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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Monday, June 30th, 2014
NyakoEMMANUEL ANDE writes on the mixed bag of comments by various political actors and residents, on the lingering emergency rule in Adamawa State. THE state of emergency declared in the three northeastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe has been on for one year, but has since been extended after an approval granted by both […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
HE Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyaku, has described the appointment of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano as well deserved, saying Allah had destined that he (Sanusi) would be the 14th emir of the ancient city. He said this when he paid a condolence visit to Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and Sanusi over […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
Members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect on Sunday bombed a bar and a brothel located near a major military base in Mubi, Adamawa State and killed over 60 people. Sources told saharareporters that explosion rocked the popularly bar located at Kaban, a few kilometres to the headquarters of the Special Operations Battalion (SOB) of […]
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Adamawa, Arewa House, Borno, Headlines, State News, Yobe
Friday, May 16th, 2014
Ayo Balogun President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his much anticipated visit to Chibok, Bornu, Northeastern Nigeria where over 200 girls were abducted by Islamic terrorists, Boko Haram a month ago. Jonathan was supposed to have visited the area this morning, but presidential source said the president has cancelled the visit without appreciable reasons for the […]
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Adamawa, Borno, General Politics, House, Legislature, Top Stories, Yobe
Thursday, May 15th, 2014

Service Chiefs brief lawmakers on extension The House of Representatives has approved President Goodluck Jonathan ‘s request for an extension of the State of Emergency currently in place in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. The President had in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, Hon Aminu Waziri and read on the floor […]
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Adamawa, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako | credits: File There are indications that the Federal Government has begun investigations into allegations levelled against the President Goodluck Jonathan administration by the Adamawa State Governor, Alhaji Murtala Nyako. The PUNCH gathered on Tuesday that as part of the investigations, security agencies would, latest next week, meet with the […]
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Adamawa, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Sunday, April 20th, 2014
Adamawa State Governor, Alhaji Muritala Nyako | credits: naijamayor.com Some Socio-political groups in the South on Sunday berated the Adamawa State Governor, Alhaji Muritala Nyako, over his letter to the northern state governors. Nyako, in a letter to the Northern Governors’ Forum, dated April 16, 2014, had accused the President Goodluck Jonathan administration of committing […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 20th, 2014
Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako The Presidency on Saturday reacted sharply to a letter written by Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State to his northern governors, describing it as “an unmitigated leadership disaster and a sad betrayal of trust by a major beneficiary of the Nigerian nation.” Nyako had in the letter accused the Federal […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Monday, April 14th, 2014
Lamido of Adamawa, Lamido Mustapha THE Ijaw National Congress has slammed the Lamido of Adamawa, Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha, over his position on the demand for resource control by the South-South geo-political zone. Mustapha had during a plenary at the National Conference proposed a stringent condition for the demand for a 100 per cent resource […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 13th, 2014
A delegate to the National Conference and the Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Mustapha, has said that the North can survive economically without proceeds from petroleum resources. The controversial monarch noted that but for the laziness on the part of the people of the region, the proceeds from agricultural produce would have made the region […]