The Adamawa Jail Delivery Committee (JDC), led by the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman, has discharged 55 inmates after their cases were reviewed by the committee. The committee, however, convicted 32 inmates awaiting trial and granted bail to 40 others. Some of the discharged cases were based on health grounds and disproportionate sentencing, while several civil cases were reviewed and reduced. The committee conducted its routine legal operation aimed at de-congesting correctional centres across...

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company which provides electricity to the Federal Capital Territory, Kogi, Niger and Nasarawa states has laid off 800 employees, following months of internal restructuring at the company. Sources in the company said the layoff was after the proposed sack of 1,800 members of staff, which was resisted by unions. One of the sources, who is an AEDC employee, said the management had initially planned to sack 1,800 workers but reduced the...

The Adamawa State leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the general public to disregard the fake news circulating on social media claiming that the state CAN Chairman was beheaded. In a statement issued Saturday titled  “I Am Safe and Alive”, the Christian umbrella body described the news as fake and baseless, adding that the authors are agents of the underworld who are out to smear the image of the government,...