The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed a petition by the Social Democratic Party’s, SDP, governorship candidate, Umar Ardo, challenging Ahmadu Fintiri’s election as Adamawa State governor. The Presiding Judge, Justice Ugochukwu Ogakwu, affirmed the Tribunal’s previous decision led Continue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the collation of Adamawa governorship election results from Local Government Areas till noon. State Collation Officer, Prof. Mohammed Mele, and Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Yakubu Ari, disclosed this on Monday, after the collation of results from 20 out of the 21 LGAs. They noted that the exercise Continue Reading
The Adamawa State Ministry of Health has confirmed 11 cases of cholera disease in Guyuk and Shelleng Local Government Area of the state. A statement on Thursday by the Director of Public Health in the ministry, Dr Celine Laori says that as of Tuesday, the suspected cases were 96 and 11 confirmed positive with a […]Continue Reading
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has Imposed a curfew on Lamurde and Guyuk local government areas of the state. This is as a result of continued communal clashes in parts of border communities of Adamawa, Wajas, Lugundas and parts of Gombe states. Disturbed by the reoccurring crisis and the aftermath of the loss of […]Continue Reading
Senator Aishatu Binani has won the Adamawa APC governorship primary, defeating Nuhu Ribadu and former Governor Bindo. She received 430 votes. She is the first to win primaries in Nigeria’s two major political parties, the APC and the PDP, in 2022. Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, known popularly as Binani defeated her closest competitor, Ribadu, with 430 […]Continue Reading
A journalist has tested positive for Coronavirus in Adamawa State. The PUNCH reports that the journalist is the index case in the state. It was learnt that the middle-aged journalist recently returned from Kano State and went into self-isolation. The journalist subsequently submitted himself to health officials for screening and his result returned positive. The […]Continue Reading