Tag: Adamawa
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Police uncover another torture centre in Adamawa, rescue 15
The police in Adamawa State have rescued 13 adults and two teenagers from an illegal rehabilitation home in Adamawa state. The operator of the inhumane centre with his three sons have also been arrested. The policemen who rescued the 15 said they acted on intelligence reports. Police found the victims in a one-room apartment which…
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Atiku’s son make Adamawa Commissioner nominees’ list
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has nominated Adamu Atiku, the eldest son of the Presidential candidate of the PDP in 2019 general election, Atiku Abubakar, and 22 others as commissioners. The list was read out at the Wednesday plenary of the Adamawa House of Assembly presided over by the Speaker, Alhaji Aminu Iya-Abbas. The News…
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APC vows to retake Atiku’s Adamawa from PDP in 2023
Stakeholders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State have taken stock of how the party lost the state in the 2019 election due to disunity and resolved to put the past behind them and take back the state in 2023. The stakeholders came out of a reconciliatory meeting in Yola on Friday night saying…
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Adamawa Gov. Fintiri loses father
Adamawa State Governor, Rt Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has lost his father. A statement on Sunday afternoon from the state Director General of Media and Communications, Solomon Kumanga, said, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing away of Alhaji Umaru Badami, the father to Adamawa State Governor Rt. Hon Ahmadu Umaru…
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Adamawa Perm Sec abducted at gunpoint
Permanent Secretary of the Adamawa State Ministry of Mineral Resources, Emmanuel Piridimso, has been kidnapped. Emmanuel was abducted at his residence in the state capital, Yola, in the early hours of Wednesday, according to a member of his family, Francis Samuel, who said the gunmen stormed the residence of the permanent secretary at Clark’s Quarters…
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Three feared dead in Adamawa as soldiers ‘open fire’ on protesters
At least three protesters were killed and four others injured when soldiers allegedly opened fire on demonstrators in the border community of Gurin, Fufore Local Government of Adamawa State. According to sources, over 2000 youths took to the streets on Thursday, to protest against military harassment and selective enforcement of the ban on the use…
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Boko Haram invades Adamawa village, kills 26
Twenty-six people have been feared killed and several others critically injured following a Boko Haram attack on a village in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. According to reports the insurgents on Tuesday riding motorcycles, stormed the Kudakaya village in large numbers around 7pm on Monday. A local vigilante member said, “Many victims fell…
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Buhari condemns fresh ethnic clashes in Taraba, Adamawa, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the latest needless violent clashes between Jukuns and Tivs in Taraba State; and Fulani, Genjon and Bachama in Adamawa resulting in arson, injuries and deaths. Buhari said this in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday. He said:…
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9th NASS leadership: Adamawa APC supports Lawan, Gbajabiamila
The Adamawa Chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has thrown its weight behind the candidatures of Sen. Ahmed Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila for the leadership of the 9th National Assembly (NAN). Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, state Organising Secretary of the party, made the declaration in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…
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Boko Haram: Food shortage hits Fufore IDPs Camp in Adamawa
No fewer than 1,400 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) including the elderly, women and children from Fufore in Adamawa are complaining of acute food supply in the camp. Malam Bakura Umar, an IDP and leader of IDPs in Fufore Camp, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Yola. Umar complained that…