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  • Congresses cancelled in Adamawa, Lagos, Osun

    Congresses cancelled in Adamawa, Lagos, Osun

    The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cancelled results of the ongoing party congresses in Adamawa, Lagos and Osun states.

    The party has similarly disbanded the congress committees in the three states with immediate effect.

    A statement yesterday by the National Organising Secretary, Abubakar Mustapha, said new congress committees had been constituted to replace the disbanded ones in the three states.

    Congresses in the affected states have been rescheduled to hold from Friday.

    Congresses across the states have been characterised by crisis triggered by alleged manipulation of the exercise by vested interests in the party.

    Sharp disagreements have also greeted the zoning of the various party offices at the national level, with various factions threatening to stall the upcoming national convention billed to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on May 21.

  • Boko Haram: IPCR commences peace building programme

    Boko Haram: IPCR commences peace building programme

    As peace return to Adamawa after the Boko Haram insurgency, the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has commenced training of stakeholders in the state on peace building.

    The Project Coordinator of the Peace Building Training Project, Mr Chukwuemeka Mbah, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Friday.

    Mbah said more than 200 stakeholders drawn from seven local governments of Yola North, Yola South, Hong, Gombi, Girei, Fufore and Song in central zone had benefited from the training.

    He said the second batch of the training would commence next week in Mubi town for stakeholders in northern zone of the state.

    The coordinator said that the zone comprised, Madagali, Michika, Maiha, Mubi North and Mubi South Local Government Areas.

    According to him, the institute and other experts have identified Adamawa as a fragile state.

    Mbah said that institute decided to intervene after the return of peace to douse tension created by suspicion among the diverse people of the state.

     

    “From our research in IPCR and from open source intelligence, we have identified Adamawa as a state that need a lot of intervention in terms of peace and coexistence.

    “After this insurgency a lot has happened; there is a lot of mistrust, hatred and we need to really start fostering coexistence.

    “Madagali and Michika are very fragile areas where we need a lot of interventions, especially now that things are going back to normal.

    “This is what we call the early recovery stages of conflict and that is where peace building has to be brought in,’’ Mbah, who is Coordinator External Conflict Prevention and Research, said.

    He lauded the support and commitment of UNHCR and Adamawa government to the project.

  • Adamawa Police rescue three abducted children

    Adamawa Police rescue three abducted children

    The Adamawa Police Command, has confirmed the rescue of three children abducted by a gang of kidnappers in the state.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Othman Abubakar, who made the disclosure at a press briefing on Thursday in Yola, said that the three suspects were killed.

    He said that the operation was carried out by the police with the support of the famous crime fighter Alhaji Ali Kwara.

    The police spokesman said that eight AK 47 rifles, one RPG, 477 rounds of ammunitions and some amount of local and foriegn currencies were recovered from the suspects.

    During the briefing, N500, 000 collected as ransom by the kidnappers were handed over to the father of the three abducted children, Alhaji Grema Degereji.

    Degereji thanked the police and Kwara for rescuing his children and recovering the ransom money.

    Speaking to reporters, Kwara decried the activities of some local vigilante members, who he accused of involving in criminal activities.

    He said that his investigation had revealed that many vigilante members were “repentant robbers,” who hide under the cover of the voluntary organisation to engage in criminal activities such as kidnappings and cattle rustling.

    “The person behind this kidnap is a so called repentant armed robber who hide under the cover of being a vigilante member,” Kwara said.

     

