Adamawa establishes digital academy
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has given approval for the establishment of the Adamawa Digital Academy, the first such establishment in the…
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Adamawa govt votes N1.6bn for 25 security vehicles
The Adamawa State Government has approved N1.6 billion to buy 25 new Innoson pickup vans for security agencies. Approval for…
Adamawa introduces bill to generate electricity
A new bill to establish Adamawa State Electricity Commission has scaled first reading at the Adamawa State House of Assembly.…
NUJ moves against non-journalists using its stickers in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has started an offensive against non-journalist private and commercial…
Newly promoted ‘Dancing Husseini’, other traffic wardens decorated in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Command of the Nigeria Police has decorated newly promoted traffic wardens. The officers include Husseini Jidauna, who…
Adamawa: 30 year old man faces prosecution for defiling minors
A 30-year-old man, Musa Garba, is to face arraignment in Adamawa State for alleged sexual assault on two schoolgirls aged…
Seven arrested over alleged vandalisation of NNPC pipelines in Adamawa
No fewer than seven persons have been arrested in Adamawa State over alleged vandalisation of ‘critical structures.’ Operatives of the…
Adamawa approves N8.5bn for 2 bridges, solar electricity in 6 hospitals
The Adamawa State Executive Council has approved the award of contracts for the construction of two bridges and the installation…
3 feared dead in Adamawa canoe mishap
One person has been confirmed dead and two others missing after a canoe mishap in Borong, a riverine community in…
Adamawa Dep Gov, ex-SGF Mustapha, others attend Sen Zwingina’s burial
Adamawa Deputy Governor, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta, has prayed for young men to be raised to emulate the virtues of the…
Peacemaker separating fight punched to death in Adamawa
A man who tried to make peace has been punched to death while trying to separate a fight in Adamawa…
Long queues at filling stations as Customs auctions seized petrol in Adamawa
Long queues remained up to past noon Thursday around filling stations in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, where petrol seized…
Four robbery suspects nabbed for terrorizing Adamawa community
Four youths have been nabbed by the Police for allegedly terrorizing a community in the Adamawa State capital, Yola. The…
Police arrest woman for allegedly torturing two toddlers in Adamawa
Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old woman, Fatima Abubakar in Yola South local government area of the state…
Ember months: Adamawa CP deploys Police operatives against criminals
The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State, CP Dankwambo Morris, has deployed additional operatives to communities across the state in…
Adamawa: Islamic teacher nabbed for alleged sexual abuse of two male pupils
An Islamic teacher in Adamawa State, Malam Idris Abubakar, has been nabbed for alleged homosexuality with two of his pupils.…
Your certificates or no October salary – Fintiri directs Adamawa workers to present credentials
Workers in the employment of the Adamawa State Government have been issued a deadline to present their certificates for verification.…
Adamawa: Gov Fintiri pardons 2 correctional centre inmates
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has pardoned two inmates of correctional centres in Adamawa State. The pardon is exercised according to the…
October 1 protest: Police deploy operatives, warn against violence in Adamawa
In preparation for the independence celebration and to ensure effective policing, especially over planned nationwide protests, the Adamawa State Police…
Threat of Cholera, Malaria: Adamawa fumigates houses, drainages
The Adamawa State Government has commenced the fumigation of houses, drainages and refuse dumps in the twin municipal local government…
Fake policeman arrested for extortion in Adamawa
A man has been arrested by operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly pretending to be a policeman…
Youth arrested for alleged gangsterism 2 weeks after release from prison
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a young man, Khalifa Modibbo for alleged ‘Shila gangsterism.’ Shila gangsterism is a…
Cholera: Adamawa Govt confirms 12 deaths
The Adamawa Government has confirmed the outbreak of cholera in the state, with 12 persons deaths recorded. The State Commissioner…
Adamawa approves N2.9bn to rebuild Yola Town market
Adamawa State Government has approved N2,937,217,120.45 for the reconstruction of the Yola Town market. The market was destroyed by fire…
165 Adamawa women positive for cervical cancer
