Post-Insurgency: Yobe, Borno, Adamawa govs embark on study tour to Pakistan
The Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, along with his Borno and Adamawa state counterparts, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum and…
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Fuel shortage hits Adamawa as IPMAN closes filling stations
Fuel shortage had become palpable by the evening of Monday in Adamawa State as a result of strike action by…
Adamawa IPMAN accuses Customs of illegal seizures of petrol
The Adamawa State chapter of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has accused the Nigeria Customs Service of harassment…
Woman owns up to stealing infant from hospital bed in Adamawa
A 23-year-old woman has narrated how she stole a day-old baby from a hospital bed in Adamawa State. The woman,…
APC raises concerns over Adamawa LGA election
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State has raised concerns over the local government election scheduled for next month…
Lexus SUV stolen in Anambra, recovered in Adamawa
A Lexus SUV RX 330, which was stolen in Awka, Anambra State, has been recovered by the Adamawa State Police…
PDP charges IGP to arrest, prosecute former Adamawa REC, Ari
The Inspector General of Police, has been urged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to immediately comply with a court…
Adamawa dedicates last Saturday of month to sanitation exercise
The Adamawa State Government has dedicated the last Saturday of every month to environmental sanitation exercises. The State Executive Council,…
Adamawa SIEC releases council election timetable, meets with political parties
The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission, ADSIEC, has met with political parties with active presence in the state as part…
Adamawa varsity loses faculty to fire, to get solar power supply
The Adamawa State University Mubi, ADSU, has lost the building housing its Faculty of Management Sciences to a fire. This…
Adamawa to hold LG elections in July
Adamawa State is to hold elections in July this year to choose chairmen and councillors for its 21 local government…
Adamawa govt declares 3-day mourning for ex-EFCC chair Lamorde, lawmaker Musa
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has declared three days of mourning for two prominent sons of Adamawa State who died last week.…
Gunmen kidnap Catholic priest in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Oliver Buba, by suspected kidnappers.…
Adamawa court remands 9 men for robbery
A Chief Magistrate court in Adamawa State has remanded nine men at a correctional centre in Yola on charges of…
Woman, 23, burns stepchildren’s hands over plate of rice
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested one Rachel Geoffrey, a 23-year-old woman and resident of Federal Housing Estate, Girei,…
5 gangsters on wanted list arrested in Adamawa
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested five youths identified as Shila Boys, a group infamous for robbing…
Group raises the alarm over influx of herders in Adamawa
Authorities in Adamawa State have been alerted to an influx of large herds of cattle into Shellenge, a local government…
Adamawa approves N4.7bn for first ever stadium
The Adamawa State Government has approved N4.7 billion for the completion of its very first stadium. Long infamously described as…
Adamawa NNPP constitutes interim executives
Executives to lead the Adamawa State chapter of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, have been constituted. The new interim…
Adamawa govt makes fresh moves as youth gangsterism, insecurity heightens
The Adamawa State Government has started fresh moves against young men called Shila Boys in local parlance who are involved…
Adamawa LP meets organised labour, stakeholders as rift lingers
A section of the leadership of the Adamawa State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, met on Saturday with the…
4 arrested for cattle rustling, animal abuse in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Pilice Command has taken four people into custody for allegedly attacking animals, stealing some of them and…
4 arrested for cattle rustling, animal abuse in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Pilice Command has taken four people into custody for allegedly attacking animals, stealing some of them and…
Butcher stabs wife to death in Adamawa
A butcher in Adamawa State has killed his wife with a knife. The suspect, 33-year-old Ibrahim Abubakar, had accused his…
Mob kills mentally unstable man for attacking, injuring couple in Adamawa
An angry mob has beaten to death a man who allegedly attacked a couple and inflicted injuries on them. The…
Police arrest 4 suspected armed robbers in Adamawa, recover stolen tricycle
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested four suspected armed robbers and recovered the tricycle they allegedly took…
Suspected kidnapper arrested at point of collecting money
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested one 32-year-old Roland Raymond, a resident of Detti village in Ganye Local Government…
Six arrested in Adamawa for receiving stolen tricycles
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested six persons for allegedly receiving stolen tricycles. The command said in…
Adamawa to rebuild famous shopping complex
The Adamawa State Government has set the machinery in motion to rebuild the famous Jimeta Shopping Complex, located in the…
Police confirm three dead in Adamawa communal clash
The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of three people in a clash between two communities. The police…
Adamawa govt sues suspended REC, Hudu
The Adamawa State Government has finally sued suspended state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Hudu…
We earn starvation wages in Nigeria – NLC President Ajaero
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has said what federal and state government employees currently earn is…
NLC protest: Adamawa Police Command deploys operatives
The Adamawa State Police Command has deployed officers and men to ensure safety of lives during the protest planned by…
Customs seizes 16,000 litres of petrol, other contrabands in Adamawa, Taraba
The Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has reported 15 incidents of seizure of different contraband items…
Car snatching rises in Adamawa
Car snatching is on the increase in Adamawa State. This was confirmed by the state command of the Nigeria Police.…
Adamawa: Fintiri inaugurates 13 newly appointed permanent secretaries
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has inaugurated 13 recently appointed permanent secretaries. The governor, at a ceremony on Wednesday…
New Police commissioner takes over Adamawa, pledges community policing
The Newly appointed Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State, CP Dankombo Morris Fallings, has assumed office. CP Dancombo Fallings officially…
Four nabbed over attack on Adamawa commissioner
The Adamawa State Police Command has apprehended four people for allegedly attacking the state Commissioner of Environment, Muhammed Sadiq, and…
Gov Fintiri alleges plans to loot warehouses in Adamawa
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has raised an alarm over alleged plans by ‘unscrupulous conflict entrepreneurs’ in the state…
Court refuses to stop arrest, prosecution of suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa-Ari
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit filed by Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Resident Electoral…
4 suspected kidnappers arrested in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested four people for allegedly kidnapping two residents of Tudun Wada in Michika Local…
Police arrest ‘ghost’ in Adamawa for allegedly defrauding residents
The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 59-year-old man, Muhammad Abubakar a.k.a Malam Sabo, who disguises…
PDP wins Mayobelwa constituency rerun in Adamawa
Musa Kallamu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won Saturday’s Mayobelwa 2 Constituency rerun election for Adamawa State House…
BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Fintiri’s election as Adamawa Governor
The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Ahmadu Fintiri as the duly elected Governor of Adamawa State. Recall that…
NDLEA arrests 365 drug suspects, convicts 174 in Adamawa
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has arrested 365 people suspected with illicit drugs around Adamawa State in 2023.…
We saved N2bn worth of property in 2023 – Adamawa Fire Service
The Adamawa Fire Service says it has saved property valued over N2 billion during several fire incidences in the state…
Diploma student jilted by boyfriend commits suicide in Adamawa
A Diploma Two female student doing industrial attachment with Adamawa State Television, Yola, Jemima Shetima Balami, has committed suicide. Jemima,…
Adamawa: Gov Fintiri appoints 13 new perm secs from 64 applicants
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has appointed 13 new permanent secretaries. Announcing the appointees on Friday, Fintiri said they…
Adamawa: Police, hunters kill 3 suspected kidnappers, rescue hostages
Police operatives and some local hunters in Adamawa State have killed three suspected kidnappers and rescued two hostages. A statement…
Adamawa Police arrest more fake result suspects at screening
The Adamawa State Command of the Nigeria Police has arrested two other applicants allegedly parading fake certificates for recruitment screening.…