Estimated Reading Time: 1 Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members have attacked Danga, a community in Adamawa State in the early hours of Wednesday. An eyewitness, Hella Michael, who spoke to reporters, said one of the community’s civilian vigilantes who attempted to repel the insurgents were among those killed[Read More…]
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Adamawa government backs bill to pay student’s WASSCE, NECO fees
Estimated Reading Time: 1Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has disclosed his government’s readiness to to assent to a bill seeking to make compulsory the payment of fees for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examination Council by the state government for students in public schools. This[Read More…]
Breaking: Gunmen attack NPFL club Adamawa United, driver abducted
A Traditional Ruler in Adamawa has been kidnapped
Estimated Reading Time: 1Gunmen have kidnapped a traditional ruler in Adamawa state, Ardo Mustapha. He was reportedly kidnapped on Monday around 12 midnight at his home in Mayo-Farang, Mayo Belwa Local Government Area. Mr Mustapha is the District Head of Mayo-Farang and Sarkin Noman Adamawa. According to eyewitness statements to journalists[Read More…]
Breaking: Boko Haram on rampage in Adamawa
Estimated Reading Time: 1Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram fighters are currently attacking Garkida town in Gombi local government area of Adamawa State. Daily-trust Newspaper is reporting that the insurgents thronged the town through the main road in the late afternoon, forcing residents to flee to the surrounding mountains. ”[Read More…]
Former Adamawa senator, Abdul’Aziz Nyako returns to the APC
Estimated Reading Time: 1Former Adamawa senator, Abdul’Aziz Nyako, and other members and politicians of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to journalists, Nyako said after reconciliatory talks between the APC leadership and officials and other leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), ‘’we have[Read More…]
Breaking: Senator Elisha Abbo dumps PDP for APC
Estimated Reading Time: 1Senator Elisha Abbo has announced his defection from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Abbo announced his defection in a letter addressed to the Senate. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the letter during Wednesday’s plenary session. In the letter,[Read More…]
Adamawa State: Police recovers 35 tractors from looted items, arrest over 200 suspects
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 238 suspected hoodlums who vandalized and looted government and private warehouses in the state. The command also recovered 35 tractors, nine vehicles, over 600 bags of fertilizer, 22 hand tractor hoes, 28 hand tractors, 18 bags of Maize among and[Read More…]
Schools in Adamawa to reopen October 12
Estimated Reading Time: 1Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has directed all public and private schools in the state to reopen on Oct. 12. Fintiri gave the directive in a statement by his Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, on Thursday in Yola. The governor, however, regretted the long closure of schools[Read More…]
Police in Adamawa arrest an 18-year-old for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl in Jimeta, Yola
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Police in Adamawa has arrested an 18-year-old man for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl in Jimeta, Yola. The command Spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Yola. Nguroje said that the suspect (names withheld) lives in Jambutu Aso Rock[Read More…]
