Adamawa Residents Issued 10 day Ultimatum, Threatened Mass Protest Over Numan -Gombe Bad Road

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Disturbed by the deplorable Numan -Gombe  road, Adamawa residents have on Thursday  threatened to  embark on mass protest as they  issued  10 days ultimatum to APC led Federal government to fix the road. During a  virtual social media  campaign by  concerned indigenes  and motorists in the two states of Adamawa and Gombe with hash tag: # Shut Down Yola Airport #Fix Yola Gombe Road”  residents alleged that was ” preferential...

Taraba Workers Suspends Strike as Gov. Ishaku Approves Minimum Wage

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Joint Public Service Negotiating Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Taraba State have ended the earlier announced an indefinite strike, few hours after commencement. The Council said the decision follows the state Governor, Darius Ishaku’s approval for the implementation of the National Minimum Wage and signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the suspension of the strike action. Speaking on the development,...

KDSG Appoints Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as Emir of Zazzau

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the appointment of Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. He succeeds HRH Alh. (Dr.) Shehu Idris who died on Sunday, 20th September 2020 after reigning for 45 years. Alh. Bamalli is the first emir from the Mallawa ruling house in 100 years, following the demise in 1920 of his grandfather, Emir Dan Sidi. Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani...

Adamawa Deputy Governor Lost 118 Year-old Aged Mother

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Deputy Governor of Adamawa State Chief Crowther Seth has lost his mother Mama Metusudo Helina Seth. Mama Helina died in Lamurde after clocking a celebrated age of 118. Although the Deputy Governor’s mother has been suffering some old age related ailments, she passed on in her sleep in the wee hours of Tuesday. George Kushi, Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor in a statement stated that Mama Helina...

Top Civilian JTF Commander, Babagana Idi Killed After Boko Haram Attack In Benisheik

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Operation Commandant of Youth Volunteer (CJTF) in Benisheikh community of Kaga  Local Government Area of Borno State, Babagana Idi was reportedly killed by Boko Haram insurgents. Security sources say that a team of CJTF in Benisheikh engaged Boko Haram insurgents in a fierce battle during which two Boko Haram insurgents were killed and captured one alive, while one of the gallant civilian JTF members lost his life. An inside source...

NIPRD Trains 80 Traditional Herbal Practitioner on Phytomedicine in Adamawa

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent No fewer than 80 traditional herbal medicine practitioners were trained  on Phytomedicine in Yola, by the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD). The training was tagged “Harnessing Indigenous Phytomedicine from Traditional Knowledge, Developing High Quality, Safe and Effective Products for Economic Empowerment”. In his presentation, the Director General of NIPRD, Dr. Obi Adigwe said with traditional medicine government stand to earn a lot of foreign exchange. Dr Adigwe...

NSCDC in Adamawa Denies Leadership Ranglings Over Commandant’s Transfer

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Adamawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has refuted any leadership scandal over handing as well as taking over of the command between the outgoing and incoming commandants. Spokesman of the command, DSC Mansur Sajoh made the refutal in a phone interview with newsmen stressing that it is true, that, former Commandant Nuradeen Abdullahi has been transferred to another state’s command and Mustapha Talba...

NAHCON Launches Hajj Savings Scheme in Kano

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has unveiled a pilot Hajj Savings Scheme (HSS) in Kano ahead of the 2021 hajj. Chairman of the commission, Zikrullah Hassan, who unveiling the scheme in Kano on Sunday, said the scheme was designed to ease the cost of a fare to the holy land. According to him, the choice of Kano for this event is not an accident but one carefully made because...

Motorists, Transport Workers Chide APC, Buhari Over Dilapidated Numan – Gombe Road

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent As lives continued to lose due to accidents being recorded, motorists and residents of Adamawa State have condemned the Muhammadu Buhari led APC government for neglecting the Numan – Lafiya axis of the Yola – Gombe roads, now becomes a nightmare to commuters. In the last three days, following a heavy downpour, several vehicles were trapped on the road with many accidents due to deplorable conditions. In an interview...

2023: Senator Nyako Denies Getting Contract With Fintiri’s Government

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Amid political realignments ahead of 2023, Former Senator representing Adamawa central zone, Senator Abdul’ Aziz Nyako , has denied claims that he was awarded contract by the  Fintiri’s led PDP government to supply patrol Toyota Hilux vehicles. In the recent times, there were hullabaloos in Adamawa political circles that the former senator has benefited in the ruling the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government in the state. Senator Nyako, a former...

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