Fire destroyed wares and some other valuable properties in the main market serving Yola Town, one of two in the Adamawa State capital, Yola. While the city’s biggest market, the Jimeta Modern Market, is located in the Jimeta axis…
Fifteen young men associated with a youth gang locally called Shila Boys, have been arrested for allegedly robbing residents of the Adamawa State capital, Yola. The state Police Command said in a statement released Wednesday afternoon that in its…
A police inspector has been killed after a clash between some officers and men of the Nigeria Police and the military in Yola. the Adamawa State capital. The Police identified the deceased as Inspector Jacob Daniel, who died in the…
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command attached to Yolde Pate Divisional Headquarters have intercepted a vehicle conveying three suspected criminals in Yola metropolis. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Nguroje, said in a statement Monday that the operatives,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa has distributed sensitive materials for the conduct of Governorship and State Assembly supplementary elections in 20 affected local government areas. Speaking to newsmen during the distribution on Friday in Yola, Mr Hudu…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has voted in the Presidential and National Assembly elections. Newsmen reports that the former vice president and his wife were accredited at 9:14am and they voted a few minutes later…
The National Teachers Institute (NTI) says it has concluded arrangements to establish additional study centre for degree programme in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa. NTI Coordinator in the state, Hajiya Aishatu Usman said this in an interview with the…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) will on Wednesday hold the Northeast version of its Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Securities Awareness Programme in Yola, Adamawa. The Director-General of the DMO, Patience Oniha, says the programme is being planned in collaboration…
The Federal Medical Center (FMC), Yola, in partnership with Manaco Impact Foundation has developed vaccine reminder App (Peadiatric Oncall) designed to promote childhood vaccination. Prof. Auwal Abubakar, Chief Medical Director of the centre, told the Nigerian NewsDirect on Saturday that…
Adamawa State Coordinator of the National Land Development Authority (NALDA), Zakaria Kraha, has been kidnapped. It came as the second known instance of kidnapping within the Yola capital metropolis on Tuesday as wife of a district head and her three…
