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The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, said, yesterday, that it re-united a mother, Aishatu Shehu, with her seven-year old daughter, Amina, after they were separated for four years as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. Pamela Ongoma, an official of ICRC in Adamawa, who...

Three communities in Numan Local government area of Adamawa State, Bolki, Bang and Gon have been attacked by armed bandits suspected to be herdsmen. Many houses were also razed down in the attack. Chairman of Numan Local Government Area, Arnold Jibla spoke with Channels Television. According...

The Adamawa government is set to access N1 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to boost Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the state, following approval by the State Executive Council. CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele Commissioner for Commerce, Alh. Iya Daware, who disclosed...

The senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the Senate, Mrs. Binta Masi Garba, on Sunday narrated how all that she had were set ablaze by her biological father after she gave her life to Jesus Christ. She spoke during a thanksgiving service organised to mark her 50th birthday...

A former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, has alleged that the five Peoples Democratic Party governors, who defected to the All Progressives Congress in 2014, paid N100m each, before they were admitted into the then opposition party. The former PDP governors, who defected to the APC...

One person has been reported killed following an attack by suspected herdsmen on Bilachi, a community in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The attack was reported to have occurred at about 7:00 pm on Thursday. The suspected herdsmen set the village ablaze, leaving residents...

The Emir of Mubi, HRH Alhaji Isah Abubakar, has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop deceiving the electorates if it wants to excel. According to DailyPost, the Emir told the entourage of APC acting chairman in Adamawa, Ibrahim Bilal, who visited him as part of his tour of the 21...

The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, Mr Mohammed Gazali, said Thursday’s blast at the Jimeta Police Station was caused by bombs recovered from Boko Haram insurgents. Gazali told newsmen in Yola that the recovered bomb exploded from the store used by the Police Command to warehouse exhibits...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday shunned the Federal High Court order that the re-run poll for Numan, Demsa and Lamurde Federal Constituency should be put on hold pending the determination of the suit against INEC by KOWA party and its candidate Barr. Laori Biturs...

The Adamawa state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has already been engulfed in crisis over who takes charge of the party leadership, The Guardian reports. The two warring groups are believed to be headed by season politicians in the state and they are ready to roll out political...

Not fewer than six residents of Madagali Local Government of Adamawa State were killed during a midnight attack while eight others escaped with injuries, residents of the area have disclosed to Leadership newspaper. A fleeing resident, Musa Tela, said that the insurgents came to area at about...

According to an eyewitness, an early morning inferno, on Monday, razed Yola South Main Market, in Adamawa State. The fire outbreak was said to have started at about 3am and goods worth millions of Naira was lost. At the time of this report, fire service officials, particularly from the...

Scores of people were killed after two female suicide bombers attacked a busy motor park in Madagali town of Adamawa State today December 28th. Brig.-Gen Victor Ezugwu, Brigade Commander, 28 Task Force Brigade, Mubi, has confirmed the incident. “Two female suicide bombers struck at a motor...

The Adamawa state government has dismissed the Vice Chancellor of the Adamawa State university (ADSU), Prof. Gabriel Shalla over lingering crisis rocking the tertiary institution. The Commissioner of Higher Education, Alh. Ahmad Rufa’i, confirmed the report and said his removal followed many...

Troops in Mubi, Adamawa on Wednesday foiled a fresh suicide attack at Gubula village in the Mdagali local government area of the state. V.O. Ezeugwu, commander of the task force, confirmed that his men intercepted a middle-aged woman with an improvised explosive device. Ezeugwu said she...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode on Wednesday presented cheques of N150m to Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states as a token to support them take care of those affected by Boko Haram insurgents in their states. The Governor who also condemned the activities of the insurgents while presenting the...

Troops of the Nigerian Army have captured over 200 Boko Haram members in Adamawa, Daily Post reports. Commander, Task Force Brigade Mubi, Brig.-Gen. V O Ezugwu, made this disclosure to newsmen. Details later...