Adamawa State Government has closed down public and private schools following the outbreak of measles in the state. The closure notice was contained in a statement signed by Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Aisha Umar on Monday in Yola. Umar said the closure is to mitigate the spread of measles and to enable the state Primary …

The Adamawa State government has confirmed the death of 42 persons following an outbreak of measles in the state. The commissioner for health and human services, Mr Felix Tangwami, disclosed this  yesterday after state executive council meeting in Yola. Tangwami said the cases were recorded in vaccine non-compliant communities where 23 people died in Mubi-North and 19 died in Gombi …