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Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 909 suspects, recovered 22 AK-47 as well as 48 locally fabricated riffles. According to the Command, out of 909 suspects apprehended, 845 have since been prosecuted. It said that the suspects were nabbed in connection to armed robbery, kidnapping, culpable homicide, rape, other sexual offences among others. It disclosed that the command recovered 22 AK-47 rifles, 15 motor vehicle/truck, 25 tricycles/motorcycles, 14 locally fabricated single barrel guns, 326 live ammunitions. Others are; 19 locally made guns, 4 pump action, 12 bow and arrow, 4 torch light, stabilizer (5000w) binaton generator TIC yellow is colour. Others include; 22 empty magazine, 7 cartridges, 27 cuttlasses/knives/other dangerous weapons, 68 handsets (17) air conditioner, hard drugs, human skulls, N4, 915million and several other items. The Commissioner of Police, CP S.K. Akande, made this known while parading a total of 27 suspects arrested recently at the police headquaters ...

Impressed by its performance in improving the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of Adamawa State, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has showered praises on the Revenue Board for enhancing revenue profile of the State. Governor Fintiri, applauded the board under the Chairmanship of Alh. Hamman Adama Njabari, while presenting the 2023 budget proposal at the floor of the State House of Assembly last week. He told the Assembly that his government had noticed an appreciable improvement in the monthly revenue generation, saying that the board has been rejuvenated/reformed, hence the remarkable achievements. According to him, “IGR of Adamawa State has commendably improved in recent times, which had greatly contributed to the total revenue of the state, and that the board has been sustaining it. He disclosed that the board had successfully implemented the statutory rate of fees and levies applicable by law to livestock revenue collections, implemented tax programs which reduce hardship on tax pa...

Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas and Auwal D. Tukur The Federal High Court I in Yola, Adamawa State on Monday, nullified the primary election of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) which produced the Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, as candidate for Central Senatorial District. The election was invalidated on grounds that an aspirant, Auwal D. Tukur, who participated in the exercise did not resign his appointment as the Chairman Governing Council of the State University Mubi, before contesting. Auwal Tukur's participation in the exercise without tendering his resignation letter brought about the nullification of the election which saw the emergence of Iya Abbas, as flagbearer. Aside the nullification of the exercise, the court barred the party from fielding a candidate for the district in the 2023, general election since the entire excercise was voided. The court's judgement scuttled the chance of Iya Abbas, who represents Uba/Gaya constituency at the State House ...

A Federal High Court in Yola, Adamawa state has nullified the election of the Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, as the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for Adamawa Central Senatorial District in the forthcoming general elections. The court said that the PDP has no candidate for Adamawa Senatorial District NEWS PLATFORM can report.

  A Federal High Court in Yola, Adamawa state has just dismissed a suit filed against Speaker state assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, seeking an order invalidating his election as PDP’s senatorial candidate for central zone. NEWS PLATFORM can report. Details....

A Federal High Court in Yola, Adamawa state has nullified the election of the Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, as the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for Adamawa Central Senatorial District in the forthcoming general elections. NEWS PLATFORM can report.

Over 7, 000 teenagers and young adults in Adamawa state were on Saturday, empowered for spiritual as well as academic excellence by the Convener of the Impact Academy, Pastor. Dr. W. F. Kumuyi. The teenagers and young adults were empowered during the event tagged, "Impact Academy" by Pastor Dr. Kumuyi, who is also the General Superitendent of the Deeper Life Bible Ministry. The programme drew teenagers, students, corps members and young adults mostly from both public and private primary and Secondary Schools, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and Universities among others in the state and across the world. During the historic event, junior and senior youths as well as vocational and ex-students were equipped on removing barriers to all round excellence, little foxes that destroy all round excellence and sustaining power for all round excellence. Likewise, staff, students, corpers and postgraduate were impacted on advancing in scholarship and excerptional service, breaking t...