‘The flood turned out to be more than expected or predicted‘ Thirty seven persons have lost their lives to flood induced heavy downpour across Adamawa State. The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) which confirmed the human casualty, said 58 other people sustained injuries. The agency said that in all, 171, 000 persons were affected,
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Early morning rain on Monday caused flooding which flowed over a large portion of the Yola-Mubi highway, cutting off the capital Yola from the northern part of Adamawa State. People travelling from Yola to major northern Adamawa towns such as Song, Gombi, Hong, Mubi, Maiha, Michika and Madagali and those travelling from those places to
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Yet to know gunmen on Thursday invaded the home of the Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Aminu Iya-Abass, and abducted two members of his family. According an eyewitness, told newsmen that the gunmen also killed a vigilante operative while one of the policemen attached to the speaker’s house sustained bullet wounds
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Few weeks after the burial of a member of staff, Tolulope Abe, the Nigeria Football Federation is thrown into another round of mourning following the death on Saturday of a Member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Adamawa State FA, Alhaji Musa Duhu. He died in his home in Yola, after a brief
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The Adamawa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has paraded parades 21 suspected drug dealers and confiscated 60.997kg of illicit drugs in its effort to ensure drug free society in the state. Mohammed Bello, Commander of the agency in the state said, the suspects were arrested in the month of August. He
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Police in Adamawa has arrested two suspects for alleged raping of two minors in Jambutu, Yola North Local Government Area of the state. DSP Sulaiman Nguroje disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Yola. Nguroje said that the two suspects, Aminu Abdullahi, 19, and Abubakar Haruna, 32, were arrested separately for allegedly raping a 9
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The new Commissioner of Police deployed to Adamawa State, Mr Olugbenga Adeyanju, has warned criminal gangs terrorising people to either surrender or leave the state. Adeyanju gave the warning while parading some suspects on Thursday in Yola. “In less than one week in office after I took over, the Command has so far apprehended 23
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Adamawa Government has directed all schools to close down academic activities on Friday, March 27 as a preventive measure against the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to the state. The directive was contained in a statement by the state Commissioner for Education, Mrs Wilbina Jackson and made available to journalists on Thursday in Yola.
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Family of a four-year-old boy, David Emmanuel-Tarfa, has been thrown into mourning after he was allegedly stabbed to death by his father’s old friend, John Cornelius, on Kashim Ibrahim Way, Jimeta, in the Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. It was gathered that Cornelius and the victim’s father, Stephen, used to be friends,
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Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday, threatened to launch fresh attack on Garkida town in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The town is located on the Gombi-Biu-Damaturu Road, which shares proximity with Southern Borno and Sambisa Forest. A previous attack by the insurgents on Garkida community lasted for six hours on Friday night. Members
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Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in gun and pickup trucks have attacked Garkida Community, Gombi Local Council of Adamawa State, burning the town’s police station, church and houses on Friday. The community, situated south of Sambisa Forest, had been attacked several times with loss of lives and property in the last six years.
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Personnel of the Nigerian Army are currently engaging in a fierce gun battle with members of the Boko Haram sect, who invaded Garkida, a town in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. A native of the town, Mr. Joshua Malgwi, reliably informed news men about the attacks on the town by members of the
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it will invite the agency involved in the execution of a N109 million water project in the Sheleng Council Area of Adamawa State. The commission made this revelation during the inspection of the project by its constituency project tracking team, led by Hajiya Hannatu
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State has rejected the outcome of the local government council elections conducted in the state. The party’s state legal adviser, Shagnah Pwamadi, described the election as “a selection backed by law enforcement agents,” saying it was the reason the APC rejected the result of the polls. He said, “The
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