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Adamawa, Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 7th, 2023
By Enioluwa Adeniyi In Yola, the capital of Adamawa state, a female soldier identified as Lance Corporal Nkiru shot and killed a captain. The deceased was reported to be intervening in her altercation with civilians during a curfew when he was shot. Naija News understands that the curfew was imposed by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri after […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
Hindi Livinus, Yola Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has given looters 12 hours to return all stolen items carted away in the unrest that followed the #EndSARS protests against police brutality. Fintiri, who said looters have up to 6 am on Wednesday to return all looted items, threatened to issue an executive order to […]
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Adamawa, Governors, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, September 12th, 2020
By Ibrahim Kado Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has called on religious leaders to create more awareness against drugs abuse, especially among the youth. Fintiri made the call during the general assembly meeting and presentation of the 1442 Islamic calendar and prayer time by the state’s Muslim Council in Yola on Saturday. He said […]
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Adamawa, COVID-19, Headlines, Health, State News, Zamfara
Friday, July 24th, 2020
(NNP) The Head of the Department of State Security at the Abuja Airport, Safiyanu Abba, charged with the maintenance of law and order was engaged in the violation of law by allegedly slapping an aviation security personal for doing his job. According to FAAN, the security agent had attempted to further search a visitor who […]
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Adamawa, All Peoples' Congress (APC), COVID-19, Health, Party Politics, State News
Monday, May 18th, 2020
By Muhammad Adam The All Progressive Congress (APC), Adamawa chapter, has launched a massive distribution of palliatives across the state. Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal, Chairman of APC in the state, launched the distribution in Guyuk town, headquarters of Guyuk Local Government Area (LGA), on Wednesday. Bilal said that the intervention was meant to cushion the hardship, […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020

By Philomina Attah The Federal Government has selected six northern states for the pilot phase of its Open Schooling Programme (OSP). OSP which was launched in early 2019 is an open learning programme aimed at reducing the high number of out-of-school children in the country. The beneficiaries, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Kano, Adamawa and Niger, are […]
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Adamawa, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News
Monday, February 3rd, 2020

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, affirmed Ahmadu Fintri of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), as the validly elected governor of Adamawa State. Members of the court’s seven-man panel led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, were unanimous in dismissing the appeals by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election. The apex […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Thursday, January 16th, 2020

By Yakubu Uba The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has confirmed the death of a journalist, Mr Maxwell Nashan, attacked by unknown assailants. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nashan, a young reporter with Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) FM station, popularly known as Fombina FM in Yola, was found unconscious in […]
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Adamawa, Latest Politics, Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate, State News
Friday, August 2nd, 2019
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of the Senator Elisha Abbo and his orderly for allegedly attacking a sales girl in Abuja. Investigations are currently ongoing at the Federal Capital Territory police by an investigative team set up by the Police Force headquarters in Abuja. The news of the […]
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Adamawa, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, State News, Top Stories
Friday, August 2nd, 2019

Senator Elisha Abbo By Ugochi Ugochukwu The police on Monday arraigned a senator, Elisha Abbo in a Zuba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly assaulting a nursing mother. Sen. Abbo who represents Adamawa North senatorial Zone however, pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge of criminal force and assault leveled against him. The police prosecution counsel, […]