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The best graduating student of the Adamawa State University(ADSU) Mubi, Elija Hope Tumba, has been offered automatic employment. The 24 year old girl, Hope Tumba, hails from Michika Local Government Area and holds B. Sc Economics, First Class from the state university in 2019. After her graduation, she went to an Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria(ICAN), in November, 2021, and came out as the best graduant and currently pursuing M. Sc at the Nigerian Defence Academy. Hope also became best graduating student  Michika/Madagali constituency from 2009/2010 to 2018/2020 academic sessions and also bagged Federal Government Scholarship Board award 2016-2017. The young girl emerged the over all best position at profession level in ther ICAN 68th induction November and co- prize for Advanced Taxation best qualifying candidate in the ICAN May, 2021 diet. She bagged the Society of Women Accountants prize for over all best qualifying female candidate in the ICAN May, 2021 diet, prize...

Newly created Upper Area Court 4 sitting in Yola, Adamawa has convicted and sentenced 2 Local Hunters and 3 others to 14 years imprisonment for the offence of receiving stolen property. The convicts, Sani Umar(aka Wizkid), Abdulhadi Hayatu(Daba), Abubakar Idris(aka Kwaro), Mujahid Muhammad Mujahid and Adamu Usman(aka Mai Mata) were convicted with an option of N100, 000 each. Sani and Abdulhadi, who hail from Wauru Jabbe in Yola South Local Government Area and said to be Local Hunters by occupation, bought 11 stolen handsets while knowing fully well that the items were stolen.  While Abubakar, an electrician and bricklayer, Mujahid, a capenter and Adamu, a wielder are residents of Wauru Jabbe and Yelwa in Jambutu, Yola North LGA. The trio admitted to have bought 9 GSM mobile phones from different people with their knowledge that they were carted away which amounted to receiving stolen property contrary to section 307 and punishable under section 308 of penal code law, 2018. They wer...

The Court of Appeal, Yola Division, on Monday, affirmed the death sentence imposed on three (3) young men for killing a pastor. Hon. Justice Chidi Nwaoma Uwa, of the appeal court affirmed the lower court's verdict and dismissed the appeal seeking to upturn the judgement of the lower court.   Former High court judge, Hon. Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri, who is now an Appeal Court Judge, convicted and sentenced the young men to death by hanging for killing pastor Hammanjulde Dadon, over royalty. Those slammed with death sentence include; Godwin Obidah, 25, Thomas Bitrus,27, and Hananiya Ezra, 30, of Tashan Rake village in Yola South Local Government Area. The convicts, Godwin, an okada rider and father of 3, Thomas, a farmer and Hanani, a labourer were arraigned before the court where they pleaded not guilty to the 2 count charge. According to the charge, the convicts and one Dahiru Mohammed (still at large) agreed to use criminal force on anyone that did not tow their line regarding the...

Adamawa State stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to improve its funding of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, saying adequate funding of the council is a key to attaining success and greatness. The stakeholders have also appealed to the National Assembly to review the act establishing the council so as to convert it to a full fledge commission. Currently, the council is a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Justice and has been encountering huge challeges including poor funding, lack of manpower and operational vehicles to aid in movement of staff among others. Equally, the stakeholders have hammered on the need to expunge a schedule in order to enlarge the powers of the council to fully represent or cover both criminal and civil cases. More so, the stakeholders have stressed the need for more synergy and collaboration in the administration of justice in Adamawa state and Nigeria at large, and that the state government through the office of the attorney general should f...

A suspected kidnapper has confessed in Yola, Adamawa state that he had used proceeds realised from kidnapping to chase women and drink beer with friends at leisure time. He said he was once given N1.5million out of N6million they had collected as ransom from the family of a man they had abducted. He narrated that he expended N1million on beer, women and transfered the sum of N500, 000 to their spiritualist who used to offer prayers to enable them succeed during operations. Follow NEWS PLATFORM for full details.

A suspected kidnapper has confessed in Yola, Adamawa state that he had used proceeds realised from kidnapping to chase women and drink beer with friends at leisure time. He said he was once given N1.5million out of N6million they had collected as ransom from the family of a man they had abducted. He narrated that he expended N1million on beer, women and transfered the sum of N500, 000 to their spiritualist who used to offer prayers to enable them succeed during operations. Follow NEWS PLATFORM for full details.

Former officials of the All Progressives in Adamawa state have unanimously endorsed the candidature of Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas to fly the party's ticket in the 2023 elections. The former leaders made the decision during a meeting held at the Fombina Ambassadors Royal Resort in Yola on Saturday. The group consists of former elected executives of the party from the 21 local governments and at the state level. The leader of the group, Mohammed Mayas who addressed the stakeholders, said they have unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the existing executives and assured them of their loyalty while expressing their readiness to work for the actualization of the candidature of Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas.  "We are here as the former executive members from the local governments and state levels to discuss issues concerning our party and also show loyalty and support to the existing executives at both levels". "We have observed with keen interest the politics of the party conc...