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  Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Adamu Alhaji, has dragged a 35 year old Ugo Chinedu to Chief Magistrate Court II Yola for allegedly defrauding over 325 people of #2.4million. Already, the Chief Magistrate Court presided by Honourable Ibrahim Ulenda, has remanded the accused in a prison custody upon his arraignment before the court on Monday. The suspect was apprehended by the operatives of the command attached to Girei Division for allegedly extorting people through fake and untraceable website thus: "www. highbet. com.ng". Upon his arrest by the operatives, the accused gave his name as Kelvin Madu of Ika Local Government Area, Delta state, but after investigation, his real name was found to be Ugo Chinedu, of Wukari street, Demsawo ward in Jimeta Yola.   Investigation further reveals that the man had  defrauded over 325 innocent people via E- Business transaction such as cash deposit to generate higher interest, and that over #2.4million was recovered fr...

  Yola Appeal Court in Adamawa state has invalidated the judgement of a Yola High on 5 out of 9 youngmen convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The Appeal Court faulted the proceedings which led to the conviction of the defendants, and consequently ordered the Chief Justice of the state, Ishaya K. Banu to assign another judge of a High Court other than the trial judge for retrial. It could be recalled that Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri of the state High Court had on the 16th January, 2019 convicted and sentenced Aliyu Ardo, 25, Sadiq Mijinyawa, 22, Shuaibu Abubakar, 20, Sani Musa, 22, Kabiru Abdullahi, 22, Saidu Abubakar, 22, Umar Mohammed, 22, Sanisu Ibrahim Emmason,32, and Abdu Ojulu(at large) to death by hanging. Justice Waziri in a case no. ADSY/9c/ 2017, convicted and sentenced all the defendants including the 9th defendant (Abdu Ojulu) to death by hanging in absentia. Aliyu Ardo and 8 others hail from Luggere ward, Wauru Jabbe, Wuro Kuturu ...

  Yola Appeal Court in Adamawa state has invalidated the judgement of a Yola High on 5 out of 9 youngmen convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The Appeal Court faulted the proceedings which led to the conviction of the defendants, and consequently ordered the Chief Justice of the state, Ishaya K. Banu to assign another judge of a High Court other than the trial judge for retrial. It could be recalled that Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri of the state High Court had on the 16th January, 2019 convicted and sentenced Aliyu Ardo, 25, Sadiq Mijinyawa, 22, Shuaibu Abubakar, 20, Sani Musa, 22, Kabiru Abdullahi, 22, Saidu Abubakar, 22, Umar Mohammed, 22, Sanisu Ibrahim Emmason,32, and Abdu Ojulu(at large) to death by hanging. Justice Waziri in a case no. ADSY/9c/ 2017, convicted and sentenced all the defendants including the 9th defendant (Abdu Ojulu) to death by hanging in absentia. Aliyu Ardo and 8 others hail from Luggere ward, Wauru Jabbe, Wuro Kuturu ...

  Again, the Adamawa State police command has arrested a 47 year old Alphosus Peter for allegedly assaulting a 9 year old girl sexually. A statement by the Spokesman of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available to NEWS PLATFORM on Tuesday, said that the suspect was arrested on the 29th March, 2021 for assaulting the minor. According to the statement, the suspect and resident of Demsawo ward in Yola North Local Government Area, took advantage of his neighbour's absent and lured their 9 year old daughter into his room where he sexually assaulted her. It added that the cry of the minor attracted the attention of neighbours who rushed into the room and intervened which resulted to his arrest by the Police attached to Doubeli Division. DSP Nguroje said that investigation so far revealed that the suspect is a father of six and a neighbor to the victim's parents, and urged parents to closely monitor the movement of their children. The statement extended the Commissi...

MAN, 47, ARRESTED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING NEIGHBOUR'S DAUGHTER IN ADAMAWA Again, the Adamawa State police command has arrested a 47 year old Alphosus Peter for allegedly assaulting a 9 year old girl sexually. A statement by the Spokesman of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available to NEWS PLATFORM on Tuesday, said that the suspect was arrested on the 29th March, 2021 for assaulting the minor. According to the statement, the suspect and resident of Demsawo ward in Yola North Local Government Area, took advantage of his neighbour's absent and lured their 9 year old daughter into his room where he sexually assaulted her. It added that the cry of the minor attracted the attention of neighbours who rushed into the room and intervened which resulted to his arrest by the Police attached to Doubeli Division. DSP Nguroje said that investigation so far revealed that the suspect is a father of six and a neighbor to the victim's parents, and urged parents to closely...

  Following an embarrassing defeat of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the All Progressives Congress(APC) at the just concluded councillorship election in Lamurde Ward, Lamurde Local Government Area, Adamawa state, the Youth in the area have apologised to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri for loosing the seat to APC. However, the Youth have told the Governor to blame PDP Stakeholders and those he entrusted with positions in his government for disconnecting themselves from their electorate, saying that the attitude of the Stakeholders gave ample chance to APC; hence the defeat of the ruling party. It is against this backdrop that the Youth have called for immediate constitution of a committee to unravel the circumstances behind the action of the stakeholders in disconnecting themselves from the electorate. The Youth who made the apology during a press conference at the NUJ Press Centre on Monday, attributed the loss to internal wrangling among the major stakeholders in the a...

A 24 year Naziru Umar of Maza Security Guard, a Yola based private security outfit in Adamawa state who severally stabbed his colleague, Votapwa Tehman, to death has admitted committing the heinous crime. Naziru was said to have fatally stabbed Votapwa with a knife about 9 times at different places over his body which led to his untimely death. The gruesome murder of the security guard followed a heated argument which ensued between the duo as to why the accused reported on duty very late. The suspect and the deceased as well as Dogara Zira, all of Maza Security Guard were deployed to safeguard the residence of one Alhaji Bala Yau, in Yola the state capital where the ugly incident occurred. NEWS PLATFORM gathered that the accused who had formed the habit of reporting on duty very late, came to the residence on the 21st January, 2021 so as to take over from the victim and Dogara who had spent night together on duty.  Upon his arrival, the accused was said to have met Votapwa on duty...

  Adamawa State police command has recorded another breakthrough in its effort to rid the society free from crime and criminality following the arrest of a 50 year old woman and 2 others over alleged threat to life and extortion The accused were apprehended on the 27th March, 2021 and alleged to have been threatening and extorting innocent citizens of their valuables.   They are; Suleiman Adamu, 34, resident of  No. 18 Alkali Street, Demsawo, Abdullahi Ayuba, 36 a resident of Ghana Crescent, Bekaji in Yola North and Zainab Ahondu 50, a female behind CBN, Jalingo,Taraba State.  The Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Adamu Alhaji in statement by the image maker of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available to NEWS PLATFORM, added that the suspects were apprehended at their various hideouts in Viniklang and Doubeli in Girei and Yola North Local Government Areas respectively following a report received and intense search by the Police Detectives attached ...

  Yahaya Suleiman of Sabon Layi ward in Gombi Local Government Area, Adamawa has confessed before a Chief Magistrate Court I Admin in Yola that he lured a 10 year old girl (names withheld) and took her on top of a mango tree and defiled her. The accused, a 28 year old commercial tricyclist based in Gombi, informed the court that he met the little girl while she was hawking moi-moi at Margi Motor park in Gombi town, and convinced her that he had some labourers working for him in his garden and would want to buy the moi-moi for them. He said he picked the minor in his tricycle to his garden and pleaded with her to wait as the labourers will be coming to buy the whole moi moi. He stated that he later told the girl to climb the Mango tree in the garden and play which she agreed, saying that he later climed the tree and met her during which he succeeded in luring her into having sexual intercurse with a promised to give her the sum of #500, but that he only gave her #300 after committin...

  Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command attached to Girei Division in Girei Local Government Area in the state have arrested a 20 man parading himself as police officer. A release signed by the PPRO, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available to NEWS PLATFORM on Thursday, said that the operatives while on patrol on the 23th March, 2021, apprehended one Moses James, wearing what appears to be police uniform, deceiving the general public and causing embarrassment to the force. According to Nguroje, the 20 year old Moses, a resident of Viniklang in Girei LGA had been parading himself as a police officer since December, 2020. While matching his words with action, the Police Boss directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police to immediately prosecute the suspect and anyone  found committing similar offence. The release added that the Commissioner of Police Aliyu Adamu Alhaji, who talks tough on the impersonators, directed CP' s Monitoring unit, Public Complain Bureau (PCB...

  One suspected cyber crime fraudster is currently cooling off in one of the cells of the Adamawa State Police Command after he was nabbed for allegedly defrauding the general public. The suspect identified as Kelvin Madu, 32, was apprehended by the operatives of the command attached to Girei Division for allegedly extorting people through fake and untraceable website thus: *www.highbet.com.ng*. Madu, a resident of Ika Local Government Area, Delta state, was said to have been defrauding innocent people via E- Business transaction such as cash deposit to generate higher interest.  The operatives of the command were said to have recovered the sum of #2.4million from the suspect who is currently being interrogated in connection to the alleged crime. A statement by the spokesman of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available to NEWS PLATFORM on Wednesday, said investigation so far revealed that the suspect had been committing the crime since early February, 2021, ...

  One suspected cyber crime fraudster is currently cooling off in one of the cells of the Adamawa State Police Command after he was nabbed for allegedly defrauding the general public. The suspect identified as Kelvin Madu, 32, was apprehended by the operatives of the command attached to Girei Division for allegedly extorting people through fake and untraceable website thus: *www.highbet.com.ng*. Madu, a resident of Ika Local Government Area, Delta state, was said to have been defrauding innocent people via E- Business transaction such as cash deposit to generate higher interest.  The operatives of the command were said to have recovered the sum of #2.4million from the suspect who is currently being interrogated in connection to the alleged crime. A statement by the spokesman of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available to NEWS PLATFORM on Wednesday, said investigation so far revealed that the suspect had been committing the crime since early February, 2021, ...

  A year old girl, Zalihatu Ismail of Pella in Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa state on Wednesday cried profusely when she was being taken to prison custody after she admitted stabbing her cousin with a knife to death.   Zalihatu who was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Court I in Yola, for allegedly killing her 24 year old cousin, Kamal Yusuf during a fight over a cellphone, admitted committing the crime. After she pleaded guilty for the offence, the court presided by Magistrate Aliyu Bawuro, ordered that she should be remanded in Yola prison custody and adjourned the case to the 14th April, 2021 for further mention. Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP Francis Audu, told the court that the matter is still being investigated, and urged the court to adjourn the case to enable the police duplicate the case file and send it to the ministry of justice for advice. NEWS PLATFORM who was in court gathered that a fight ensued between the duo over a phone around 7:30pm on the 13th March,...

  Six youngmen arrested for allegedly dealing in firearms in Lamurde Local Government Area and some parts of Adamawa state have been re-arraigned before Federal High Court Yola Division on Tuesday. The accused persons, Sa'adu Adamu aka Dujja, 35, Ibrahim Mohammed, 25, Musa Ahmadu, 31, Mobi Ori, 20, Hamza Isa, 35, and Kanno Dari, 30, were arrested with AK-47 rifles, 3 magazines, Pistol Barrera Italian made with 70 rounds of live ammunitions.    The suspects who are indigenes of Guyuk, Song, Girei and Lamurde Local Government Areas were earlier arraigned before the court on the 9th Febuary, 2021, on 3 count charges bordering illegal possession of firearms. They were also rearraigned on Tuesday before Justice A. M. Anka led Federal High Court as a result of the amended charge by the prosecution, but when it was read and interpreted to them, they all pleaded not guilty to the offences. Earlier, the prosecution told the court that the defendants were nabbed sometimes in 2017, ...

  A 20 year old Hyellamada Joseph of the Department of Science and Laboratory Technology, Modibbo Adams University (MAU), Yola in Adamawa state has been remanded in prison custody after he pleaded guilty for house breaking and theft. The Chief Magistrate Court II presided by Magistrate Ibrahim Ulenda, remanded the suspect when he was arraigned before the court for the alleged offence. The diploma student of the university admitted that he actually broke into the room of one, Tomy Wilberforce, a 500 level student of the Department of Civil Engineering (MAU) and made away with pair of shoes, one black HP Laptop valued at #45,000 and #5,800 cash. Hyellamada informed the court that he broke into the room of Tomy on the 19th March, 2021 through the ceiling and carted away with the items, saying that he actually stole the items, and that the laptop has been recovered.  But the nominal complainant, Tomy who was in court said that there have been complaints in recent times over missin...

A Security Guard, Yusuf Manga of Nyibango, Army Barracks road Yola, Adamawa state has petitioned the state House of Assembly and National Human Right Commission (NHRC) over assault on his wife by the member of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) state branch. Yusuf Manga is the husband to Mrs. Josephine, the 9 month pregnant housewife beaten to coma by Barrister Uche Nwigwe, his wife and a housemaid for failure to open the gate on time. The petition dated 16th March, 2021 and addressed to the state Ministry of Justice, was copied to the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Coordinator National Human Right Commission (NHRC), Commissioner of Police, Director State Security Service, Public Complaints Commission, NBA, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) among others.   Yusuf alleged that the Legal Practitioner, his wife Joy and their housemaid, Onyekachi have assaulted his wife in the presence of co-tenants and it took the intervention of some concerned neighbours who took...

National Industrial Court, Yola Judicial Division on Friday nullified the dismissal of Abdullahi Sa’adu, an academic staff of the Modibbo Adama University (MAU) Yola. The presiding Judge of the court, Justice Sanusi Kado further ordered the management of the university to immediately reinstate the sacked staff. According to the court, the purported dismissal of Abdulahi based on the report of the Committee on Academic Staff Abscondment was in breach of the doctrine of natural justice. Abdulahi was dismissed from the institution sometimes in June, 2012 due to lack of proof of resumption of duty after the expiration of his study leave and was denied all his salary and other entitlements by the institution. He earlier told the court that he was employed by the University in 2007, and thereafter applied for study leave, and that he was unable to submit a progress report of his program to his employer due to circumstances beyond his control, and that he had intimated his Head of Department....

An Appeal Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa state on Thursday affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court which convicted and sentenced a graduate of Banking and Finance, University of Maiduguri to 20 years in prison. The 37 year old convict, Mohammed Dauda along side Hadiza Adamu Bello, 48 , Aliyu Adamu, 37, and Bello Salisu, 32, were convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each by Justice A. M. Anka led Federal High Court on 6th February, 2020. Justice Anka convicted all the defendants to 10 years imprisonment for the offence of conspiracy, and 10 years for the offence of being in possession of counterfeit currency, and that all the sentences shall run concurrently. The convicts were earlier arraigned before the court on the 9th May, 2017 on 4 count charges involving offences of conspiracy to commit offence of and possession of counterfeit bank notes in the sum of #5.504 million of 1000 denomination. It was the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) that institute...

  Police in Adamawa state have arrested a notorious pickpocket and recovered the sum of 1.2million CFA and Volkswagen car (Golf) from the suspect. The 49 year old Danjuma Muhammed of Aderawo ward in Song Local Government Area in the state was apprehended on the18th March, 2021, in Mubi South LGA. A statement by the image maker of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje and made available to NEWS PLATFORM on Thursday, said that the suspect was nabbed by the operatives of the Command attached to Mubi South Division. DSP Nguroje explained that the accused was arrested on that fateful day by the operatives while on visibility policing along First Bank road, in Mubi South Local Government Area. The pickpocket (Dan Sane) according to the statement, trailed his victim, Buba Bello into a tricycle from First Bank and stole the recovered sum of money from his pocket. Investigation which led to his arrest of the suspect indicated that the suspect was the one terrorising people especially tho...

  Police in Adamawa state have arrested a notorious pickpocket and recovered the sum of 1.2million CFA and Volkswagen car (Golf) from the suspect. The 49 year old Danjuma Muhammed of Aderawo ward in Song Local Government Area in the state was apprehended on the18th March, 2021, in Mubi South LGA. A statement by the image maker of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje and made available to NEWS PLATFORM on Thursday, said that the suspect was nabbed by the operatives of the Command attached to Mubi South Division. DSP Nguroje explained that the accused was arrested on that fateful day by the operatives while on visibility policing along First Bank road, in Mubi South Local Government Area. The pickpocket (Dan Sane) according to the statement, trailed his victim, Buba Bello into a tricycle from First Bank and stole the recovered sum of money from his pocket. Investigation which led to his arrest of the suspect indicated that the suspect was the one terrorising people especially tho...

A 47 year old Adamu Abdulrahaman Gwaldi of Anguwan Magaji in Yola south Local Government Area, Adamawa state on Wednesday appeared in court for allegedly defiling and infecting a 19 year old boy with the dreaded HIV/AIDs. Abdulrahaman who appeared before Justice Nathan Musa led High Court, was alleged to have had sexual intercourse with Sani Fidelis and his friend Mathias  Cosmas of Muchalla ward, Mubi North LGA and infected them with HIV/AIDs. The 19 year old Fidelis had while testifying in court on Wednesday, narrated that himself and his friend left Muchalla, their hometown to Yola in search of job between March and April, 2019. The boy informed the court that upon their arrival in Yola town and the fact they had no place to sleep, they asked for the house of Magajin Gari, and upon their arrival at the residence around 7:30pm, the defendant met them and assured them that he is the real Magajin Garin Yola. Fidelis said that Gwaldi took them to his house on that fateful night, off...

 A Member of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Adamawa state branch, Barrister Uche Nwigwe and his wife, Mrs. Joy Uche are now being grilled for allegedly beating a 9 month pregnant woman to coma. The 28 year old victim, Josephine Yusuf Manga of Army Barracks road in Jimeta Yola, is the wife of the security guard where the Legal Practitioner and his dear wife are living as co-tenants. Barrister Uche and his wife were alleged to have heavily descended on the heavily pregnant woman for failure to open the gate on time when her husband and a security guard was away this Sunday. The pregnant woman was said to have been busy opening and closing the gate for other tenants on that faithful day as a result of which she was exhausted. According to eye witness, when the Barrister and his wife were to drive out, they beckoned on the pregnant woman to open the gate, but because of tiredness, she could not respond to their directives at their speed. At this point, the Barrister and his wife acc...

 Adamawa state House of Assembly has taken steps towards establishing Sports Commission which shall be a body charged with the responsibility of overseeing sports related activities in the state. The commission will also work towards promoting, developing, encouraging, managing and organising sports activities in the state as well as address myriad of challenges such as sports complex, plight of Adamawa United Football Club, other clubs/teams among others. Sponsored by the member representing Nasarawo Binyeri constituency, Hon. Umar Nashon Gubi, the bill if finally enacted and assented to by the executive Governor of the state, will make provision for leadership, resources, facilities and services for improved sector and physical fitness in and around the state. NEWS PLATFORM further gathered that putting the commission in place will not only boost sporting activities and businesses but will attract the intervention of FIFA, CAP and National Sport Commission by constructing sports ...

  After about 8 years of trial, the Adamawa State High Court presided by the Chief Judge, I. K. Banu, has discharged and acquitted two police officers earlier accused of murder. Justice I. K. Banu, further ordered the Inspector General of Police to reinstate the officers, insisting that the dismissal of the defendants from service was unlawful.  The police officers, Sergeant Joseph Adamaku and Corporal Iliya Yawa, have been standing trial for culpable homicide not punishable with death contrary section 222 sub 7 and punishable under section 224 of penal code law.  Sgt Adamaku and Cpl Yawa had while on stop and search duty along notorious Toungo-Lainde-Chitta road in Toungo Local Government Area in the state caused the death of one Jibo Maidawa on the 26 December, 2014. The officers were said to have employed their service rifles in a manner characterised by excessive haste and without due care and shot at Jibo while trying to repel an attack from him, and that the decease...

  Member representing Michika constituency at the Adamawa state, Hon. Joseph Ayuba Kwada popularly known as Depolis has donated a brand new Peugeot 406 to the former Chairman Michika LGC, Hon. Ayuba Tari. Hon. Kwada disclosed that he personally donated the vehicle to the former LGC boss as part of his social responsibilty to assist him in his day activities. It could be recalled that some few months ago the Lawmaker distributed 7 vehicles to his electorate, embarked on the construction of boreholes across his constituency and promised to continue in providing needed representation to Michika constituents. Speaking while donating the vehicle to Hon. Tari at the office of the Chairman of the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa state on Monday, Hon. Kwada said that the kind gesture is aimed at appreciating his former boss. According to him, Hon. Tari who chaired the LGC from 1999 to 2002, appointed him as Chairman House Standing Committee on Works, Transport, Land and Su...

Speaker Adamawa state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas on Monday advised the general public to go and take the dreaded covid-19 vaccines. Rt. Hon. Iya Abbas who gave the advice while presiding over the resumed plenary session, appealed to the citizens to avail themselves for vaccination. According to him, taking the vaccine is free of charge, insisting that the vaccine is effective and safe, but however said that it is not compulsory for people to take it. He added that the vaccine is available and ready to protect, and encouraged general public to go and take it. 

  By Abdul’aziz Abubakar Damare Seven persons were confirmed dead on Sunday evening in a ghastly motor accident along Jabbi-lamba Mallam Madugu road in Song local government area of Adamawa state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Adamawa State Police Command, DSP Sulaiman Yahaya Nguroje confirmed the incident in a phone interview with Sahel Reporters. Nguroje said the accident occurred when a Toyota Corolla Starlet collided with a Toyota Sienna Bus around 4:00pm on Sunday. He added that all the 6 passengers from the starlet died on the spot including the driver, while the driver of the Sienna bus who is alone sustained serious injury and is currently receiving treatment at a hospital. DSP Sulaiman Yahaya Nguroje, said the Adamawa State Police Commissioner (CP) Aliyu Adamu Alhaji has ordered the immediate investigation on the cause of the the accident. He called on motorist to be extra vigilant and adhere strictly to the traffic rules and regulations to avoid such incidenc...

  A 38 year old Sanusi Usman of Jorom Mboi village in Gombi Local Government Area, Adamawa state is currently standing trial for allegedly killing his elder brother over inherited farmland. The accused and father of 5 allegedly caused the death of his bilogical brother, Idi Usman following a disagreement which ensued over the farmland they were said to have inherited from their late father. Sanusi who appeared before Justice Fatima Ahmed Tafida, led High Court over the allegation of culpable homicide, narrated in his extra judicial confessional statement that he had abruptly terminated the life of his brother with a cutlass after the deceased hit him 3 times with a hoe. The suspect who claimed that the disputed farmland belongs to him, said that he rented it to one Rebecca at the sum of #4000 for her to farm on it in 2018, but later on his late brother went and sprayed herbicides on the farm. He further confessed that he met the deceased to enquire the reasons behind his action, bu...

 Police in Adamawa state have apprehended 2 auxilliary staff of Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) for allegedly vandalising and stealing armored cables of the company. The police have also recovered one Toyota Corolla and the armored cables carted away by the suspects while on patrol along Rugange-Njoboliyo road in Yola South LGA. The suspects, Idi Wakil, 62, and Babangida Bello, 54, residents of Madumari ward in Yola South Local Government Area arrested by the Operatives of the Command attarched to Yola Division were said to have vandalising such property since 2018.  A statement by the spokesman of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available NEWS PLATFORM, said preliminary investigation revealed that the accused are auxiliary staff of YEDC and have been committing similar offences for 3 years. DSP Nguroje said that the activities of the suspected vandals had affected power supply in Njoboliyo and other villages in Yola LGA; thus resulting to power...

A Yola High Court in Adamawa state has ordered for the sell of property of Ibrahim Mustapha, a fake medical doctor convicted and sentenced to 54 years in prison. Justice Nathan Musa, declared that the property of the convicted fake doctor be auctioned by the Registry of the court, and the money be remitted into the central treasury of the state government. This is the first case that the provisions of a law to make comprehensive provisions for confiscation, forfeiture and management of asset derived from unlawful activities enacted by the house of assembly in 2018 that has been applied in the state. It could be recalled that Justice Nathan of the High Court in December 2019, convicted and sentenced Mustapha following his plea of guilt when he was arraigned in court by Department of State Security (DSS). Mustapha secured employment with fake documents and was promoted to the rank of principal medical doctor and carried out operations on dozens of patients.  The convict who was not s...

 Members of the Adamawa state House of Assembly have advocated for employment and empowernment of women in the state and around the world as they celebrate 2021 World Womens' Day. The Legislators pledged to support women folk in the areas of employment, appointments, empowerment and their involvement in decision making in the state, saying that they will continue to advocate on the 35 percent affirmative action. The Honourable Members further applauded the contributions of women in good governance and nation building, saying their significant role in the society cannot be overemphasized. It is against this backdrop that the Legislators further resolved and called for more involvement of women in the scheme of things, support the achievement of 35 percent affirmative action among several other issues affecting women.  The decision of the lawmakers followed a motion to that effect by the Chairman House Standing Committee on Women Affairs and Member representing Demsa constituenc...

A Yola High Court in Adamawa state on Friday dismissed an application seeking to stop the state government from demolishing shops at the Jimeta ultra modern market. Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri gave the ruling on the motion exparte brought under order 10 rules 1 and 2 and order 11 rule 2 of the State High Court (Civil Procedure) rules, 2013 and section 6(6) (a) of the 1999 Constitution by Auwal Ahmed Garba through his counsel, Hassan G. Maidawa.  The plaintiff, Garba of Damilu ward in Jimeta, Yola North LGA earlier prayed for the order to restrain the defendants jointly and severally by themselves, their privies and servants from demolishing shops at the Jimeta main market along Mahmud Mustapha way pending the determination of the substantive suit.  Garba joined Adamawa State Government, Attorney General and Commissioner Ministry for Justice, Urban Planning and Development Authority, Yola, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Usman Daware( Chairman Taskforce Committee on Occupa...