A woman in Adamawa State, Zuwaira Yusuf, has regained her freedom after spending eight months in prison for stealing a shirt and a cooler. Zuwaira, a divorcee, was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment for theft and was serving her jail term at Hong Correctional Centre until reprieve came her way on Wednesday. The Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee …

An Adamawa man has landed in Police custody after allegedly killing his elder brother, who was accused of witchcraft. The man, 42-year-old John Clerkson, from Dumna Zarbu in Guyuk Local Government Area of Adamawa State, reportedly murdered his 57-year-old elder brother, Mohammed Clerkson. The suspect accused the deceased of being responsible for the death of some people in the community. …

About 15 people, including children, drowned in a boat conveying passengers in a lake after a boat capsized in Adamawa State on Friday evening. The incident occurred in Njuwa Lake near Dandu village in Yola South Local Government Area when the canoe carrying 23 passengers, including farmers, traders and children, from Rugange village to Yola town capsized. A Red Cross …

A former staff of Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Aminu Mahdi has been arrested for allegedly beating his wife to death. Aminu, who is 63 years old and hails from Yelwa Ward in Mubi North Local Government Area, allegedly descended on his second wife, Hadiza Zubuchi, 46, for denying him access to her bed. The suspect, who has confessed …

The Adamawa State police command says a criminal group in the state, ‘Shila boys’, has killed a 37-year-old man, Umar Abdulkadir. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Suleiman Nguroje told the Newsmen in Yola on Saturday. ‘Shila Boys’ are light weapon-bearing youths terrorising some communities in the state and other places. They specialise in snatching mobile phones, jewellery and other …

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri on Sunday imposed a 24-hour curfew on Adamawa State. This is after the escalating attacks of hoodlums breaking into warehouses and carting away foodstuffs and other valuables. On his verified Twitter handle, Fintiri said the government took the action as a precaution to prevent the escalating violence by hoodlums attacking people and businesses. In 2020, the state …

Workers as well as pensioners on the payroll of the Adamawa State Government are to get N10,000 each month as petrol subsidy removal allowance. The special allowance regime will last six months, according to details of the state palliative package unveiled in Yola Wednesday. The chairman of the committee set up by the state government to determine the package, Dr. …

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has banned the felling of trees and burning of wood for charcoal. The governor advised residents who use charcoal for domestic cooking to find alternative energy sources. He said an existing law against tree cutting and other forms of deforestation would henceforth be strictly enforced. While receiving traditional rulers, and later members of the …

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has appointed Hon. Kate Mamuno Raymond, the lawmaker representing Demsa constituency, as the new majority leader. Raymond, who is of the governing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, is the only female legislator in the 25-member Assembly. Speaker Bathiya Wesley, who announced the appointment at the Assembly’s sitting on Monday, also pronounced the …

A man identified as Amos Christopher has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly beating his younger brother to death and beheading him. The police said that 24-year-old beat up his youngest sibling called Thyson until he died before he went on to cut his head. The deceased was four years old. Christopher, who is of Dobi …