Damaturu Listen^ⓘ is a Local Government Area and the capital city of Yobe State in northern Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Damaturu Emirate.

Damaturu is the capital and administrative headquarters of Yobe State and where the governor resides and host to State Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

Damaturu hosts three tertiary institutions Federal Polytechnic Damaturu, Yobe State University and Shehu Sule College of Nursing^{[full citation needed]}. It is home to the Damaturu Central Mosque.

Damaturu came into existence as a colony when it was carved out of the Alagarno district by the British. The British action resulted in the conquest of the Bornu Empire in 1902 by colonial forces under the command of Colonel Thomas Morland.^{[citation needed]}

Damaturu has been attacked many times by Boko Haram jihadist insurgents in their violent campaign to establish a caliphate in the northeast.

In November 2011, they killed over 100 people in a series of attacks.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2011, they carried out two bombings.

In June 2012, 40 insurgents broke into a prison. 40 inmates escaped and eight people were killed.^{[citation needed]}