  • Photos: Scene of blast in Yola

    Photos: Scene of blast in Yola

    FIRE FIGHTERS PUTTING OUT FIRE AT THE SCENE OF A BOMB BLAST, WHICH OCCURRED IN THE PREMISES OF ADAMAWA POLICE COMMAND’S ANTI-BOMB SQUAD AND MOTOR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT IN JIMETA-YOLA ON THURSDAY.
    FIRE FIGHTERS PUTTING OUT FIRE AT THE SCENE OF A BOMB BLAST, WHICH OCCURRED IN THE PREMISES OF ADAMAWA POLICE COMMAND’S ANTI-BOMB SQUAD AND MOTOR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT IN JIMETA-YOLA ON THURSDAY.
    FIRE STILL BURNING IN A ROOM AT THE SCENE OF A BOMB BLAST, WHICH OCCURRED IN THE PREMISES OF ADAMAWA POLICE COMMAND’S ANTI-BOMB SQUAD AND MOTOR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT IN JIMETA-YOLA ON THURSDAY
    FIRE STILL BURNING IN A ROOM AT THE SCENE OF A BOMB BLAST, WHICH OCCURRED IN THE PREMISES OF ADAMAWA POLICE COMMAND’S ANTI-BOMB SQUAD AND MOTOR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT IN JIMETA-YOLA ON THURSDAY
  • NYSC to re-open orientation camps in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe – DG

    NYSC to re-open orientation camps in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe – DG

    The National Youth Service Corps will re-open orientation camps in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states before the end of 2016, the Director-General (DG), Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, has said.

    Olawumi told newsmen on Thursday in Katsina that the decision followed the successes recorded in the fight against insurgency in the north eastern part of the country.

    ‘’Since the insurgency has been reduced drastically, we are resuming orientation in Gombe state beginning with this batch ‘A’ of 2016.

    ‘’Adamawa state will resume with the next batch, while Borno and Yobe orientation camps will be re-opened before the end of the year,’’ he said.

    Olawumi said that the states had some of the best facilities for orientation in the country, but had to be closed down due to insecurity.

    He advised corps members to discharge their duties at their places of primary assignment diligently.

    The DG called on state governments to ensure prompt payment of allowances to corps members to boost their morale for effective service delivery.

  • Boko Hazards: Education Must Continue

    Boko Hazards: Education Must Continue

    Besides striving to propagate Islam in a questionable bloody manner, another thrust of the philosophy of Boko Haram is condemnation of Western education. However, in a bid to revive western education among people displaced by activities of Boko Haram, some NGOs introduced psycho-social activities to help heal, psychologically, displaced children, most of whom were witnesses to havocs of Boko Haram. Some local communities without access to government camps for displaced persons, locally organize schools, though sub-standard, for the continuation of the truncated education of their children.

     

    Some displaced children engage in a local game organized by IOM, an NGO, at the Deeper Life Camp Ground, a non-governmental camp for displaced persons at Kwana Waya, Yola South, Adamawa State.
    Some displaced children engage in a local game organized by IOM, an NGO, at the Deeper Life Camp Ground, a non-governmental camp for displaced persons at Kwana Waya, Yola South, Adamawa State.
    A few, out of the many displaced children who hardly attend school, usually run away from school to participate in the local games because IOM usually distributes biscuits to children after the games.
    A few, out of the many displaced children who hardly attend school, usually run away from school to participate in the local games because IOM usually distributes biscuits to children after the games.
    Boko Hazards, Education Must Continue (3)
    Some displaced children, at Sangere, Girei, Adamawa State, play at the Nursery school section of Education Must Continue, an NGO formed by members of affected communities. by insurgency. The school is run by volunteers who are also displaced, and attended by displaced persons living among host communities.
    Fatimoh Muhammed, 12 years old, uses one of the psycho-social facilities available for displaced children at Sangere, Girei, Adamawa State. After her father rescued her family from members of Boko Haram at Gwoza in Borno State, he went back home to take some of his valuable properties but was caught and slaughtered by members of Boko Haram.
    Fatimoh Muhammed, 12 years old, uses one of the psycho-social facilities available for displaced children at Sangere, Girei, Adamawa State. After her father rescued her family from members of Boko Haram at Gwoza in Borno State, he went back home to take some of his valuable properties but was caught and slaughtered by members of Boko Haram.
    Some displaced children, at Sangere, Girei, Adamawa State, play at the Nursery school section of Education Must Continue, an NGO formed by members of affected communities. by insurgency. The school is run by volunteers who are also displaced, and attended by displaced persons living among host communities.
    Some displaced children, at Sangere, Girei, Adamawa State, play at the Nursery school section of Education Must Continue, an NGO formed by members of affected communities. by insurgency. The school is run by volunteers who are also displaced, and attended by displaced persons living among host communities.
  • APC wins Adamawa rerun

    APC wins Adamawa rerun

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mrs. Talatu Yohan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of Saturday’s Numan, Demsa and Lamurde Federal Constituency rerun.

