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The Adamawa State Judicial Service Commission has released the names of 20 shortlisted for appointment as judges for High Courts, Sharia Court of Appeal and Customary Court of Appeal in the state. The list shortlisted for high court include Aliyu Bakari, Ibrahim Ulenda Musa, Daniel John, Aminu Sa’adu, Christie Ngbale Tarfa, Abdulrazak Adamu Abdullahi and Mohammed Buba, Others are Mohammed Hammajoda, Sadiq Giwa, Musa Mijinyawa Bala, Shehu Uthman Mustapha, Umar Isa, Yakubu Ahmadu and Japhet Ibrahim. Those shortlisted for the Sharia Court of Appeal include Ishaq Abdullahi Jada, and Abubakar Ishaku. Likewise, those shortlisted for the Customary Court of Appeal are Awamem Medan Fwa, Dimas Elshama Gwama, Deborah Umaru Peter and David Benjamin Pembi.

The Office of Senator Aminu Iya Abbas (AIA) of the Adamawa Central Senatorial District has announced the approval of logo for the official communications and branding. According to the office, all future printings, publications, and digital media must use the exact approved logo as provided, saying any unauthorized use or alteration of the logo is strictly prohibited. It appealed to those concerned to ensure compliance to maintain brand consistency and integrity, saying anyone can contact AIA Media Office Yola for approved logo files and branding guidelines.

The Chief Magistrate Court I sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has struck out bail application filed by 2 men arraigned for alleged multiple offences. News Platform  The court presided by Magistrate Kabiru Musa, refused the bail application filed before him by the defendants, Joshua William and Ezekiel Luka of Lafiya Lamurde and Numan LGAs respectively. The defendants were arraigned before the court for alleged " criminal conspiracy, being in possession of dangerous weapon, terrorism, inciting disturbance and culpable homicide" during Bachama and Chobo crisis. The bail application was filed by the defendants through their Counsel, U. S. Mohammed Esq who appeared along side D. K. Rigange Esq. Mohammed had earlier prayed the court to admit his clients to bail on liberal terms and health grounds, assuring that they have reliable sureties who can stand for the defendants and produce them in court at all times. Ruling on the bail application, Magistrate Kabiru Musa, declared thus,...

Senator representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District, Aminu Iya Abbas has been invited to serve as a panelist at the 3rd Professor Uche Uwaleke Capital Market Colloquium. The colloquium is scheduled to take place on February 23rd, 2026, at the Yar'adua Center in Abuja. The colloquium's theme is "Future Proofing Africa-wide Economic Integration: Infrastructure, Innovation and Capital Markets" This event will bring together experts like Senator Aminu Iya Abbas to discuss strategies for enhancing Africa's economic integration, focusing on infrastructure development, innovation, and capital market growth.  As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Innovation, Science and Technology, Senator Abbas is expected to share insights on leveraging technology and innovation to drive economic progress in the country.  The colloquium will likely explore ways to address Africa's infrastructure gaps, promote innovation, and strengthen capital markets to achieve sustainable ec...

By: Victor Kwambuge  In just over a year, the people of Adamawa State will again exercise their constitutional responsibility by electing a new leadership to determine the political and developmental direction of the state for the next four years. Unlike previous electoral cycles, the 2027 elections will not be driven primarily by party symbols or political familiarity. Rather, they will function as a referendum on governance standards, political learning, and the electorate’s capacity for informed choice. There is little dispute that the outgoing administration has recalibrated public expectations. Under the leadership of Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, governance has been characterised by visible outputs and relative policy coherence.  Investments in infrastructure, education, healthcare, and institutional reforms have shifted public discourse from abstract promises to concrete performance indicators. Consequently, voters are no longer mobilised by rhetoric alone; they now demand demo...

By Peter Cheman Koti In Nigeria’s most fragile spaces, peace rarely arrives with fanfare; it is often stitched together slowly, by people who know how to listen when a room is tense and how to speak when silence becomes dangerous.  Dr. Ishaya Inuwa Durkwa has built a reputation around that kind of work: a practitioner shaped by lived experience and driven by an insistence that communities can heal when dialogue, dignity, and justice are treated as essentials rather than ideals.  As Executive Director of the International Organization for Peacebuilding and Social Justice (PSJ), he presents himself first as a bridge-builder, committed to fostering coexistence across ethnic and religious lines and advancing systems where equity and fairness prevail.  His peacebuilding instincts are rooted in a life story that moved through Nigeria’s fault lines and taught him early that deprivation and exclusion are not just economic conditions, they are conflict accelerators. Profiles of hi...