The World Bank will support Nigeria with $611 million dollars to get children back to school under the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme, the Coordinator, Prof. Gidado Tahir, has said. Tahir made this known in Kaduna on Friday at a meeting with officials of Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), on…

The Adamawa House of Assembly has summoned the state deputy governor Mr Martins Babale and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Umar Bindir to brief it on issues relating to their respective offices. The house also summoned the Commissioner of Finance Alhaji Sali Inusa, and the Executive Chairman of the state Board of…

Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar said he would ensure Adamawa returns to PDP. Abubakar gave the assurance Saturday in Yola while speaking at a Mega Rally organized by the state branch of the party. Atiku said that Adamawa was a PDP state and he would do all things…

World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Nigeria, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, says the global agency in collaboration with the state government has taken a vaccination campaign to very prone councils in the wake of the recent cholera outbreak in Adamawa. The affected council areas include Maiha, Mubi North and Mubi South. Alemu made the disclosure in…

The first round of the 2-phase oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign has commenced in high-risk wards of Mubi North, Mubi South and Maiha local government areas (LGAs) of Adamawa. health emergencies response strategy, According to a statement by the World Health Organization (WHO), WHO is leading other health partners to support the health authorities control…

An estimated 150,000 initial households ­in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states are to­ benefit from the Food and Agriculture O­rganisation's (FAO) seed and fertiliser ­distribution which targets one million p­eople including Internally Displaced Per­sons (IDPs), returnees, and host communi­ties in its 2018 rainy season programme. This is coming after a prolonged period ­of Boko Haram-related…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Command in Adamawa says some youth have resorted to taking human urine to get high. The state commander of agency, Mr Yakubu Kibo made this known Tuesday in Yola in his speech to mark the 2018 UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Kibo said other…

No fewer than 21 persons were reported killed, while several others sustained injuries following a raid, Friday night, on Dowayan village in Demsa Local Council of Adamawa State. The attack was carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen, residents told The Guardian, yesterday, in Yola. The assailants, who have allegedly been unleashing terror on Numan, Demsa…

Cholera is a serous infection of the bowels caused by infected water and food, which causes diarrhoea, vomiting and could lead to death, if not treated properly. Recently, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported outbreaks of cholera in Kaduna, Plateau and Adamawa States. To prevent this, health experts have warned people to stop…

Adamawa Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed 24 more new cases of cholera in the state. A statement on cholera update issued by the Information Officer of the ministry, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, said the new cases, which has no death, were recorded in Maiha, Mubi North and Mubi South Local Government Areas. It said 10…

Any lingering doubts that these are the best of times for Nigerian herdsmen of Fulani extraction become easily vitiated in the light of two recent developments in the country. The Federal Government has just released a bumper package of incentives of over N179 billion for their business. The government is to use this amount to…

The Adamawa Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mr Ahmad Sajoh, has confirmed the death of a boy with two others injured following an explosion in Mubi town.