NCPC to Send Youths to Israel to Learn Farm Techniques

Based on the agrarian nature of Adamawa state, the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) has expressed its readiness to partner with the Adamawa State Government towards sponsoring youths from the state to Israel for training on farming skills. The Executive Secretary of the Commission Dr Yakubu Pam revealed this when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in the Government House, Yola on Friday. “Israel is one of the leading developed countries...

UNICEF, Adamawa Govt to Construct, Rehabilitate 165 Classrooms in 80 Schs

To ensure conducive learning environment, UNICEF and Adamawa State Government are partnering to construct and rehabilitate one hundred and sixty-five (165) classrooms in eighty (80) schools across Fufore and Guyuk local government areas of Adamawa state. Speaking at the commencement of work in Central Primary School Fufore, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state, thanked the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF and other development partners for collaborating with the state government to execute the project....

Adamawa State Coalition Against Rape Celebrates One Anniversary, Laments Over Increase of Rape Cases

Disturbed with the rising cases of rape across Nigeria, in 2019 over twenty pressure groups to include Media, Civil Society Organizations came together in Adamawa state and formed a coalition known as “Adamawa State Coalition Against Rape” (ACAR) with the sole aim to fight the monster rolling its ugly head in the society. In September last year, the Coalition held a protest march to draw the attention of authorities concern on the need to take...

Trailer Kills 2 People,10 Hospitalized in Mubi

MUBI, Adamawa — A trailer load with waste products had killed two people, while ten others sustained various degrees of injuries when the articulated vehicle rammed into a Keke Napep in Mubi main Market of Mubi North local government area of Adamawa state. Those injured are now receiving medical attention at the General Hospital Mubi, but one of the victims was referred to Federal Medical Centre Yola. The Secretary, Mubi North local government council, Alhaji...

Three Suspected Drug Addicts Drown in Lake Njuwa, as Canoe Capsize Killing Two Persons

One suspected drug addict of Wuro Chekke, Yola, Adamawa state capital Wednesday drown in the nearby Njuwa Lake, while bodies of two others are being searched for as at the time of filing this report in an attempt to escape arrest by the police. An eyewitness however and a resident of Wuro Chekke, Mr Saad said the Police had succeeded in arresting one of them. He added that the incident happened in the morning when...

NDLEA Thwarts Effort To Smuggle Tramadol To Turkey

The Head of Public Affairs for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, Jonah Achema says the agency has intercepted 1.6 kilograms tramadol and flunitrazepam. In a statement on Tuesday, Achema also said some drugs which were destined for Turkey, were seized from one Michael Ejionye Chukwuka during the outward clearance of passengers boarding the Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul. The statement reads: “The seizures are made up of 1.250 kilograms of tramadol and 350...

Banjiram Water Project in Adamawa to Gulp Over N106m

The Adamawa State Executive Council Wednesday approved the release of one hundred and six million naira (N106m) as counterpart funding for executing a water project in Banjiram town of Guyuk local government area. The Commissioner of Tertiary and Professional Education, Alhaji Umaru Iya Daware disclosed this to newsmen after the council meeting presided over by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in Government House, Yola. Alhaji Daware explained that the memo covering the project was earlier approved...

19 Resident UN Agencies to Support Adamawa State

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Mr. Edward Kallon has disclosed that nineteen Resident UN agencies are willing to support the state government through funds and programmes in addressing various challenges through an integrated approach that builds on each agency’s comparative advantage. Kallon who revealed this when he led a delegation on a courtesy call on Governor Ahamdu Umaru Finitir at the Government House, Yola, explained that the visit to the state is to...

Over 15,000 Cattle to be Vaccinated in Adamawa

Adamawa State Government has targeted over fifteen thousand head of the cattle to be vaccinated against various cattle diseases across the state. Special Adviser to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on Livestock and Aquaculture, Aminu Buba Sebore told Journalists in Yola that already government had purchased the required vaccines for the exercise and is set to flag off of the programme. He urged herdsmen in Adamawa to support the government to enable it to empower them...

Fresh Air Pro-Life Empowerment ToTrain 500 Women and Youths

The pet project “Fresh Air Pro-life Empowerment” of Hajiya Lami Umaru Fintiri, wife of the Adamawa state Governor will train five hundred (500) women and youths in the northern part of the state in skill acquisition for them to become self-reliant. Beneficiaries of the second phase of the programme are from Mubi North, Mubi South, Maiha, Michika, and Madagali local governments. Flagging off the training at Sali Isa Bello Hall in Mubi Hajiya Lami Fintiri...

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