The Director of Strategic Communication, SBG Governorship Campaign Council, Macauley Hunohashi, has said the people of Adamawa State would count themselves lucky if Dr Salihu Bakari Girei emerges governor in 2027. Hunohashi spoke during a telephone interview with our correspondent on Monday. He said political observers and supporters across the state had continued to identify…
Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election, the governorship aspirants in Adamawa State, Salihu Bakari Girei, has intensified consultations with party members across Madagali, Michika, Mubi North and Mubi South local government areas ahead of the party’s governorship primary election. Girei, during separate meetings with party stakeholders, supporters and loyalists in the four…
The Senate on Wednesday ordered an investigation into renewed attacks in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa. The lawmakers also directed immediate provision of relief materials for displaced residents following violent assaults on communities, including Kwa, Gyakan, Rigange, Waduku and Tchobo, by gunmen reportedly riding motorcycles. The resolution followed a motion by Sen. Binos Yaroe…
Save the Children International (SCI) has launched the distribution of learning materials to 1,052 vulnerable out-of-school children in nine communities in Yola-South Local Government Area of Adamawa. Speaking at the event on Tuesday, SCI Education Officer, Maryam Neol, said the intervention was implemented under the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) project. She explained that the initiative…
President Bola Tinubu will on Monday embark on an official visit to Adamawa State, barely 48 hours after a similar trip to Kebbi. The development was disclosed on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga. According to him, the President’s one-day working visit will see him inaugurate…
The Adamawa State Government has concluded arrangements to receive President Bola Tinubu for a one-day official visit to the state on Monday, according to James Iliya, commissioner for the Ministry of Information and Strategy. The commissioner, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Yola, said that the visit…
In a bold move to strengthen human capital development and position Adamawa State for long-term economic growth, the Adamawa State Government has partnered with Staje Educational Services to launch the Adamawa Strategic Scholarship Program, an ambitious international scholarship scheme targeting indigent but academically outstanding students. Speaking in an with newsmen in Abuja, Dr. Vivian Victor,…
The Adamawa Progressive Elders’ Council (APEC) has declared its support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027, pledging continued loyalty to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The endorsement was contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Yola by Ahmad Sajoh, Chairman of the council’s Media and Publicity Committee. Sajoh said the resolution…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 50,495 litres of petrol valued at ₦58,117,550 in Adamawa and Taraba states, following a series of intelligence-led anti-smuggling operations. Briefing journalists in Yola on Tuesday, the Area Comptroller of the Adamawa/Taraba Command, Mr Mohammed Tako, said the fuel was discovered in 1,868 jerry cans and was suspected to…
The Adamawa Police Command, working alongside the state Ministry of Justice, has launched a three-day capacity-building training aimed at equipping 108 police personnel with enhanced skills to manage Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases more effectively. The participants, drawn from GBV desks across 54 police divisions, gathered in Yola on Tuesday for the opening of the programme….
