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Lawmakers at the Adamawa State House of Assembly have unanimously confirmed the appointment of 45 Development Area Administrators. News Platform  Below is the list of the Development Area Administrators confirmed by the House of Assembly on Wednesday, presided by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley. Demsa LGA: Borrong, Malena Manasseh, Bidoma, Joshua Magani. Mubi North LGA: Fali, Ibrahim Fedelis -Betso/ Mayo Bani, Hajiya Amina H. Betso.  Maiha LGA: Belel, Dauda A. Buba  Pakka/Vokna, Emmanuel Isa Lawan  Mbilla, Haruna Hassan. Mayo Belwa LGA: Nasarawo Jereng, Linus Desmond  Tola, Elisha Alkali. Ndikkong, Joshua Badamasi Michika LGA: Michika North, Saratu Samaila Michika West, Nuhu Garba Michika South, Bitrus Dami Mubi South LGA: Mubi East, Muhammed Kalawa Mubi West, Abdulwahab Musa Numan LGA: Vulpi, Moses Tatula Imbru/Bare, Benedict Barau Shelleng LGA: Kiri, Monday Solomon  Song LGA: Dumne, Aliyu Yusuf Awulekyau Mboi, Charles G. Adamu Zumo, Abubakar Dahiru F...

Adamawa State House of Assembly on Wednesday, confirmed the appointment of the Development Area Administrators. News Platform  The confirmation followed the consideration of a letter forwarded to the assembly by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri and read at the resumed plenary session by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley. In his letter, Governor Fintiri requested the hallowed chamber to consider and confirm the nominees for appointment as Development Area Administrators. Earlier, the Majority Leader, Hon. Kate Raymond Mamuno (Demsa) moved for the consideration of the letter and seconded by the Member representing Guyuk Constituency, Rt. Hon. Sunday Peter. After the consideration and subsequent confirmation of the nominees, the Speaker directed the clerk to the assembly to communicate the resolution of the assembly to the Governor.

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two female suspects in connection to a case of suspected child trafficking and rescued 3 underage girls. The suspects include Hasiya Yuguda, 35 years of NEPA, Jimeta Yola North LGA and Ummulkhairi Abubakar, 40 years of Wuro-Hausa, Yola South LGA. The victims are Naomi Linus, 14 years, Agnes Thomas,16 years and Patience Justine,15 years as contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje. SP Nguroje said that on the 17th February, 2026, the operatives of the Command attached to State Intelligence Department (SID), acting on credible intelligence, intercepted three teenagers at Adamawa Sunshine Motor Park. According to him, preliminary investigation revealed that the minors were deceitfully brought to Yola and were in the process of being transported to Abuja under the pretence of securing employment for menial domestic work.  He said further investigation also implicated one Simon Boniface (38 y...

The Member representing Guyuk Constituency at the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sunday Peter, has applauded President Bola Tinubu, for visiting and commissioning key projects executed by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. News Platform  Rt. Hon. Sunday Peter, who is the Chairman House Committee on Special Duties and Legislative Compliance of the assembly, equally commended Fintiri for the remarkable achievements he had recorded in critical sectors in the state. The All Progressives Congress(APC) Lawmaker, who made the commendation in Yola, Adamawa State Capital on Tuesday, said President Tinubu's visit clearly demonstrated how governance should be and how leaders supposed to relate.   He described the visit as historic considering the fact it was his first official visit to the state since his assumption of office, saying as APC legislator, he was very happy with what he did yesterday. He said that he was impressed with the quality of leadership exhibited by the Presid...

The Civil Society–Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), has urged Adamawa State to invest the sum of N9billion in nutrition sector in order to save lives of over 70,000 children in Adamawa State. CS-SUNN has equally appealed to the government to extend paid maternity leave from 3 to 6 months to female civil servants to enable them exclusively breastfeed their babies. According to CS-SUNN,  government should maximize the counterpart funding opportunities of getting double the value of investments made on child nutrition, saying that government will need to invest only N9 billion to address child malnutrition instead of the required N18billion. CS-SUNN, with support from UNICEF, is implementing the project “Increased Investment in Nutrition to Scale Up Quality Nutrition Services” in Adamawa State.  The call was made during a one -day State Level Media Dialogue and Stakeholder Engagement on the Child Nutrition Fund and implementation of 6 months paid maternity leave held in ...

By Demola Bakare fsi, anipr Abuja In Nigeria’s anti-corruption discourse, we often celebrate the spectacle of arrests, prosecutions, and convictions. Headlines scream, social media roars, and public anger briefly finds relief. Yet, after the noise fades, corruption stubbornly persists—mutating, adapting, and resurfacing in new forms. This reality invites a difficult but necessary question: Are we fighting corruption only after the damage has been done, or are we doing enough to stop it from happening in the first place? The popular saying that “prevention is better than cure” is not a call for weakness, nor is it an argument against firm enforcement. Rather, it is a recognition that enforcement alone—however strong—cannot sustainably defeat a systemically embedded problem like corruption. Nigeria’s experience shows that while punitive measures are indispensable, preventive strategies offer deeper, longer-lasting value. This understanding increasingly shapes the work of the Independent ...