Adamawa
27 Dec 2017
Suspected gunmen have killed five persons and injured five others at Utonkon community in Ado Local Council of Benue State.
22 Dec 2017
The Adamawa Police Command has assured residents of the state of adequate security during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. A statement issued on Friday in Yola by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Othman Abubakar, said the police and other security agencies in the state had put in place measures to ensure hitch-free celebrations.…
16 Dec 2017
Gov. Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa says he will rely on the current performance of his administration if he finally resolved to seek re-election in 2019. Bindow said this on Saturday at the presentation of a book on his administration titled “Performance Based Politics: The Bindow Model” written by Dr Agoso Bamaiyi, the Principal Special Assistant…
8 Dec 2017
The American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa State, in collaboration with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has empowered 500 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in northern and central zones of the state ravaged by insurgency. Speaking yesterday in Yola while handing over equipment and cash to the benefiting women, the Project Coordinator, Ahmed…
30 Nov 2017
Two people were killed when Boko Haram fighters attacked a remote village in the latest attack in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, a local elder said on Thursday.
22 Nov 2017
At least 30 people were killed when farmers attacked herdsmen in northeast Nigeria's Adamawa state, police told AFP on Wednesday.
21 Nov 2017
At least 50 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bomb blast at a mosque in the northeastern town of Mubi, in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, police told AFP.
7 Aug 2017
Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole neutralised over 13 terrorists on Saturday in various areas in Borno and Adamawa during clearance operations.
24 Jan 2017
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has resumed orientation of corp members in Adamawa after three years suspension due to insecurity caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in the state.
5 Jan 2017
Three teenage girls suspected of planning a triple suicide bomb attack in a town frequently targeted by Boko Haram have been shot dead, a local government official said on Thursday.
4 Jan 2017
Members of a vigilante group in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa on Wednesday shot dead three suspected female suicide bombers attempting to enter the Gulak market.
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