For the first time in several years, the Eid-el-Kabir was celebrated without any major security breach in Yobe State this year, although many residents had to trek long distance to the prayer grounds.
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has called on the United Nations World Food Programme,WFP, to scale up its humanitarian intervention in his state in order to swiftly help people ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency.