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    Damaturu is a Local Government Area and the capital city of Yobe State in northern Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Damaturu Emirate. Damaturu state...
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    Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu, and its largest city by population is Potiskum. While by the largest by...
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    The Damaturu Emirate is a Nigerian traditional state based in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, Nigeria. It is a first-class emirate. At one time the...
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  • The Federal Polytechnic Damaturu is a federal government higher education institution located in Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria. The current acting Rector...
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  • Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery, Damaturu is a state-owned health institution situated in Damaturu, the capital city of Yobe State. It was established...
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  • Osun Oshogbo Oyo Ibadan Plateau Jos Rivers Port Harcourt Sokoto Sokoto Taraba Jalingo Yobe Damaturu Zamfara Gusau Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja...
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  • The 2011 Damaturu attacks were a series of coordinated assaults in the northern Nigerian city on 4 November 2011 that killed more than 100 people and injured...
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    Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu; its largest and most populated city is Potiskum. Yobe State consists of...
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    The Damaturu prison break was an attack on the Jimeta prison at Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State in the northeastern Nigeria by 40 gunmen suspected...
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  • Buni Yadi is a small town in Yobe State, Nigeria, about 55 km from Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State. Nuhu, Hauwa Shaffii (2023-01-06). "The Buni Yadi...
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  • The Anglican Diocese of Damaturu is one of ten within the Anglican Province of Jos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current...
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  • the 36 States of Nigeria situated at Northeastern part of Nigeria with Damaturu as the state capital. Here is the list of tertiary institutions in Yobe...
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    Centre Calabar NTA Calabar 9 Network Centre Damaturu NTA Damaturu 5 Network Centre Damaturu NTA Damaturu 7 Network Centre Dutse NTA Dutse 10 Network Centre...
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  • was All Progressives Congress member of the House of Representatives for Damaturu, Gujba, Gulani, and Tarmuwa (in Yobe State). In 2016, she was appointed...
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    Karim Lamido Kurmi Lau Sardauna Takum Ussa Wukari Yorro Zing Bade Bursari Damaturu Fika Fune Geidam Gujba Gulani Jakusko Karasuwa Machina Nangere Nguru Potiskum...
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    inmates had died in custody, mostly in detention centres in Maiduguri and Damaturu, within the first half of the year. Official state corruption was also...
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    Awgu Awka Bauchi Batagarawa Benin City Bida Birnin Kebbi Buguma Calabar Damaturu Dutse Ede Eket Enugu Gombe Gusau Ibadan Ife Ikeja Ikirun Ikot-Abasi Ikot...
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    (LGA) of Yobe State in the Northeastern part of Nigeria. Yobe's capital (Damaturu) is approximately 85 km / 53 mi away from Mamudo (as the crow flies). The...
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    metres (1 ft 8 in) tall at it largest point. It is currently located in Damaturu, Nigeria. The Dufuna canoe was found in the village of Dufuna, which is...
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  • north by Bursari Local Gov't, Jakusko Local Gov't to the North West and Damaturu Local Gov't The State Capital. To the South Potiskum and Nangere Local...
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    were bomb blasts and shootings at churches in Madalla, Jos, Gadaka, and Damaturu. A total of 41 people were reported dead. Boko Haram, a Muslim sect in...
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    Taraba TA Jalingo North East 54,473 km2 (21,032 sq mi) 3,331,885 Yobe YO Damaturu Potiskum North East 45,502 km2 (17,568 sq mi) 3,398,177 Zamfara ZA Gusau...
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  • also refer to: Yobe Desert Stars, an association football club based in Damaturu, Yobe State Yobe language, a Gur language of Benin and Togo Yobe River...
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    Airport N/A N/A Zaria Kaduna DNZA ZAR Zaria Airport [23] N/A N/A Damaturu Yobe Damaturu Cargo Airport N/A N/A Airstrips Ajaokuta Kogi DN51 Ajaokuta Airstrip...
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    an international organisation. On 4 November, it carried out attacks in Damaturu in Yobe and in Maiduguri, killing over a hundred people, and on 22 and...
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  • Birnin Gwari Borgu Emirate (1730–present) Borno Emirate (1902–present) Damaturu Emirate (2004–present) Daura Emirate (1778–present) Dikwa Emirate (1901–present)...
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    Jama'are, Mayo Belwa, Mubi, Maroua, Ngaoundere, Azare ,Dukku, Kumo, Girei, Damaturu, Bertoua, and Garoua in the countries of Cameroon and Nigeria. In most...
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    Bolgrad palace bombing Bessarabian separatism Romania Bolgrad 1921 100+ 2011 Damaturu attacks Islamic extremism Nigeria 2011 100 Malaysian Airline System Flight...
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    this region. Cities and towns where Kanuri is spoken include Maiduguri, Damaturu, Hadejia, Akko, Duku, Kwami, Kano, Kaduna, Gusau, Jos and Lafia.[citation...
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  • suspected Boko Haram members and security forces broke out in the city of Damaturu on 22 December 2011 and continued into the next day. Army sources confirmed...
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