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BY UMAR YUSUF YOLA No fewer than 5,000 persons, mainly women and children have been displaced following weekend attack by Boko Haram in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa. Dr Mohammed Sulaiman, the executive secretary of the Adamawa state emergency Management agency, announced this in Yola on Sunday. The Executive Secretary disclosed that many other
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday approved about 26million dollars for various power projects in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
Read MoreBy Umar Yusuf – Yola Adamawa state government Wednesday took delivery of 59,280 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government. The Chairman of the State Contentment Committee on the pandemic COVID-19, Bashir Ahmed, disclosed this Wednesday evening while answering questions from newsmen in Yola. The Committee Chairman who doubles as the Secretary to the
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By Umar Yusuf – Yola Piqued by incessant attacks on innocent citizens by Shilla Boys and other criminal armed gangs, Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has signed Executive Order banning the operations of tricycles and motorcycles from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am indefinitely in three local governments of the state. The affected Local Government Areas are;
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The Police Command in Adamawa has banned unauthorised use of sirens, tinted glass and covered number plates in the state. The ban is contained in a statement issued by DSP Suleiman Nguroje, the spokesman of the command, on Tuesday. Nguroje said that those acts could mislead security personnel as well as create fear in the
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A magistrate court in Adamawa has ordered seven people to restore the health of a three-year-old girl whom they reportedly admitted to bewitching with a strange illness. The defendants include 60-year- old Halima Jonta of Dumne town, in Song local government area of the state, and five other children between the ages of four and
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The 2023 electioneering atmosphere begins in Adamawa state with the defection of top notches in the political sphere of the state; Adamawa former Governor, Bala James Ngilari, the Senator representing Adamawa Northern zone, Mr. Ishaku Abbo and Senator Abdulaziz Nyako. Most of the defectors were aggrieved members who lamented being side-lined after the 2019 election
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By Umar Yusuf – Yola Adamawa State Government says it is disturbed at the growing rate of COVID-19 spike in the state of recent and has appealed for cooperation and support from the public in its efforts to contain the new wave. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, who spoke through his Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonoshiko attributed
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Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa on Saturday signed the state N140 billion 2021 budget into law. Speaking at the ceremony in Yola, Fintiri said that 52 per cent of the budget was for capital expenditure, while 48 per cent was for recurrent expenditure. According to him, the budget is the first of its kind in
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By Femi Bolaji I have witnessed my neighbor, (name withheld) overtime washing the anus of her children after defecating openly on a small field in the compound we both live with just water and not bothered about using soap and water to properly clean her hands afterward. Despite having a toilet in her self-contained apartment,
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