Boko Haram Attacks Agric College Yobe, Kills Students

People suspected to be members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, attacked a school in Yobe State on Saturday night, killing several students.
The attack took place at the College of Agriculture, Gujba, about 50 kilometres away from south of Damaturu, the state capital.
Several dead bodies are still being recovered from the bush, hostels and classrooms, a staff of the school had confirmed to journalists.
Those who survived are at the moment said to be making efforts to re-unite with their families in fear of further attacks by the insurgents.

Yobe Closes Secondary Schools Over Killing Of 30 Students

Following Saturday’s killing of about 30 students and a teacher of the Government Secondary School, Mamudo, the Yobe State government has shut down all secondary schools in the area. Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, worried that morestudents may be attached, gave the order for all the students to be sent home to allow for review of school security throughout the State. The governor, according to a military source, has also appealed for the restoration of mobile phone use to enable citizens to alert security agencies of emergency situations. The Joint Task Force and other security operatives have arrived in the State, SaharaReporters also learnt, and are planningon how to contain Boko Haram’s new tactics in the state. Yobe is one of Nigeria’s three States currently under emergency conditions as a result of the violent activities of the Boko Haram sect. Members of the public are now questioning the quality of the work being done by the military under the emergency following the sect’s brutal attack on GSS Mamudo yesterday. SAHARA REPORTERS

Police Station, Bank Attacked As Gunmen Unleash Terror In Yobe

Yet again, Yobe State has come under the spot light for the wrong reasons as report reachingus indicate that Unidentified gunmen suspected to be armed bandits in the early hours of Saturday attacked the Divisional PoliceStation and an old generation bank in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba state. Three policemen on duty were gunned down and many sustained injuries as the police station was completely destroyed by the attackers

CAN Calls For Dissolution Of Amnesty Committee

The declaration of a state of emergency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe has received the official endorsement of the umbrella body of Christians in the country, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, even as they called for the dissolution of the amnesty committee saying it was no longer relevant. CAN president, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, in a statement by his Special Assistant,

President Goodluck Jonathan Declares State Of Emergency In Three Northern States

In a televised address, he said he had given the military powers to take over security in the states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. He also ordered more troops to be sent to the north-eastern states. Islamist group Boko Haram has been blamed for most of the violence, killing some2,000 people since 2010.