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The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 29 years old man, Isiaka Hassan, for allegedly killing 5 years old boy identified as Abba Bashiru. The suspect allegedly murdered the minor and buried the corpse in a shallow grave in Tingno, Lamurde LGA Adamawa State. This is contained in release by the the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje. SP Nguroje said that that the command had on the 30th August l, 2025, rceived a report from Hadiza Bashiru of Tingno, Lamurde LGA, that her 5-year-old son, Abba Bashiru, got missing and was later sighted with one Isiaka Hassan. He said after receiving the report, the command's operatives led by the Divisional Police Officer, Tingno, swiftly led an operation and arrested the accused. According to him, during interrogation, the suspect confessed to have conspired with one yet to be arrested and killed the boy and buried him in a shallow grave.  "The corpse was exhumed and taken to Hospital for autopsy. The Commi...

With the support of Action Against Hunger (ACF), the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has monitored the disbursement of cash-for-food assistance to 898 households across Fika, Fune and Postiskum LGAs affected by the 2025 windstorm and flooding. No fewer than 329 households affected by the windstorm in Fika LGA on 28th August, 2025, Potiskum LGA 340 households by windstorm/flooding ongoing and 229 households (combined windstorm and flood victims completed.  Earlier, SEMA provided cash-for-rent support to hundreds of flood-displaced families, ensuring they secure safe, dignified shelter as they rebuild their houses.  Today’s cash-for-food distribution under the Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) programme keyed into Governor Buni's plan to support the recovery of disaster victims, helping families to meet their most basic needs of essential food while they rebuild their lives. During the cash disbursement, the ES SEMA said, "These interventions reaffirm our commitment to...

With the support of Action Against Hunger (ACF), the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has monitored the disbursement of cash-for-food assistance to 898 households across Fika, Fune and Postiskum LGAs affected by the 2025 windstorm and flooding. No fewer than 329 households affected by the windstorm in Fika LGA on 28th August, 2025, Potiskum LGA 340 households by windstorm/flooding ongoing and 229 households (combined windstorm and flood victims completed.  Earlier, SEMA provided cash-for-rent support to hundreds of flood-displaced families, ensuring they secure safe, dignified shelter as they rebuild their houses.  Today’s cash-for-food distribution under the Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) programme keyed into Governor Buni's plan to support the recovery of disaster victims, helping families to meet their most basic needs of essential food while they rebuild their lives. During the cash disbursement, the Executive Secretary SEMA said, "These interventions reaffirm ...

As part of commitment towards complementing the effort of the state government in providing quality healthcare delivery, the Senator representing Adamawa Central, Amos Yohanna, has flagged off the construction of state-of-the-art Primary Healthcare Centre in Michika LGA. Senator Amos Yohanna had secured the project through effective lobbying which was subsequently captured in the budget; hence, the flagging off ceremony for the construction of the centre. Speaking at the event on Saturday, Senator Amos Yohanna, who was represented by his Senior Legislative Aide, Dr Victor Sunday Kwambuge, congratulated his constituents and assured them of more people oriented projects. Dr Victor Sunday Kwambuge, who led the Team and Consultants on behalf of the Senator, appreciated the people of Adamawa North for their unflinching support and prayers. The Senator was received by the Provost College of Health Technology Michika, and management staff of the institution who commended him for effective rep...

As part of commitment towards complementing the effort of the state government in providing quality healthcare delivery, the Senator representing Adamawa Central, Amos Yohanna, has flagged off the construction of state-of-the-art Primary Healthcare Centre in Michika LGA. Senator Amos Yohanna had secured the project through effective lobbying which was subsequently captured in the budget; hence, the flagging off ceremony for the construction of the centre. Speaking at the event on Saturday, Senator Amos Yohanna, who was represented by his Senior Legislative Aide, Dr Victor Sunday Kwambuge, congratulated his constituents and assured them of more people oriented projects. Dr Victor Sunday Kwambuge, who led the Team and Consultants on behalf of the Senator, appreciated the people of Adamawa North for their unflinching support and prayers. The Senator was received by the Provost College of Health Technology Michika, and management staff of the institution who commended him for effective rep...

The Adamawa State Civil Service Commission wishes to inform all applicants who participated in the recently conducted Computer-Based Test (CBT) recruitment exercise that the results will be released tomorrow, 23rd August, 2025. Applicants are advised to check their status through the Commission’s official portal (www.csc.ad.gov.ng/result, www.csc.ad.gov.ng) or in the Adamawa State Weekly Newspaper (The Scope). Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews via SMS, email, or official Commission channels. The interviews will be held in three phases, starting with Degree holders from 28th August to 18th September, 2025. Dates for HND and ND/OND categories will be communicated in due course. The Commission further cautions that no candidate should be engaged in dual employment with any Federal, State, or Local Government organization, as this will attract criminal prosecution. Reassuring applicants of a transparent and merit-driven process, the Commission wishes all shortlisted can...

The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) Northeast Zone has applauded Adamawa  State for the implementation of financial autonomy for the state legislature. The association has urged other states in the Northeast including Bauchi, Yobe, Gombe, Borno, Taraba to commence the implementation of the autonomy for their state assemblies. The parliamentary staff made the call during its meeting in Yola, the Adamawa state capital on Thursday.  The event drew the leadership of the associations cut across the Northeast states. During the meeting, the leardership of the association in the zone used the opportunity and presented award of excellence to the Speaker of the Adamawa state, Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley and Clerk, Umar Hamid Laleh. Speaking while declaring the event open, the Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley, congratulated Adamawa state PASAN for hosting the event. The Speaker appreciated the leadership of the association Northeast ...

The Chief Magistrate Court I in Yola Adamawa state has remanded 4 persons in prison custody for allegedly vandalising properties of the Adamawa State Polytechnic Numan campus. News Platform  Those remanded include Nestor John, Kemuel Kefas, Bello Abubakar and Geoffrey Yohanna of Numan town, Numan LGA, Adamawa state. The order for the remand followed the arraignment of the defendants for criminal conspiracy, theft in the dwelling house, abatement and mischief, vandalisation of governmnent properties contrary to sections 60, 318, 276 of the penal code law. The First Information Report tendered in court during the arraignment of the defendants alleged that on different occasions in 2024 and 2025, the defendants conspired and vandalised the properties of the higher institution. According to the FIR, some of the items made away by the defendants during their operations include armored cable and roofing sheets, saying that the 4rd defendant was apprehended in the ceiling while vandalisin...

The Chief Magistrate Court I sitting in Yola, Adamawa state has remanded a Yola based Businessman, Mamuda Duma, for allegedly having affair as well as aborting 3 months old pregnancy of a housewife. The court issued the remand order when the defendant was arraigned before it following a direct criminal complaint lodged against him by the husband of the wife, Ahmadu Lawal. In his complaint, Lawal of Yola town in Yola South LGA, alleged that the court that the defendant who resides at Wurojabbe was having an extra marital affair with his wife. Lawal told the court that he had found out sometimes in August, 2024, that the defendant was committing adultery with his wife, saying that he called him on phone 3 consecutive times and warned him to stop it, but to no avail. According to him, defendant had asked his wife to abort her 3 months pregnancy which she did, saying that he reported the defendant at the Police headquarters in Yola, for Intervention. He narrated that the defendant along si...

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Miss Musa Jauro has been declared winner of Ganye Bye Election conducted on Saturday. Hon. Misa scored 15,923 to emerge winner of the keenly contested election while PDP scored 15,794 leaving a thin margin of only 129 votes.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has formed a strategic alliance with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) to combat corruption, substandard projects, and building collapses nationwide. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed on Thursday at ICPC headquarters in Abuja by ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, and COREN President, Engr. Prof. Sadiq Zubair Abubakar, signals a united front to enforce strict professional standards and hold violators accountable. His words, “the ICPC and COREN are critical in Nigeria. COREN is critical to our survival. The engineers help us to have this place we are using for this meeting. And our job as ICPC is to ensure that we have a good quality job in that area (engineering). We (ICPC) have a responsibility to ensure accountability and transparency in the public interest.” “No more certificates for ghost projects or shoddy work,”. Where engineers compromise standards, we ...

Ahead of the scheduled Bye Election for Ganye constituency Adamawa State House of Assembly, the AIG Monitoring Team has assured of a hitch free poll. The team under AIG Taiwo O. Adeleke, AIG in charge of Election Monitoring for the Ganye State Constituency By-Election was received at the Command by the Commissioner of Police, CP Morris Dankombo. He was accompanied by CP Moses Ottah and ACP Husseini Yelwa, and met with officers and men of the Command to review operational strategies aimed at achieving a smooth, hitch-free election.  He urged all personnel to remain professional, impartial, and civil when dealing with the general public, stressing the police’s constitutional responsibility to provide security before, during, and after the election. Earlier, CP Dankombo Morris welcomed the AIG and briefed him on the Command’s readiness, including deployment plans and designed proactive measures taken to ensure the safety of electorates, INEC officials, and election materials. The Adam...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a civil servant, Mr. Ewere Morgan Eseosa, for receiving double salaries in gross violation of anti-corruption laws. Following a detailed investigation, the Commission uncovered that Mr. Eseosa had been simultaneously drawing salaries from two separate government entities: the University of Benin, where he was originally employed, and Ikpoba Okha LGC, where he subsequently got another employment. This act, which contravenes the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000, resulted in the illegal accumulation of N1,328,255.47 in unearned payments. Upon concluding its investigation, the ICPC, through its Prosecutor, Dennis Nnaemeka Okoro, charged Mr. Eseosa with two counts of obtaining by false pretense and cheating under Sections 419 and 421 of the Criminal Code Act 2004. The case was filed before the Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin, under Charge No. B/CD/ICPC/2C/...

