Atiku’s Ally, EX- Adamawa APP Guber Candidate, Adamu Modibbo Passes on in Yola

NewsNigeriaAtiku’s Ally, EX- Adamawa APP Guber Candidate, Adamu Modibbo Passes on in Yola

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 19, 2020

An Adamawa foremost political associate of ex-vice-president Atiku Abubakar and former gubernatorial candidate of All Peoples Party (APP) in Adamawa, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu Modibbo is dead. The businessman cum politician according to a close associate was born in 1957. The source said the politician died Sunday at about 4:00pm in Yola at Adamawa/German hospital after a brief illness. “Before he was taken to hospital, he told us that he was taking malaria and typhoid treatment....

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COVID-19: Nigeria’s Broadcast Stations May Close Shop, Says BON

BusinessCoronavirusCOVID-19: Nigeria’s Broadcast Stations May Close Shop, Says BON

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 19, 2020

By all indications, the financial burden heaped on the broadcasting industry by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic may result in the closure of a vast number of broadcast operators in Nigeria. The chairperson of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON), Hajiya Sa’a Ibrahim, during a media interactive session organized by NUJ Kano state council , said broadcast stations have recorded dwindling revenue generation which has further incapacitated the stations from exercising their financial responsibilities...

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Adamawa Govt Approves N18.6bn For Flyovers, Roads

InfrastructureNewsAdamawa Govt Approves N18.6bn For Flyovers, Roads

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 17, 2020

The Adamawa State Executive Council Thursday approved N18.6 billion for the construction of two flyover bridges in the state capital and township roads across the state. Similarly, the council, during an extraordinary meeting in the state capital, Yola, also approved recovery of the payment of sales of shops at Jimeta Ultramodern Market, by issuing demand notice to those who have defaulted for over 10 years. The Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Dr. Umar Garba Pella, dropped...

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COVID-19: Fintiri Reacts Over Alleged Flouting Airport Protocols

CoronavirusNewsCOVID-19: Fintiri Reacts Over Alleged Flouting Airport Protocols

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 17, 2020

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN has once again called out another top political figure, Adamawa state governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, for allegedly flouting the coronavirus protocol at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Tuesday, July 14. In reaction to the allegations by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Fintiri said it was all fabrications and lies. Speaking through his Director General of Media and Communications, Mr Solomon Kamangar, said the Governor only objected...

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Selection of New Hamma Bachama Gets Hot As Kingmakers In ‘crucial meeting’

Culture & TraditionNewsSelection of New Hamma Bachama Gets Hot As Kingmakers In ‘crucial meeting’

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 15, 2020

For now, the contest for the exalted throne of a new paramount ruler for the Bachama chiefdom in Adamawa state is getting hot with six prominent personalities within the ruling clans slugging in. Earlier last week  Bachama communities concluded “Folshe” –the breaking of effects pots and decorated calabashes as a mark of honour for the passage of Hama Bachama Honest Irmiya Stephen, Kwirei-Mana, Kpafrato II Gbulumbomo. The late monarch passed away last month at the...

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Lunguda/ Waja Crisis: Fintiri Read Riot Act on Guyuk Communities

NewsLunguda/ Waja Crisis: Fintiri Read Riot Act on Guyuk Communities

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 14, 2020

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has read riot act, threatened that anyone found wanting in the latest communal clash in Guyuk local government areas will be dealt with, saying that ” no one is above the law!” The Governor said this at the Palace of Kwandi Nungurya in Guyuk while presiding over a security meeting over the recent violence in the area that claimed many lives and property. Fintiri, who was disturbed by the...

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Gunmen Abduct Ex-Taraba Senator, Police Chief Imam

Crime & SecurityNewsGunmen Abduct Ex-Taraba Senator, Police Chief Imam

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 14, 2020

The Former Senator, Representing Taraba North in the National Assembly,  Senator Zik Sunday was reported to have been kidnapped by gunmen. Senator, Zik Sunday served   Taraba North between 2 in the upper chambers between  2003 to 2007. DSP David Misal, Police Public Relations Officer, Taraba Command confirmed the incident while briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Jalingo. Misal said that the Senator whisked away in his home in Karim, Karim Lamido  Lamido, the local government...

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NUJ: NEON Congratulates Adamawa Correspondents’ Chapel’s New Leadership

Press * MediaNUJ: NEON Congratulates Adamawa Correspondents’ Chapel’s New Leadership

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 14, 2020

The North East Online Network of Nigeria NEON; an umbrella of online publishers in the northeast, has congratulated the newly elected executive members of the correspondents’ chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Adamawa state. In a statement, issued by chairman, Mr. Adamu Muhammad Dodo, NEON while congratulating the new Exco,  also commended the maturity exhibited  without rancor  by the congress members of the chapel in deciding the leadership through consensus. However, NEON prevailed  on...

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High Cost of Anti-snake Venom Drives Patients Away From Adamawa Hospitals

HealthNewsHigh Cost of Anti-snake Venom Drives Patients Away From Adamawa Hospitals

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 8, 2020

The high cost of anti-snake venom is now driving victims of snakebite from public hospitals to seek herbal medicines in Adamawa state, investigations have revealed. Snakebite envenoming is a major public health problem among rural communities of the Nigerian savanna. A family of one of the patients who pleaded anonymity said that ‘’staying in the hospital has brought forward to me, that the common man is facing the difficulty of his life. ‘’ For instance, ...

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Taraba Lawmaker, Two LG Chairmen Arraigned for N104 Million Fraud

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaTaraba Lawmaker, Two LG Chairmen Arraigned for N104 Million Fraud

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 6, 2020

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office has arraigned the trio of Jedua Ahmed Dawud, Oliver Wubon and Joseph Danladi John before Justice F. Agya of Taraba State High Court on a six-count charge, bordering on conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and forgery. The offences run contrary to Sections 96, 315 and 366 of the Penal Code of Taraba State and punishable under Section 315 of the same law.      ...

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