Troops of 232 Battalion (Tactical), operating under Sector 4, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have recorded a major breakthrough with the arrest of a key drug supplier to Boko Haram terrorists, Zubairu Muhammed (45 years), in the early hours of 13 November 2025 at Uba town, Adamawa State. A statement...
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Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, alongside Rt. Hon. Ahmodu Umoru Fintiri of Adamawa and Hon. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, on Monday, paid a familiarization visit to the new World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Mr. Matthew Verghis, in Abuja. The visit is aimed at reinforcing...
Africa Nature Investors (ANI) Foundation and Roshan Renewables have empowered 450 women in some rural communities of Adamawa state to save funds to the tune of N53 million. Deputy Project Manager of ANI Foundation, Dr. David Peter, disclosed the savings milestone during the close-out ceremony for the two-year programme...
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Adamawa has intercepted a truck loaded with more than 200 pieces of vandalised Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) pipelines in the state. The State Commandant of the Corps, Mr Idris Bande, disclosed this at a press briefing on Monday in Yola....
A Non-Governmental Organisation called Hope for Her, at the weekend distributed 2,500 menstrual pads to secondary school girls in Yola-South and Fufore local governments areas in Adamawa state. In an exclusive interview with NATIONAL ACCORD Newspaper at the Lamido of Adamawa palace, the founder Dr. Asmau Ribadu, said that...
Federal Government has clarified that the unidentified flesh-eating disease claiming lives in Malabu, Adamawa State, is *not* Buruli Ulcer, as previously feared. This confirmation comes after laboratory tests on 22 samples taken from infected individuals returned negative for *Mycobacterium ulcerans*, the bacterium responsible for Buruli Ulcer. Speaking to the...
Torrential rains have unleashed widespread flooding across four communities—Limiwa, Rumde, Shinko, and Jambutu—in the Yola-North and Yola-South local government areas of Adamawa State, displacing residents and prompting immediate action from authorities. The Police Public Relations Officer in Adamawa, Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the crisis to reporters on Tuesday, stating, “Marine...
One-time Military Governor of Plateau State, Colonel Muhammad Mana (rtd.), has passed away at the age of 74. Mana, who also served as Senator representing Adamawa North on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), died on Saturday, after a brief illness. His tenure as Military Administrator of...
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that five people lost their lives and 55 others were injured due to flooding in parts of Yola, the capital of Adamawa State. Head of Operations at NEMA’s Yola office, Mr. Ladan Ayuba, confirmed that the injured are receiving medical care at...
A former Governor of Adamawa State, retired Rear Adm. Muritala Nyako, is considering an out-of-court settlement in a N29 billion alleged fraud case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). During a court hearing on Friday, the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, informed the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri – Movement for the Creation of AMANA State out of present Adamawa State has petitioned the Senate Committee Public Hearing on Constitutional Amendment, calling on the National Assembly to create a new state. The group claimed that there is a breach of trust on...
Adamawa government has said it would inaugurate the state’s first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling and vehicle conversion station May 29. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Mrs Wumfe Anthony, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Yola. Anthony described the initiative...
Adamawa State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Commission says it will commence the transportation of 10,035 intending Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for 2025 Hajj Operations from May 14. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Malam Abubakar Salihu, disclosed this at the closing of Pilgrims enlightenment programme in Yola on Sunday. Salihu, who...
Police Command in Adamawa has arrested one Face Samuel, a female and resident of Army Barracks Road, Yola-North LGA for impersonation as a Vehicle Inspection Officer (V.I.O). The command spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement in Yola on Wednesday. Nguroje said that the operatives of the...
Senator Binos Yaroe, representing Adamawa South (Peoples Democratic Party PDP), has categorically said that he will not contest for governorship position in 2027. Yaroe disclose this in an interactive session with Journalists on Thursday in Yola. The senator insisted that he remained committed and loyal to PDP, adding that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 41-year-old ex-convict and Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu (aka Richard) with two giant music speakers used to conceal four large parcels of methamphetamine. The methamphetamine weighing 2.700kilograms for distribution in Yola and Mubi,...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has appointed the Emir of Fufore, Alhaji Sani Ribadu, as the Amirul-Hajj and leader of the State Government delegation for the 2025 Hajj exercise to Saudi Arabia. Fintiri announced this through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou in Yola on Monday. He said...
Chief George Moghalu has emerged as the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the upcoming Anambra governorship election scheduled for Nov 8, following the party’s primary election held on Saturday in Awka. Moghalu, a former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), secured 573 votes to defeat his...
By PAUL ADAJI – Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has observed that.President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointment of Mr. Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi as Director General, Department of State Services (DSS), has helped in reversing the tide of insecurity in the country, The governor, in a statement by his...
MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices in Adamawa has said it averted 214 maternal deaths, and prevented 16,623 unsafe abortions in 2024. MSI’s Social Behavioral Change and Communication Officer, Mr Oyewole Adejumi, on Friday in Yola, disclosed this at a media roundtable on accountability to key stakeholders in their effort to...