Three police officers caught in a trending video escorting the president of the Adamawa Student Union have been summoned to the Force headquarters in Abuja to face disciplinary action. In a statement released, the police said the officers were deployed to “maintain peace and security” during the convention and electoral process organized by the…
A video of a man alleged to be the President of the Adamawa Student Union President moving around with police escorts has surfaced online. In the viral video, the man could be seen arriving at the Adamawa Students convention with two armed policemen walking beside his car. The video has sparked reactions from…
Many passengers are feared dead after a boat capsized in Gurin, a suburb of Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa state. The victims, mostly women and children, were returning from farms and a naming ceremony when the wooden boat sank on Monday, September 11, 2023. The development comes 48 hours after eight people…
At least fifteen persons are feared dead after a local boat conveying residents including children, capsized in the popular Njuwa lake across Rugange village in Yola South local Government area of Adamawa State on Friday, September 8. According to reports, the boat conveying the victims was crossing to main Yola town where they were…
Operatives of the Adamawa state police command have arrested four Cyber Crime suspects who use Computer network devices to defraud members of the public. A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, gave the names of the suspects as Jamilu Abubakar 21years, Asab Vitalis 18years, Honest Zubairu 16years, and Paul…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three local hunters and a woman for allegedly torturing a 14-year-old boy, Abobo Nasani, over alleged theft. Abobo, of Tasala community in the Demsa Local Government Area of the state, was accused of stealing N21,000 belonging to the woman, Ngularo Pemu. Pemu was said to have…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a criminal gang, Shila Boys, over the murder of a 37-year-old man, Umar Abdulkadir. Umar was killed last week near his place of residence in Ajiya Street, a community in Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area of the state. Umar was attacked…
Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 14 suspects including a police inspector and vigilante members over the brutal murder of two women who were accused of witchcraft in Roma community, in Song Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, who disclosed this in a statement on…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the wife of a High Court judge, Zainab Abbas, in Yola, Adamawa State. Zainab Abbas was kidnapped around 2am on Wednesday, June 7, at her residence, behind Royal Ambassadors Hotel in the Nyibango neighbourhood, which is adjacent to the 23 brigade of the Nigerian Army headquarters…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a housewife, Maryam Mohammed, for allegedly brutalizing a 7-year-old girl, Angela David, who was kept in her care. Mohammed allegedly used an electric cable to beat the minor, inflicting injuries on her body for failing to do some domestic chores. Marks of brutality are clearly seen…
Men of the Adamawa state police command on May 19 arrested one Atiku Ibrahim 37 years and Adamu Ibrahim 40years, identified as inmates who escaped from Kuje correctional facility, following the attack on the facility that freed over 500 on June 6, 2022. The escapees were arrested by the Command operatives attached to Crack…
The suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has had his passport seized and he has also been restricted to the Federal Capital Territory as part of preconditions for his administrative bail. Yunusa-Ari is currently being probed by the police on the conduct/actions of the REC during the Supplementary election in Adamawa State….
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who on April 16, unilaterally announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress winner of the gubernatorial elections during the recently concluded supplementary elections despite the fact that collation of results was still ongoing. The…
Suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari has written a letter to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, denying claim of trying to scuttle a democratic process. In the four-page letter dated April 20, the suspended Adamawa REC claimed he acted in accordance with the powers conferred on him by…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has written to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), seeking an investigation into action of suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hudu Yunusa Ari in the state’s governorship election. Recall that Yunusa-Ari had declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru as the winner of the supplementary…
President Buhari has approved the immediate suspension from office of Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), of Adamawa State pending the completion of an investigation by the Inspector General of Police on the conduct/actions of the REC during the Supplementary election in Adamawa State. Ari’s suspension was made known in a…
A middle-aged man identified as Festus Stephen has been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for killing his friend, Mohammed Sani (Jega) over N30,000. The court heard that Festus of Sabon Pegi bye-pass, Yola town, Yola South LGA on or about October 19, 2018, at Sabon Pegi, caused the death of his friend,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has canceled the declaration of Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, as the winner of the governorship election in Adamawa State. The electoral body also summoned the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Barrister Hudu Yunusa over the controversial declaration. This morning, Yunusa walked into…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared APC Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani the winner of the Adamawa governorship election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the state, Hudu Yunusa made the declaration this morning, April 16, following the supplementary election held on Saturday, April 15. Results from 10 out of the…
Men of the Adamawa state police command on April 4 apprehended a 70 year old man for allegedly raping two minors aged four and seven in Ajiya street Jimeta, Yola North local government area of the state. The suspect identified as Usman Ibrahim was said to have lured the two victims into his room…
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked Dabna community in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, killing three people and destroying property worth millions of naira. Dabna is a village in the Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State sharing a boundary with Hawul Local Government Area in neighbouring Borno State. …