram occurred in Yobe State, Nigeria a day apart, killing at least 37 people and injuring...
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Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State...
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Boko Haram (redirect from 2016 Sambisa forest attack)
Capital Territory, Abuja Organisation. 2023 Yobe State attacks: in October, Boko Haram lead one of its most horrific attack in recent years.[citation needed]The...
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2009 Boko Haram uprising (category 21st century in Yobe State)
Haram launched an attack on a police station in Bauchi State. Clashes between militants and the Nigeria Police Force erupted in Kano, Yobe and Borno soon...
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Potiskum (redirect from Potiskum, Yobe State)
in Yobe State northeastern part of Nigeria. It's the largest, most populous and fastest growing city in Yobe State. Of the native languages in Yobe State...
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2023 Yobe State attacks: At least seventeen people are killed in Gurokayeya, Yobe State when Boko Haram-aligned gunmen storm the village, attacking residents...
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Damaturu (redirect from Damaturu, Yobe State)
Yobe State in northern Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Damaturu Emirate. Damaturu is the capital and administrative headquarters of Yobe State...
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Nigeria attacks – 41 people were killed by Boko Haram bomb attacks and shootings on churches in Damaturu and Gadaka in Yobe, Madalla in Niger State and in...
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Borno is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while...
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Ibrahim Gaidam (category Governors of Yobe State)
Affairs since 2023. He previously served as senator representing the Yobe East senatorial district from 2019 to 2023, and as governor of Yobe State from 2009...
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Islamist terrorist attacks. According to Fondapol, a French think tank, between 1979 and May 2021, at least 48,035 Islamist terrorist attacks took place worldwide...
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List of major terrorist incidents (category Articles needing additional references from November 2023)
against humanity charge over Sri Lanka attacks". CNA. Retrieved 2019-07-02. "At least 200 dead in bandit attacks in northwest Nigeria". Al Jazeera English...
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years. 2013 – At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria. 2013 – A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214...
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University of Maiduguri (section Terrorist attacks)
Technology, Bama College of Education, Azare, Bauchi State College of Education, Gashua, Yobe State Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe Annahda...
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2023. Hemba, Joe (27 February 2023). "In major upset, Atiku defeats Tinubu in APC stronghold state, Yobe". Premium Times. Retrieved 27 February 2023....
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Drought in Nigeria (category Plateau State)
(2018-10-22). "Drought occurrences and its implications on the households in Yobe state, Nigeria". Geoenvironmental Disasters. 5 (1) 18. Bibcode:2018GeoDi...5...
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This is a list of attacks related to secondary schools that have occurred around the world. These are attacks that have occurred on school property or...
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List of terrorist incidents in Niger (redirect from Lake Chad attack)
violations. The border town of Diffa is separated from Nigeria by the Komadougou Yobe river, a recent drop in the river's water level granted large groups of Nigerian...
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Boko Haram insurgency (redirect from 2020 Toumour attacks)
village in Katsina state. Two attacks on 30 and 31 October in the Geidam district of the Yobe State killed at least 37 people. The first attack was a shooting...
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Civilian Joint Task Force (category Yobe State)
areas. The vigilante group numbers over 26,000 in the northeastern Borno and Yobe States, of which only 1,800 receive a salary ($50 per month). The CJTF has...
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West. Fika/Fune (Yobe State): Abubakar Yerima Idris (APC) lost renomination to Mohammed Aliyu Sakin Kasuwa. Gabasawa/Gezawa (Kano State): Nasiru Abduwa...
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northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. A more limited state of emergency had been declared on 31 December 2011 in parts of Yobe, Borno, Plateau and Niger...
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operation across 23 provinces. ISWAP claims responsibility for an attack on a school in Yobe holding Shias, killing 3 students. 1 September: Iraqi Prime Minister...
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Gov Buni winner of Yobe governorship election". Premium Times. News Agency of Nigeria. Retrieved 22 March 2023. "Buni emerges Yobe APC guber candidate...
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Caliphate" from 2014 to 2017. A border area between Nigeria's Borno and Yobe states is known as the "Timbuktu Triangle". The area is covered by the Alagarno...
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Battle of Geidam (category Mass murder in Yobe State)
23, 2021, militants from the Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed the town of Geidam, in Yobe State, Nigeria, killing several civilians...
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December 2012 shootings in Northern Nigeria (category Terrorist incidents in Yobe State)
to be responsible, however is suspected to be. In the city of Potiskum, Yobe, in the north east of the country armed men shot at least 6 church-goers...
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other attacks were also carried out since 2018. Attacks are categorized as directed, enabled or inspired by the Islamic State. Directed attacks have included...
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Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping (category Yobe State)
(GGSTC). Dapchi is located in Bulabulin, Bursari Local Government area of Yobe State, in the northeast part of Nigeria. The federal government of Nigeria deployed...
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Potiskum Emirate (section Attacks)
Emirate (or Pataskum Emirate) is a traditional state in Nigeria, with headquarters in Potiskum, Yobe State. The emir holds the title "Mai". The emirate...
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