The Speaker Adamawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley, has embarked on a community engagement tour across communities in his constituency. The decision, according to the Speaker, is aimed at sharing ideas, understanding community needs, and taking prompt action where necessary. During the tour, Rt. Hon. Bathiya used the opportunity and assessed his achievements, interventions, and ongoing projects as well as discussed emerging community challenges for possible solutions.                                  Since his election in 2019, the Speaker has been visiting his constituency from time to time which is one of his top priorities. Apart from official functions, the Speaker also identifies with his constituents in moments of joy and sorrow, making his presence felt at both community celebrations and times of grief. Rt. Hon. Bathiya was accompanied during the visits by key stakeholders inclu...

Adamawa State House of Assembly Adhoc Committee has fixed Tuesday 12th August, 2025 public hearing on a bill to amend the Adamawa State Emirs and Chiefs’ Appointment and Deposition Law, 2024. News Platform  According to the Secretary of the Committee, Barr. Hassan Aminu, the public hearing is scheduled to take place at Barr. Ahmed Ali Gulak committee room of the Assembly complex in Yola, by 10:00am. The bill which was sent to the assembly by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri is seeking amendment to empower the Governor to appoint a prince from the ruling houses to act in place of an Incapacitated Emir or Chief during the period of Incapacitation.  The hearing is to enable the ad-hoc committee constituted by the speaker of the house Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley, collect inputs from relevant stakeholders from all the Emirates and Chiefdoms in the state for the proposed amendment law.

Adamawa State House of Assembly Adhoc Committee has fixed Tuesday 12th August, 2025 public hearing on a bill to amend the Adamawa State Emirs and Chiefs’ Appointment and Deposition Law, 2024. News Platform  According to the Secretary of the Committee, Barr. Hassan Aminu, the public hearing is scheduled to take place at Barr. Ahmed Ali Gulak committee room of the Assembly complex in Yola, by 10:00am. The bill which was sent to the assembly by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri is seeking amendment to empower the Governor to appoint a prince from the ruling houses to act in place of an Incapacitated Emir or Chief during the period of Incapacitation.  The hearing is to enable the ad-hoc committee constituted by the speaker of the house Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley, collect inputs from relevant stakeholders from all the Emirates and Chiefdoms in the state for the proposed amendment law.

Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) High School in Adamawa State has organised 2024/2025 speech and prize giving day.  The event attracted nursery/primary school pupils, secondary school students, teachers, parents, friends, well wishers as well as the management and staff of the DSR. The event featured presentation of awards/category of prizes to pupils/students for their performance in various aspects,  choreography, debate organised by social performance in conjunction with DSR Schools, Nursery Career Display, Art Exhibition as well as Bachama cultural dance. The overall best students in 2024/2025 academic sessions include Ibrahim Muhammed Shettima, Primary School Section, Agambu Peter, Junior Secondary  and Safiya Bello, Senior Section respectively. Several other pupils/students won awards, prizes as well as cash for their academic performance in english language, mathematics and several other subjects,  In his welcome address, the Acting Principal DSR High School, Pwap...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Mr. Olaniran Satiregun for running fake and unapproved courses in his college in Nasarawa State. Mr. Satiregun was the Founder/Rector of International College of Administration Science and Technology, Auta Balefi, Nasarawa State. He was first arraigned alongside the institution in 2024 on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, contrary to Section 1 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act. ICPC’s Prosecutors, led by Mr. Adesina Raheem, had, in the course of the trial, detailed how the two defendants deceived unsuspecting applicants by offering admissions to study courses that were not accredited by the regulatory body. Investigations revealed that the institution only got approval from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to run four courses.  However, it was discovered that the institution, sometimes between the years 2019...

Adamawa State House of Assembly on Monday, urged the State Government through the Ministry of Works and Energy Development to reconstruct Jada-Kojoli Mini Bridge (Arch Culvert). The lawmakers appealed to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri led administration to as a matter of urgency fix the bridge in order to ease the hardship being faced by commuters. The resolution followed the matter of urgent public importance sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the assembly, Hon. Muhammad Buba Jijiwa. Hon. Jijiwa who represents Jada/Mbulo constituency at the assembly, prayed his colleagues to impress on the state government through the Ministry of Works to intervene by reconstructing the bridge. He informed the assembly that the bridge had collapsed as a result of heavy downpour in his constituency, saying his electorate are currently suffering due the collapsed of the bridge. According to him, the bridge connects Jada, the headquarters of the LGA and Kojoli as well as several surrounding communities, s...

The Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Amos K. Yohanna, has donated assorted relief materials to the victims of flooding in Yola South LGA. The relief materials including bags of rice and mats were donated so as alleviate the suffering of the people affected by recent flooding in some parts of Yola South LGA. Speaking while donating the items to the victims in Yola South LGA, on Friday, Senator Amos said that he had provided the items to be distributed to those affected. Senator Amos told the victims that the gesture is part of his effort towards identifying with them and urged the committee saddled with the responsibility of the distribution to be fair and just to everyone in the course of distribution. The Senator who was represented by his Director Campaign Organisation, Hon.Hassan Ahmed, appealed to the victims to take it as act of God and once more commiserated with the victims as well as the Adamawa State Government. Responding, a Member of the Distribution C...