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The Court of Appeal, Gombe Division has upheld the conviction and five years jail term of Yobe State Local Government Auditor General, Alhaji Idris Yahaya.   Recall that Justice Muhammad Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State High Court, March 13, 2023 convicted and sentenced Yahaya to five years imprisonment for misappropriation of N19.9million charge preferred against him by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).  

Yobe State Police Command on Saturday said suspected Boko Haram terrorists have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in the state, plunging residents of Borno and Yobe into darkness.

Terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly destroyed two towers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Kasaisa Village, along Kasaisa-Damaturu-Gujba road of Yobe State. The attack which occurred on Friday morning has plunged the state capital and its environs into a blackout. Friday's incident was the second in three months, coming one month after the TCN had repaired the facility and restored electricity to the region.

The Gombe Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, February 22, 2024 upheld the conviction of Idris Yahaya, auditor general for Local Government,

“The transmission towers are located in Kasaisa in Damaturu Local Government Area of the state and supply electricity from Gombe to Yobe..

Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has urged the Federal Government and Northern governors to take a leaf from Yobe State Governor

The Zonal Command deployed more officers on an ad-hoc assignment to ensure compliance.

The NBS in its capital importation report stated that manufacturing ranked first as the sector with the most investments.

United Nations World Food Programme (UN-WFP) said it is reviewing its local food procurement and will buy food in Nigeria only under stable market conditions.

Boko Haram has targeted schools as part of its campaign of atrocities in north-eastern Nigeria since 2010. It has carried out massacres and multiple