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 …

The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa has been remanded in prison after a five-count charge including culpable homicide, criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief by fire, and inciting public disturbance. Senior Magistrate Ibrahim Mansur Yola remanded him on Wednesday after a court sitting at the Kano Magistrate Court, following his arrest by the Kano State Police …