Tag: Adamawa
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Repentant kidnapers surrender arms in Adamawa
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Adamawa, Mr Aliyu Alhaji, on Tuesday, said two repentant kidnappers had surrendered their arms to the police command in the state. Addressing a news conference in Yola, Alhaji said that the repentant kidnapers surrendered two G3 refiles with breach number 58607 and 52007 with five rounds of live ammunitions. According…
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Insecurity: Adamawa, Gombe ban hunters, militia groups
Following the frequent communal conflict between Lunguda and Waja tribes, Adamawa and Gombe States Government on Wednesday banned all activities of hunters and militia groups in two affected communities. Lunguda and Waja are tribes both found in Adamawa and Gombe states. The development is contained in a communique issued at the end of the first…
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Adamawa First Class traditional ruler, Joel Joram-Fwa is dead
The Chief of Mbula Kingdom in Adamawa State, Joel Joram-Fwa, has died at the age of 82. According to reports, the monarch died on Sunday at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yola, after a brief illness. The death of the royal father was confirmed by the acting Murum Mbula, Mr Fenny Fwa. Fwa said the…
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Man kills 57-year-old suspected of having affairs with wife
A 30-year-old man, John Samuel, has been arrested by operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command for stabbing to death a 57-year-old man, Yaji Lawal, at his residence over suspicion that he was having an affair with his wife. The spokesman of the Command, Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday. Nguroje…
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Police recover Cameroonian flag, military uniforms from criminals in Adamawa
The Police Command in Adamawa has confirmed the recovery of Cameroonian national flag and nine Military camouflage uniforms at Lamunde Hill in Gumti National Park in Toungo Local Government Area of state. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Lamunde hill is part of Gashaka-Gumti National Park located along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. Mr Aliyu Adamu, the Commissioner of…
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Covid-19 kills 12 Nigeria as caseloads increases; Adamawa records highest figures
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has rises again, with Adamawa State posting the highest figures among states. Figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Thursday showed that 709 new cases were reported with 12 deaths. The new figures represented a rise from the 464 cases reported on Wednesday. Adamawa State topped the…
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PDP has no future in Nigeria – Former Adamawa Governor
Former Adamawa Governor Bala Ngillari, says Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no future in Nigeria, because it is a dying party. Ngillari said this at the state All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders meeting on Saturday in Yola. The former governor who defected to APC in 2020, was the PDP’s Adamawa North Senatorial Candidate at the…
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Opposition sponsoring thugs to destroy our commonwealth in Adamawa – Gov Fintiri
Adamawa Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has accused opposition forces of sponsoring critics and thugs to undermine his administration Fintiri, who spoke to newsmen in the course of inspecting projects around the state capital, Yola, charged the opposition to appreciate his projects and join him in advancing the cause of the state. “They should not be sponsoring…
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Shocking! Adamawa records 350 rape cases in five months
Adamawa State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Lami Ahmed, has averred that the state recorded over 350 cases of rape and sexual assault between May and October 2020. The commissioner made this known on Monday in Yola at the launch of SMARTRR, a technological-driven solution that allows users of mobile phones to report…
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Ex-Adamawa Gov, James Ngilari dumps PDP for APC
Former Governor of Adamawa under the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. James Ngilari, has dumped PDP to All Progressives Congress (APC). Alh. Ibrahim Bilal, state Chairman of APC confirmed the development on Saturday in Yola. Bilal explained that the former PDP governor in the state dumped his party with thousands of his supporters. “I want to…