Jim Ochetenwu 
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has announced the ban on the felling and burning of tree trunks for charcoal production in the state. The governor said Thursday that an existing law against tree cutting and use of tree trunks to produce charcoal for cooking would henceforth be strictly enforced. Fintiri gave the order first when … Read more
The newly inaugurated 8th Adamawa State House of Assembly has read for the first time a bill for a law to toughen punishment for members of a criminal youth group called Shila Boys. The Shila Boys are light weapon-bearing youths who specialise in snatching handphones, cash, and other valuables from residents, often in broad daylight, … Read more
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has appointed Awwal Tukur as the new Secretary to the State Government, SSG. Fintiri, also on Wednesday, announced the appointment of Edgar Amos as his Chief of Staff. The information is contained in a statement released on Wednesday afternoon by Fintiri’s Chief Press Secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou. Awwal Tukur, a … Read more
The first batch of 475 Muslim pilgrims from Adamawa State have departed Yola for this year’s hajj in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, The pilgrims were airlifted by a plane belonging to Aero-Contractors. The Public Relations Officer of Adamawa State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Commission, Yola, Alhaji Mikail Danjuma Mubi confirmed that the flight left the Yola International … Read more
As the world marks World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has pushed out a message supporting a campaign against tobacco farming as a ploy to discourage smoking. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, said in the message obtained by DAILY POST that the tobacco epidemic is one … Read more
Seventeen per cent of girls and women aged 15 to 49 skip social activities due to avoidable inconveniences and the stigma of menstruation. The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said this as the world marks Menstrual Hygiene Day on Sunday, May 28, advocating equitable menstrual health and hygiene programmes to ease the strains of menstruation. … Read more
The Church of Brethren in Nigeria, better known as Ekklesiyar Yan’Uwa A Nigeria (EYN), has faulted the security and economic outcomes of the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying Nigeria has never had it so bad. President of the EYN, Rev Joel Billi, who on Wednesday addressed the 76th General Council, an annual … Read more
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammad Abubakar, has said that repeated strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have done much harm to the university system and the young ones that the universities are meant to groom. The Sultan stated this on Saturday after he received a degree of Doctor of Law (Honoris … Read more
The Modibbo Adama University, MAU, Yola, has concluded arrangements to award degrees to a total of 4,638 graduating students. The university, a federal institution established 42 years ago, will on Saturday, May 13, hold its 27th convocation, when it will award 63 first-class degrees to its graduands Others to receive their degrees include 1,069 second-class … Read more