Tag: Adamawa State
Ghost Workers Quandary: Coalition and Collection of interest in Adamawa
By David Dimas Payroll fraud (the placement of non-existing, underage, retired or deceased staff’s names on the payroll especially of…
Ex-Adamawa governor, Fintiri gets N500m bail
Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Friday July 1, 2016 granted bail to a former…
19 police job applicants arrested for fake results
The Police in Adamawa said 19 persons seeking enlistment into the force in the ongoing nationwide recruitment had been arrested…
Boko Haram strikes again, kills 18 in Adamawa
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have killed 18 people in Kuda-Kaya village of Madagali area in restive northeast…
Adamawa council chairmen to account for workers salaries
Gov. Muhammadu Jibrilla of Adamawa has directed local government council chairmen in the state to account for the salaries of…
Adamawa govt to end crime in the state
Gov. Muhammadu Jibrilla of Adamawa says his administration is committed to partnering with the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in…
Gulak denies hijacking PDP congress materials
A PDP chieftain, Mr Ahmed Gulak, has denied allegations that he hijacked the party congress materials for meant for Adamawa…
Nyako’s N29bn Fraud: Witness explains Diamond Bank’s role
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, April 22, 2016 presented its fifth witness in the ongoing trial…
APC inaugurates 10-member Adamawa state working committee
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, reconstituted the Working Committee of the party in Adamawa State, in line with…
12 Adamawa hunters honoured for gallant fight against Boko Haram
The Association of Hunters in Adamawa has honoured 12 of its members for their gallantry in the fight against insurgency…
Stray dog bites anti-robbery policeman in Yola
A stray dog on Saturday in Yola, went berserk, biting a policeman on duty. The incident occurred at the popular…
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Murtala Nyako wrongly removed, Appeal Court rules
After 18 months of being removed from office, former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako has now gotten some restitution…
N29bn Fraud: Court admits exhibits against Nyako, others
The trial of a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, his son, Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, Abubakar Aliyu and Zulkifikk…
10 killed by suicide attack in Adamawa
A child suicide bomber blew himself up in a market in northeast Nigeria Friday, killing at least 10 people, witnesses…
DPR recovers 114,000 litres of diverted petrol
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it recovers 114,000 litres of petrol diverted by three filling stations in Yola,…
N982m Fraud: EFCC docks ex-Adamawa council boss
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 arraigned one Felix Tangwami, former chairman Demsa Local…
Boko Haram bombers kill dozens in Madagali, 2nd deadly strike today
Two female suicide bombers killed dozens of people at a busy motor park in Madagali town of Adamawa state, north…
Boko Haram: Adamawa govt to launch enlightenment campaign
The Adamawa Government is to launch enlightenment posters on the ongoing fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the state.…
Adamawa assembly members get N1bn for constituency projects
Adamawa Government has approved N1 billion for the state House of Assembly for the execution of constituency projects in 2016,…
We have no plan to impeach the governor – Adamawa Speaker
Alhaji Kabiru Mijinyawa, the Speaker, Adamawa House of Assembly, has dismissed alleged plans to impeach Gov. Muhammadu Jibrilla. Mijinyawa, during…
Adamawa governor apologises to women after appointing only one in 49 administrators
Governor Muhammadu Jibrilla of Adamawa has apologised to women in the state for being under represented in his new appointments.…
Adamawa govt awards N6bn road contracts in 7 months – Gov. Bindow
Governor Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa said his administration had awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of 46 kilometres of road networks…
Adamawa ex-commissioner bags 10 years in prison
A former Commissioner of Local Government Affairs in Adamawa State, John Elias Babani was on Friday, December 4, 2015 handed…
NEMA delivers drugs to treat bomb blast victims in Adamawa
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Wednesday delivered drugs and other medical requirements to hospitals for treatment of victims…
Judge’s absence stalls case against Adamawa speaker
The absence of Justice Ambrose Mammadi of Yola High Court, on Wednesday stalled the hearing of a case filed against…
Suspected Boko Haram terrorist arrested – Army
The Nigerian Army says it has arrested one Ishaku Wardifen, a suspected Boko Haram terrorist it recently declared wanted. In…
Boko Haram: Buhari sends delegation to Adamawa, Borno
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a delegation to two states, Adamawa and Borno states to condole with their governments and…
N20m Fraud: EFCC docks ex-Adamawa Commissioner
A former Adamawa State Commissioner for Finance and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, John Elias, was on Thursday, October 22,…
Boko Haram: Lagos donates N150m to Adamawa, Borno, Yobe
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday made donation of N50 million each to Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, worst hit…
Boko Haram kills 12 in Adamawa, seizes military food supply
Suspected Boko Haram militants have struck again in Madagali local government area of Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, killing 12 villagers…