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Adamawa 2019: I Will Recover Adamawa's Stolen Money-Fintiri By Billy Graham Abel Yola The Adamawa governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has promised to recover looted funds by the APC government in Adamawa state when elected governor. Fintiri said the salary arrears owed local government staff was in itself a fraud as allocations from the federal coffers was sufficient enough to pay salaries without incurring debt. Fintiri made the remarks during at a rally in Yola where more than one hundred and fifty women groups endorsed his governorship ambition. Fintiri said he would right the wrongs of the incumbent administration which has killed the dreams and aspirations of Adamawa people through its corrupt practices and policies that brought about hunger and poverty in the state. Fintiri said, "Funds allocated to local government sent from the federal coffers will be released to all local government in the state when I become govern...

Nigerian Police Dismisses 121 Officers After it Publicly Denied Deployment Mutiny The  Nigeria Police  have dismissed 121 of at least 167 police officers who absconded from a counterterrorism training facility to avoid deployment against Boko Haram insurgents last week, as per PREMIUM TIMES report. The 121 officers of the rank-and-file were accused of committing mutiny and desertion, prompting Inspector-General Ibrahim Idris to order their dismissal with immediate effect. A directive has gone out for several police units where the dismissed officers were attached to immediately retrieve all equipment in their possession and remove them from payrolls, according to a December 26 signal seen by PREMIUM TIMES. The mass dismissal comes a day after PREMIUM TIMES broke the news of the large-scale desertion, eliciting renewed nationwide concerns about Nigeria’s progress in the Boko Haram war, which is now entering its tenth year. The 167 officers whom  PREMIUM TIMES ...

Former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari is Dead At 93 Former Nigerian President, Shehu Shagari, is dead Mr Shagari, 93, died Friday evening at the National Hospital Abuja after a brief illness. The death of the elder statesman was announced by his grandson, Bello Shagari, via his Twitter handle. Mr Shagari was elected president in 1979 and led Nigeria between 1979 and 1983 on the platform of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN). He was removed from office via a military coup in December 1983. The coup plotters eventually named then Major General Muhammadu Buhari as the Head of State. Mr Shagari’s death was also confirmed by the governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal. Tambuwal said, "I regret to Announce the death of former President Shehu Shagari who just passed away at National Hospital Abuja. May his Soul Rest in Peace."

BABA 1010 DECLARES FOR REPS IN ADAMAWA. BARNABAS MANYAM YOLA. A popular business man Alh. Ibrahim Mustapha Yola, known as Baba 1010 has declared for the House of Representatives seat under Yola North, Girei and Yola South federal constituency. Baba 1010 who spoke at a large gathering in Yola south during the launching of his campaighn said he was contesting the 2019 elections because he wants to change the conditions of youths and women in the area. Baba 1010 said Adamawa State people have been experiencing a lot of sufferings especially in the area of job creation and youth mobilization which had remained dormant but if elected he would create enabling environment for training of women and youths.  Baba 1010 who is a successful and the owner of Top 10 groups of restaurants and hotels said he was contesting under the platform of the African Democratic Party ADC. He revealed as part of his humanitarian services he had mobilized youths by purchasing four boats for Rugange comm...

NCDC OFFERS FIVE IMPORTANT TIPS TO PREVENT CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS Wednesday, December 19, 2018 -  During the dry season, high temperatures and low humidity increase the likelihood of transmission of organisms causing Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in Nigeria. Over the last one month, there has been an increase in the reporting of suspected cases of CSM in Katsina, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Sokoto, Kano, Bayelsa and Ondo with confirmed cases of Neisseria Meningitis Type C (Nmc) reported in Zamfara and Jigawa States. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and partners have commenced preparedness activities, through the national CSM Technical Working Group (TWG). The TWG has completed a risk assessment exercise for prioritisation, and issued letters of alert to states to ensure adequate preparedness this season. NCDC is issuing this public health advisory note to members of the public to be aware of the risk and take appropriate precautions. Cerebrospinal Me...

My Ambition is Not Worth Anyone's Blood-Fintiri By Billy Graham Abel Yola PDP candidate in the 2019 elections, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has said in no uncertain terms that his candidacy is not worth the blood of any son of Adamawa. Fintiri made the remarks, Thursday, at the  signing of Peace Accord of all Governorship candidates in Adamawa, banning violence, intimidation, hate speech among other behavior that could undermine the credibility of the 2019 elections. The PDP Candidate said the pact would have been unnecessary if INEC had provided a level ground and were the extant electoral Laws of the Country respected. He expressed reservations over president Muhammadu Buhari's refusal to assent to the 2018 Electoral Act saying the APC led government cannot claim to be committed to a free and fair elections without assenting to the Electoral Act. The outspoken governorship candidate also questioned the synergy between INEC and  Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers saying ...

Adamawa 2019: Bindow Absent As 13 Governorship Candidate Sign Peace Accord By Billy Graham Abel Yola Thirteen of the twenty nine governorship candidates in Adamawa have on Thursday signed a peace accord outlawing violence, thuggery, hate speech and other actions or inactions that are capable of undermine the conduct and credibility of the 2019 elections in Adamawa but the incubent governor, Muhammed Umaru Jibrilla Bindow failed to show up for the peace pact signing. Spearheading the signing of peace accord in Yola, the Adamawa state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Kassim Gaidam urged the candidates to respect the electoral process and maintain decorum saying the peace accord does not suggest in anyway that they have been violent. Gaidam said electoral violence is the greatest threat to a free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria and that party in fightings has left the commission embroiled in 396 court cases and 52 petitions between August-October, 2018. Gaidam notes that, ...