Tag: Adamawa State
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BREAKING: Binani sacked as APC governorship candidate in Adamawa
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State has nullified the candidature of Aishatu Ahmed as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State.
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NFF to hold Annual General Assembly and Elective Congress on Friday
The 78th Annual General Assembly of the Nigeria Football Federation will hold on Friday in Benin City, capital of Edo State alongside elections of a new Executive Committee to steer the affairs of the nation’s supreme football –ruling body for the next four years.
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Reprieve for Adamawa pensioners as gov’t approves N1.5 bn for gratuities
Pensioners in Adamawa State are heaving some sigh of relief as the State Government has approved the sum of N1.5 billion to defray some of their gratuities. It is in the light of that that the State Pension Board started a verification exercise for 500 of the pensioners in order to pay what is owed…
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BESDA enrolls 52,898 girls, Almajiris into Adamawa schools
52,898 girls and Almajiri children have been enrolled into schools in 12 Local Government Areas of Adamawa State by the Better Education Services Delivery for All (BESDA). This is against 34,757 originally planned by the organization. The ptoject coordinator, Dr Mohammed Digireji, disclosed this at a one-day sustainability planning conference in Yola. He said that…
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Why I stoned my children to death – Adamawa Man
The 25-year-old man who was arrested by the police for stoning his two children to death in Adamawa State has explained why he committed the heinous crime.
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25-year-old man stones own children to death in Adamawa
A twenty-five-year-old man, Elisha Tari has allegedly stoned two of his children, aged three and five years to death in Adamawa State. The incident happened on Thursday, 18th of August, 2022 in the Himikidu community, Michika Local Government Area of the state. Elisha was said to have killed the victims with stones and sticks which…
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62-year-old herbalist rapes 14-year-old mad patient
A 62-year-old herbalist in Adamawa State, Godwin Sanda, has been arrested by the State Police Command for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl with mental disorder. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. The accused hails from Zangun community in the Numan Local Government Area of…
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PHOTO: Police rearrest Kuje prison escapee in Adamawa
The Police Command in Adamawa has rearrested a 23–year-old Kuje Prison escapee, Abubakar Muhammad in Mubi Local Government Area of the state.
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Nigerian petroleum industry holds night of tributes for Barkindo
The Nigerian petroleum industry on Wednesday in Abuja held a night of tributes for the departed Dr Mohammed Barkindo, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Barkindo passed on in Abuja on Tuesday at the age of 63 and was buried on Wednesday in Yola, Adamawa State, in…
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Adamawa Majority Leader defects to NNPP from PDP
Mr Hammatukur Yattasuri, the Majority leader, Adamawa House of Assembly has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the New Nigeria Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Speaking at a ceremony in Yola on Tuesday, Yattasuri said that he defected to the NNPP to serve his people better.