Tag: Adamawa State
Insecurity: FIRS shuts three offices
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has shut three of its offices in Adamawa because of insurgency, NAN said. The…
Albinos seek government support
The Secretary of Albino Foundation in Adamawa, Mr Bamsida Eli, has urged the state government to extend its youth empowerment…
DHQ warns against movement into security operation areas
The Defence Headquarters has advised tourists, journalists and adventurers to obtain necessary “security cover or clearance” before moving into areas…
State of Emergency: Reps to debate President Jonathan’s request
The House of Representatives will on Wednesday debate President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of the state of emergency in…
Abduction of schoolgirls: WAEC boss blames Borno officials
The Head of National Office of WAEC, Charles Eguridu, says the Borno government officials should be blamed for the abduction…
Adamawa APC installs first female party chairman
Mrs Binta Masi,made history on Wednesday as she was elected the chairman of the Adamawa chapter of the All Progressives…
Adamawa has diamond, coal in commercial quantity – Nyako
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, on Sunday, said the state has diamond in commercial quantity awaiting exploitation. Nyako made the…
Nigeria has over 1,400 illegal border routes – Immigration Boss
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Wednesday 23 April in Abuja, disclosed that Nigeria has over 1,400 illegal border routes.…
North East Governors Appeal To INEC On 2015 Poll
Governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states facing the challenges of Boko Haram insurgency on Wednesday urged the Independent National…
TB Kills 192 In Adamawa
Dr. Stephen John, Project Manager of the TB Control Programme in Adamawa State has revealed that 3,382 cases of Tuberculosis…
Shooting scare as Gov. Nyako visits Boko Haram victims
Sporadic gunfire sparked panic on Friday as the governor of Nigeria’s Adamawa state met with survivors of a brutal Boko…
32 killed in fresh Boko Haram attacks
. The blood letting continues in Nigeria’s North east No fewer than 32 people have been killed by suspected Boko…
9 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush
Boko Haram gunmen have killed nine Nigerian soldiers after launching an ambush on a military convoy in the troubled northeast,…
Boko Haram kill Muslim couple, child and pastor
Nigeria’s Boko Haram was suspected Sunday of killing a popular Muslim cleric, his wife and child in the northern city…
I won’t return to PDP, says Governor Nyako
Gov. Murtala Nyako of the northern state of Adamawa said he would not return to the Peoples Democratic Party despite…
PDP protests imposition of chairman
Some members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Michika Local Government Area, Adamawa state on Saturday protested what they described…
PDP massive losses, APC massive gains
Executive Council members in the northeastern Nigerian state of Adamawa today formally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, to team up…
APC leaders woo another PDP governor
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday invited Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa and his supporters…
Stop This Carnage
The recent violence in Adabu, Obi and Assakio Alago communities of Adamawa State, caused by the Ombatse cult, peaked yesterday…
Nyako APC member, says Adamawa PDP
Adamawa PDP Chairman, Chief Joel Madaki, on Tuesday accused Governor Murtala Nyako of being a member of the newly registered…
Nyako denies presidential ambition
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria has disassociated himself from campaign posters across the state announcing his…
Nigerian army lifts phone blackout in Adamawa
Nigeria’s military on Thursday approved the restoration of phone services in Adamawa state where troops are pursuing Islamist insurgents, signalling…
Boko Haram: More Soldiers Sent To Adamawa State
Some 200 troops arrived in Yola on Monday in continuation of the deployment of troops in Adamawa state following the…
Nigeria: 18 killed in weekend of violence
Gunmen killed 18 people in two separate attacks in Nigeria at the weekend. In Bayelsa state, eight former militants were…
Chief prison warder, 24 others killed in Ganye attacks
The police authorities in Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria have revealed the death toll in the terrorist attack Friday in…
Nyako urges supporters join peace moves
Governor Murtala Nyako of Nigeria’s Adamawa state on Saturday called on PDP members in the state to support the Presidential…
Gunmen burn council office, police station
Nigerian gunmen have attacked and razed the Song divisional police station and local government secretariat in Adamawa state. It was…
Nigerian Prison, Police Station Attacked By Gunmen
Unidentified gunmen on Friday attacked the Maiha Prison and Divisional Police Station in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa. A…
Governor Nyako’s son installed youth leader
The traditional ruler of Yola, the capital of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Adamawa, The Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Barkindo…
Police avert attack on PDP office
The Nigerian police on Saturday in Yola,capital of Adamawa state foiled an attempt to attack the PDP Secretariat. The irate…