Out of 1,972 women screened for cervical cancer in Adamawa State, 165 have tested positive. This was disclosed on Tuesday…
Cholera outbreak claims seven lives, 71 others hospitalized in Adamawa
Cholera outbreak in the Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State has claimed the lives of about seven people,…
Adamawa community monarch leads night patrols against kidnappers, robbers
The traditional head of Kofare Wauru Jabbe in Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa State, the Mai Jimilla, Bashiru Ahmadu,…
Cholera: Four die, 36 hospitalized in Adamawa
Four persons have died from cholera in Adamawa State, while 36 others are currently in various hospitals receiving treatment. The…
Adamawa: Three youths nabbed after failed attempt to snatch man’s phone
Three youths have been arrested in Yola, Adamawa State, after a scuffle with a man over his phone. The youths,…
Five arrested over alleged theft of copper cables, gas cylinder in Adamawa
Five young men have been arrested in Adamawa State over alleged theft of copper cables and gas cylinder. Operatives of…
Man, 35, allegedly defiles 14-year-old daughter
A man in Adamawa State, 35-year-old Muhammad Auwal, has allegedly defiled his teenage daughter. The state command of the Nigeria…
Adamawa proposes N268.8bn for 2025
The Adamawa State Government has proposed the sum of N268.8 billion for expenditures in the 2025 fiscal year. The State…
Adamawa govt to pay N70,000 minimum wage August
The Adamawa State Government is set to implement the N70,000 minimum monthly wage recently legislated and signed into law at…
Residents seek quick intervention as bridge linking Adamawa with Borno collapses
Residents of Madagali, a major town in the northern part of Adamawa State which shares borders with Goza in Borno…
NSCDC arrests suspected fake money transfer specialist in Adamawa
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Adamawa State have arrested a man accused of being…
Adamawa intensifies surveillance after cattle disease outbreak in neighbouring Taraba
The government of Adamawa State has intensified surveillance against possible outbreak of hemorrhagic septicemia, a deadly cattle disease. Hemorrhagic septicemia,…
Adamawa group backs protest, indicts govt, privileged individuals
A group, Adamawa Likeminds, has moved against the trend in the state by backing the planned nationwide protest. Many groups…
‘It may get out of hand’ – Adamawa Police Command warns against planned protest
The Adamawa State Police Command has once again cautioned members of the public to shun the planned nationwide protest, noting…
August 1: Coalition of youth groups withdraw from planned protest in Adamawa
A coalition of 24 youth groups in Adamawa State has announced its withdrawal from the planned nationwide protest. The Coalition,…
Police Inspector kills himself over financial difficulties in Adamawa
A Police Inspector, Dasu Kassa, has died by suicide in Adamawa State. Kassa was found dead at his residence in…
Two brothers nabbed for allegedly killing man accused of witchcraft
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly killing another man identified as Umaru. The two brothers,…
APC in Adamawa sinking, group cries out
A group of stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State has said the state chapter of the…
Adamawa constitutes LG election petition tribunal, appeal panel
Adamawa State has constituted a petition tribunal and an appeal panel to treat petitions that may arise from the local…
Police arrest government officials, vigilantes for stealing in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command said on Saturday that it has thwarted an organised crime syndicate involving staff of the…
Heavy rain floods homes, farms, brings down structures in Adamawa community
Flooding from heavy rain in Michika, a major town and local government area in the northern part of Adamawa State,…
Customs intercepts smuggled petrol worth N36.9m in Adamawa
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says its Adamawa and Taraba Area Commands intercepted smuggled Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, valued at…
Adamawa sues FG over deductions from Federation Account
The Adamawa State Government, questioning deductions from the Federation Account, has gone to the Supreme Court seeking interpretation of Section…
Two sons remanded over alleged murder of father in Adamawa
The Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yola, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of two brothers brought before it over the…
We won’t participate in Adamawa council poll – APC insists
The Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reiterated its decision to boycott the local government election…
IPMAN Strike: Petrol price hits N2,000 per liter in Adamawa
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Adamawa/Taraba chapter, has expressed resolve to continue its ongoing strike even as…