SS2 Student has landed in court for robbing to pay his school fees. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Senior Secondary School 2 (SS2) student has been dragged before a Yola State Magistrate Court in Adamawa State for robbery to raise money to pay his school fees. The young man, Abubakar Mohammed, quite old … Read more
The Legal Adviser, after submitting the Bill, urged the lawmakers to graciously consider and okay the legislation Ekohotblog reports that the law providing financial autonomy to the state judiciary as an arm of government has been passed by the Adamawa State House of Assembly. Comrade Aminu Abdulkadir, JUSUN’s Legal Adviser, had previously submitted a bill … Read more
It is unclear how a vacuum to be created by not doing the election early in December Ekohotblog reports that Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) has postponed its planned local government council poll. The state electoral authority, which had previously set the election for December 4, 2021, has not announced a new date. Alhaji … Read more
Residents were thrown into panic on Monday as an explosion rocked Adamawa State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that an explosion was recorded in Adamawa State as a fuel tanker exploded in the early hours of Monday. It was gathered that the explosion occurred at the busy PZ Roundabout along Airport Road, Yola the Adamawa State capital. It … Read more
The Adamawa Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old woman, Rumasa’u Muhammed, of Wuro Yanka Village in Shelleng local government area for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. Police Spokesperson in the state, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident on Wednesday in Yola, revealed that the suspect has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her husband to … Read more
Adamawa Government has ordered the closure of boarding schools in the state. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Adamawa State Government has ordered the closure of no fewer than 30 boarding junior secondary schools in the state. The order was made known via a statement by the State Commissioner of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs. Wilbina … Read more
A polio outbreak has hit a Nigerian community. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Adamawa State Government has announced the reemergence and detection of the Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 ((VDPV) case in the state. The State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof. Abdullahi Isa, made the disclosure at the official flag-off of … Read more
A popular businessman has bagged a 30-month jail for calling a Nigerian governor ‘Father of all thieves.’ EKOHOTBLOG reports that a Yola Chief Magistrate Court II, presided over by Magistrate Japhet Basani, has convicted and sentenced a Numan-based businessman, Ali Yakubu Numan, to a two-and-a-half-year jail term for calling Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri ‘Father of … Read more
The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has invited a former governor over comments against President Buhari. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Department of State Security Services (DSS) has invited the former governor of Adamawa State, Jibrilla Bindow, over comments against President Muhammadu Buhari. Bindow, a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was invited by … Read more
According to Daily Nigerian, in a leaked audio clip obtained by medium, the APC chieftains were heard making spiteful and denigrating remarks against the person of President Muhammadu Buhari without hindrance. The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Sulaiman Adamu, has made a spiteful remark … Read more
Late President Yar’Adua’s son has been remanded in prison. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, the son of late former President Musa Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. It was gathered that the … Read more
A youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has bagged one year imprisonment for insulting President Buhari. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Ikamu Kato, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for insulting President Muhammadu Buhari … Read more
Nguroje said the suspect engaged Rabiyatu in a fight when she demanded the refund of her ₦1,000 Barely one week after the police in Adamawa apprehended a man for beating his wife to death, a similar incident has re-occurred in the state. Hammawa Usman, 41, of Jada Ward, Ganye town in Ganye Local Government Area … Read more
Many people have been feared dead following an alleged attack by soldiers on the staff of Dangote Company. No fewer than seven persons have been feared dead as soldiers reportedly opened fire on the protesting staff of Dangote Sugar Company, in Gyawana, Adamawa State, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. Gyawana is about 70 kilometers from … Read more
Boko Haram insurgents, in the early hours of Wednesday, attacked Adamawa communities and killed scores of residents. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday morning invaded communities in Adamawa State, killing scores of locals. It was gathered that the Boko Haram terrorists stormed Dabna village in the Hong local Government Area, shooting … Read more
“Investigation revealed that the suspect, who is the second wife to the victim’s father, committed the offence by using a hot iron on the girls’ privates, tortured and inflicted injury on the baby The Adamawa State Police Command has nabbed an 18-year-old housewife, Aisha Muhammed, for allegedly pressing a hot iron around the private part … Read more
“Today, we celebrate the return to civil rule, the restoration of our dignity and the democratic resilience we have built over the last two decades Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has praised the courage and desire of the Nigerian citizenry to allow democracy thrive after two decades of it. The governor, in a statement … Read more
The residents of Toungo, the hometown of the former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, were thrown into excitement over the commissioning of an electricity project by the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, on Friday The country home of the former VP had been without electricity since its creation as a local … Read more
The armed men were yet to reach out to the family with any demands A female journalist with Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) was on Tuesday abducted by armed men. The journalist, Amra Ahmed, who’s the news editor of the state-owned media outfit in Yola, Adamawa capital, was whisked away from her residence in the early … Read more
No fewer than 5,000 persons have been displaced following weekend attack by Boko Haram in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the insurgents came in nine vehicles on Friday to attack Kwapre village in Dugwaba District of Hong Local Government Area. No fewer than 5,000 persons have been displaced … Read more