An application by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Binani, seeking to stop the prosecution of the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commission, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has been struck out by an Abuja Federal High Court. The court had previously given an interim order, directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Attorney-General of the Federation, …

The member representing Ganye Constituency in the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Alhassan Hammanjoda has notified the assembly of his defection from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alhassan announced his defection in a letter he personally signed and presented on the floor of the house during Wednesday’s sitting. In the letter, read by the …

A 25-year-old man in Adamawa State, Suleiman Auwal,has been caught with an allegedly stolen tricycle in the state capital, Yola. Tricycle (popularly called Keke NAPEP), is the only means of intracity transportation used in Yola and is, therefore, hugely popular among residents. It was gathered on Tuesday that Auwal allegedly stole one of the tricycles last Friday at the main …

A man in Adamawa State has confessed to killing his friend and stealing his N100,000. The 34-year-old Inuwa Yunana of Gyawana in Lamurde Local Area told the police how he killed Augustine Otti of the same community, who was a student at the University of Maiduguri, and took his N100,000. The Adamawa State Police Command said Tuesday that its operatives …

A 33-year-old man, Musa Adamu, who has been arrested with four AK-47 rifles, says a repented armed robbery colleague surrendered them to him. Adamu, a resident of Mayo Belwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa State but currently in detention at the Adamawa Police Command headquarters in Yola on charge of illegal possession of firearms, confessed to the police that …

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Justice Hapsat Abdulrahaman as the substantive Chief Judge of the state. The confirmation of the first female Chief Justice and two others followed the consideration of a letter forwarded to the assembly by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri and read by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas at Tuesday’s sitting. …

The police in Adamawa State have apprehended a 30-year-old man for raping a seven-year-old in Numan, and another 53-year-old man for raping a nine-year old girl in Gwalti village, Numan Local Government Area. A statement by the command’s spokesperson, Suleiman Nguroje gave the names of the suspects as Murtala Muhammed, 30, who is a resident of behind Demsa Guest Inn; …

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested seven teenagers for gang-raping a 15-year-old girl in Kodomun village, Demsa Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson of the command, Superintendent Suleiman Yahaya, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the suspects lured their victim into the house of one of them who is her boyfriend, and forcefully had …