Adamawa Violence: 34 killed, 48 Sustained Gun Shots In Tigno Crisis- Muslim Council

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaAdamawa Violence: 34 killed, 48 Sustained Gun Shots In Tigno Crisis- Muslim Council

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 17, 2020

YOLA –– The Adamawa Chapter of Muslim Council has confirmed that at least 34 persons were killed during a  two days ethnic violence erupted in Tigno village of Lamurde local government area, as 48 sustained gunshots, calling on the government to probe the mayhem. Police said they have so far recovered six bodies. The police had earlier said there were no deaths in the fighting. The council also noted with dismay the continuous ethnic clashes...

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Adamawa Correspondents’ Scary, Stigamatising COVID-19 Experience

LocalNewsNigeriaAdamawa Correspondents’ Scary, Stigamatising COVID-19 Experience

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 16, 2020

Our Regional Correspondent writes on the experience of members of the correspondents’ chapel in Adamawa State when a member tested positive for COVID-19. It was a big relief and celebration time for members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Adamawa state when the result of their blood samples taken for coronavirus test returned negative. The joy wasn’t only for the two members who had contact with the first index...

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Adamawa Communal Conflict: Over 30 Buried Aafter Tigno Crisis– Residents

Local GovernmentNational SecurityNewsNigeriaAdamawa Communal Conflict: Over 30 Buried Aafter Tigno Crisis– Residents

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 16, 2020

Over 30 bodies have been interred after violence that occurred in Tigno town in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State, residents say. Survivors and security agencies are still combing the bushes for more bodies, multiple sources have said Saturday’s morning. Ethnic violence erupted on Friday following a disagreement between the Hausa community and Chabo tribe, after a motorcycle accident. Most houses in the entire village were burnt down by the perpetrators, survivors have said. The state...

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Taraba NECAS Gets 30 Tractors Out of 600 Shares in the Northeast

BusinessFoodNewsNigeriaTaraba NECAS Gets 30 Tractors Out of 600 Shares in the Northeast

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 16, 20201

The North-East Commodity Association (NECAS), in Taraba State, has distributed 30 new tractors for this year’s agriculture to the Association’s 16 LG Chairmen. Chief of Policy Mechanisation, Engr. Sulaiman D. Sulaiman, who disclosed this during distribution exercise in Jalingo, said the tractors would be used for commercial purposes at a subsidizing rate for farmers to ease the misery they face in the state. He said that more than two thousand people, including women and youth,...

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Tension Grips Adamawa Emirate As Title Holder Dies of Suspected COVID-19 Complications

CoronavirusCulture & TraditionNewsNigeriaTension Grips Adamawa Emirate As Title Holder Dies of Suspected COVID-19 Complications

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 16, 2020

For now, there is palpable tension and anxiety in Adamawa State Emirate Council as a titleholder in the emirate, Ma’ajin Adamawa, Rufai Ahmad Duwa died from suspected COVID-19 infection. Duwa died in the early hours of Friday after he grappled with an ailment many said has semblance with COVID-19 infection. He was interred at the Muslim cemetery in Damare, Yola South at about 5:00 pm on Friday. Multiple sources from Federal Medical Center (FMC), Yola...

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Many Feared Killed, Houses Burnt As Communal Crisis Erupted In Adamawa Tigno Community

Crime & SecurityNigeriaMany Feared Killed, Houses Burnt As Communal Crisis Erupted In Adamawa Tigno Community

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 16, 2020

Many residents feared death and houses burnt down following a communal clash that erupted in the Tigno farming Community of  Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Fleeing residents say that “the violence erupted following a disagreement between some Hausa residents and Chibo tribe community on Thursday after the former accidentally hit the latter with a motorcycle. “Since yesterday, there was tension but today snowball into full blood crisis. ‘’ The crisis started as a result...

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8 COVID-19 Patients Discharged In Adamawa Isolation Centre

CoronavirusNewsNigeria8 COVID-19 Patients Discharged In Adamawa Isolation Centre

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 15, 2020

The Adamawa state government says it has discharged eight more COVID-19 patients from isolation centre in Yola. The state commissioner for health, Professor Abdullahi Isa who dropped the hint on Friday, said that the eight were discharged eight after they all tested negative twice for the coronavirus. ” This is in line with the protocol of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. We had earlier discharged 5 on Monday and eight today, ” said...

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Borno Suspends Lockdown Indefinitely, Asks Mosques, Churches To Resume Congregational Gatherings

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaBorno Suspends Lockdown Indefinitely, Asks Mosques, Churches To Resume Congregational Gatherings

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 14, 2020

The Borno State government has suspended the lockdown in the state indefinitely while also lifting the ban it placed on Friday and Sunday congregational prayers due to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Borno, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has so far recorded a total of 188 cases of COVID-19. But a statement posted on the official Facebook page of Governor Babagana Zulum said the state had recorded, “significant progress in the...

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Police Burst Shila Cult Group in Adamawa, Arrest 13, Recovered Dangerous Weapons

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Burst Shila Cult Group in Adamawa, Arrest 13, Recovered Dangerous Weapons

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 13, 2020

The  Police Task Force initiated by  Adamawa State Police Command bursted a notorious Shila cult group, nabbed 13 members, recovered dangerous weapons. The notorious Shila boys had in the recent time wreaked havoc in the state capital. A statement by the police spokesman in the state DSP Suleiman Yahya Nguroje said, “in its effort to ensure total sanity of criminal activities being perpetrated by the radical Shilla Boys in the state launched a special operation...

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COVID- 19: Adamawa Repatriates 400 Almajiris Indigenes Of Gombe

LifestyleNewsNigeriaPovertyCOVID- 19: Adamawa Repatriates 400 Almajiris Indigenes Of Gombe

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 13, 2020

Adamawa State Government has commenced repatriation of Almajiris back to their states of origin with the first tranche of  132   part of indigenes of Gombe State which is one-third of their population from two local governments of Adamawa. The decision-taking by the government is the sequel to the resolutions reached by the Northern State Governors’ Forum to end the menace of Almajiri syndrome and the need to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the...

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