YOBE State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, declared on Saturday he would not join the opposition coalition led by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. The Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, stated this in a statement issued in Damaturu. A viral text message had claimed that Buni and four other …
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Governor Buni signs 2025 Finance, Appropriation Bills Into Law
Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has signed the state’s 2025 Appropriation and Finance Bills into Laws. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buni had on Oct 30, presented the bills worth N320.8 billion to the state House of Assembly for the 2025 fiscal year. The assembly had …
Read More »Governor Buni Approves N70,000 Minimum Wage For Yobe Workers
GOVERNOR Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, has approved the payment of N70,000 new minimum wage for civil servants in the state. Buni, in a statement by his Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, in Damaturu on Saturday, said the payment would take effect from December. According to Mohammed, …
Read More »I’m Not Opposed To LG Autonomy – Gov. Buni
Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has said that his stance has shown he is not opposed to the idea on local government autonomy across the country. Buni disclosed this after casting his vote in the local government election at his polling unit in Buni Gari on Saturday. He said …
Read More »CAN Honours Governor Buni With Inclusive Governance Award
THE Yobe State Council of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has honoured Governor Mai Mala Buni with the Inclusive Governance Award for his administration’s fairness to all ethnic, cultural, and religious groups. Yobe State CAN chairman, Bishop Yohanna Audu, and leaders of the association presented the award to Gov …
Read More »We Will Continue To Promote Peace Between Nigeria, Niger Republic – Governor Buni
GOVERNOR, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has assured Peace Ambassadors of Abzinawa Damagaram, Zeinder, Niger Republic that he will continue to promote peace between the two countries. Buni gave the assurance through his Spokesman, Mamman Mohammed in a statement issued shortly after receiving the leader of the Niger delegation, …
Read More »Governor Buni Mourns As Yobe NUJ Scribe Loses Wife
THE Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has commiserated with the Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in the state, Alhassan Sule Mamudo, over the death of his wife. Buni in a statement on Saturday through his Media Aid Mamman Mohammed described the death as a huge loss …
Read More »Guber Polls: Governor Buni Wins In 11 Of 17 LGs
YOBE State Governor and APC Governorship candidate, Mai Mala Buni is leading in eleven out of seventeen local government areas of the state. Results presented by Returning Officers at the State Collation located at INEC Yobe State showed that Governor Buni won in Bade, Bursari, Damaturu, Geidam, and Gujba local …
Read More »Ex PDP Chieftain, Others Dump Party For APC
YOBE State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has received Hajiya Musafaram, a former ex-officio of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State. Mamman Mohammed, the Director-General Press and Media Affairs to Gov. Buni, in a statement, noted that Musafaram, a PDP …
Read More »Gov. Buni Offers Automatic Employment To family Of Slain Cleric
The two sons of the late Islamic cleric Sheikh Goni Aisami, who was killed last Friday near Gashua, have been offered automatic employment by Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni. Governor Buni gave the order on Tuesday when family members came to see him to thank him for his concern …
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