    The INEC Returning officer,  Dr. Pascal Timtere, who spoke in Numan, Adamawa State, said: “Talatu Yohana of the APC won the election with 24,126 votes.”

    He said Michael Zidon of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 11,513 votes and Dr. P.P. Power of PDM got 6,320 votes.

    Others are CPP, 222 votes; KOWA, 400 votes and Labour Party, 154 votes.

    Timtere said the number of registered voters was 178,471, while 44,577 voters were accredited.

    “The valid votes were 42,735 and total rejected votes were 1,293, while number of votes cast was 44,028,” he said.

    Last November, the Court of Appeal in Abuja nullified the election of Mr. Kwamoti Laori of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and ordered a rerun.

  • 10 killed in Adamawa suicide bombing

    No fewer than 10 people were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy market in Gombi, Adamawa State, residents and a Red Cross official said.

    There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the attack bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, which has been using suicide bombers since the army, helped by neighbours Chad and Cameroon, expelled the group from territory it had captured previously.

    A male suicide bomber attacked the market, killing eight people and wounding 28, said a local Red Cross official.

    Two traders at the market put the death toll at 10 while a police spokesman said four had been killed and 17 wounded.

    Gombe lies near the border with Borno State, where the insurgency started.

    Two suicide bombers had on Wednesday caused 18 deaths in Chibok, Borno State.

    The military authorities confirmed yesterday that the Chibok bombers were men wearing hijabs with explosives strapped to their backs to look like babies.

    Such attacks are blamed on Boko Haram Islamic extremists who have turned to suicide bombing of soft targets since troops last year forced them out of towns and villages.

    On Monday, four suicide bombers attacked a market and town in northern Cameroon, killing at least 35 people and wounding 65, according to officials who said the bombers came from Nigeria.

    On Thursday, two female suicide bombers targeted a school in northern Cameroon. Officials said they killed only themselves and wounded some students.

    Chibok community leader, Pogu Bitrus, said the toll was higher than originally given: 17 civilians, one soldier and three suicide bombers.

    Bitrus said six bombers entered the town. Military spokesman, Col. Mustapha Ank, confirmed two were disguised as women.

    Chibok and Boko Haram came to the world’s attention after the Islamic extremists’ mass abduction of schoolgirls in April 2014.

  • Bird Flu: Adamawa deploys veterinary, health workers on surveillance

    Bird Flu: Adamawa deploys veterinary, health workers on surveillance

    The Adamawa Government on Monday announced the deployment of veterinary, health and environmental workers to avian influenza affected areas.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this follows the reported outbreak of bird flu in some parts of the state.

    The state Director, Ministry of Livestock Production, Dr Abdurrahman Tukur, mad this known to the NAN in Yola.

    Tukur explained that the deployment was to quickly eradicate and prevent the disease from spreading to other parts of the state.

    “Since the outbreak of the disease last week, the state government has intensified surveillance, while several veterinary, health and environment workers have been deployed.

    “The officers were deployed to the affected areas while some have mounted check points on major roads in the state to monitor the movement of birds and other related animals,” said the director.

    He expressed happiness that since the outbreak last week, there had been no further report of the spread of the disease in the state.

    However, he urged the people of the state to be vigilant and report any case of suspected bird illness to the nearest veterinary outpost for immediate action.

     

  • Adamawa gets new Commissioner of Police

    Adamawa gets new Commissioner of Police

    Mr. Ghazzali Mohammed has assumed duty as the new Adamawa Commissioner of Police, a statement from the Command has said.

    The statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Othman Abubakar, Mohammed assumed office on Wednesday.

    A copy of the statement made available to the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola said Mohammed replaced Mr. Gabriel Adaji.

    Mohammed, until his appointment, was in charge of election planning and monitoring at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

    “The new Commissioner solicits the cooperation of the general public and calls on them to be law abiding and confident in the security apparatus of the state in the course of his administration.

    “He also wishes members of the public a merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year in advance,” the statement said.