Yola – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:35:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Yola – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 ASUU Yola Zone Accuses Federal Government of Breaching Agreements https://www.theinfostride.com/asuu-yola-zone-accuses-federal-government-of-breaching-agreements/ https://www.theinfostride.com/asuu-yola-zone-accuses-federal-government-of-breaching-agreements/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:00:45 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=390306 The Yola Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Federal Government of displaying insensitivity by failing to implement long-standing agreements reached with the union over several years. The zone, which comprises six university branches, expressed frustration over the government’s consistent reneging on commitments aimed at addressing the challenges in public [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/asuu-yola-zone-accuses-federal-government-of-breaching-agreements/feed/ 0 Yola Court Sentences Notorious Shila Boys to Prison for Various Crimes https://www.theinfostride.com/yola-court-sentences-notorious-shila-boys-to-prison-for-various-crimes/ https://www.theinfostride.com/yola-court-sentences-notorious-shila-boys-to-prison-for-various-crimes/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:30:28 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=388649 The Chief Magistrate Court 2 in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, has sentenced 15 notorious gang members, locally known as Shila Boys, to prison terms ranging from one to five years for a series of criminal offences. The Shila Boys, infamous for their involvement in street crime, were convicted on charges including extortion, receiving [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/yola-court-sentences-notorious-shila-boys-to-prison-for-various-crimes/feed/ 0 Court Remands Teacher for Alleged Defilement of Seven-Year-Old Pupil https://www.theinfostride.com/court-remands-teacher-for-alleged-defilement-of-seven-year-old-pupil/ https://www.theinfostride.com/court-remands-teacher-for-alleged-defilement-of-seven-year-old-pupil/#respond Sat, 18 May 2024 13:00:24 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=378346 A Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yola has ordered the remand of a 37-year-old teacher, Adamu Ayuba, in a correctional facility for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old pupil. The police charged Ayuba, who resides in Rawani, Jambutu, Yola, with defilement, contrary to Section 211 of the Penal Code Law of Adamawa State. He pleaded not guilty [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/court-remands-teacher-for-alleged-defilement-of-seven-year-old-pupil/feed/ 0 Thousands leave NNPP for PDP in Adamawa https://www.theinfostride.com/thousands-leave-nnpp-for-pdp-in-adamawa/ https://www.theinfostride.com/thousands-leave-nnpp-for-pdp-in-adamawa/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:30:08 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=340495 Thousands of people in Adamawa State have defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Some of the former NNPP members who matched through some streets of the state capital, Yola, on Friday were seen wearing Kwakwassiya caps, made popular by the NNPP national leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso. They were, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/thousands-leave-nnpp-for-pdp-in-adamawa/feed/ 0 Fintiri Unveils Female Running Mate, Farauta https://www.theinfostride.com/fintiri-unveils-female-running-mate-farauta/ https://www.theinfostride.com/fintiri-unveils-female-running-mate-farauta/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:00:37 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=329915 Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State who is also the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election, has unveiled his female running mate, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta. Fintiri unveiled Farauta, Wednesday at the Banquette Hall of the State House in Yola during a ceremony that had massive attendance by men and [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/fintiri-unveils-female-running-mate-farauta/feed/ 0 IDP Kids To Undergo De-worming In Yola https://www.theinfostride.com/idp-kids-to-undergo-de-worming-in-yola/ Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:54:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=179737 De-worming of about 10,000 under five Internally Displaced Children in Yola recently began. Mr Ikeotuonye Chukwunonso, May & Baker’s Public Sector Officer in charge of North, revealed this during the launching of the Programme held at Malkohi IDPs camp in Yola on Tuesday. “The company is targeting to de-worm about 10,000 under five children living [...]

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]]> Scarcity Of Fresh Meat Plagues Yola https://www.theinfostride.com/scarcity-of-fresh-meat-plagues-yola/ Mon, 15 May 2017 08:41:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=164990 Many households in Yola had to make do with meals devoid of ‘fresh’ meat Saturday as butchers in the state went to polls to elect their leaders, thereby creating artificial scarcity of meat. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that because of the significance the butchers attached to this particular election, most of them abandoned [...]

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]]> Wellbeing Foundation Africa’s Toyin Saraki Commends Unilever Nigeria’s Corporate Social Responsibility in Support of Maternal Health https://www.theinfostride.com/wellbeing-foundation-africas-toyin-saraki-commends-unilever-nigerias-corporate-social-responsibility-in-support-of-maternal-health/ Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:38:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=118228 Commending Unilever Nigeria for its donation of relief materials, which were distributed to Nigerian Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Maiduguri, Nasarawa and Yola, the Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), H.E. Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has called on all corporations to emulate Unilever’s example, and incorporate elements of good corporate citizenship into their Corporate [...]

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]]> Adamawa Governor Appoints 49 Development Area Administrators, Apologizes To Women Over Poor Representation https://www.theinfostride.com/adamawa-governor-appoints-49-development-area-administrators-apologizes-to-women-over-poor-representation/ Tue, 08 Dec 2015 22:01:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=111347   Jigawa State Governor, Senator Muhammadu Jibrilla Bindow, has apologized to women in the state for being under-represented in his new appointments. The governor made the apology while swearing in 49 newly-appointed Development Area Administrators at the Government House, Yola on Tuesday. Sen. Bindow urged the women to bear with him, adding that he would [...]

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]]> Boko Haram Insurgency: Nigerians Battle To Keep The Classroom Door Open https://www.theinfostride.com/boko-haram-insurgency-nigerians-battle-to-keep-the-classroom-door-open/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:48:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110913 You could easily miss the school gate that sits along this dusty, winding road on the outskirts of town. Which is the point: Its anonymity protects those who live and work behind it from prying eyes. But after much back-and-forth with a suspicious guard, the gates swing open to reveal a vibrant burst of activity. [...]

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]]> Court Sentenced Adamawa Ex-Commissioner To 10 Years In Prison for N51.5m Scam https://www.theinfostride.com/court-sentenced-adamawa-ex-commissioner-to-10-years-in-prison-for-n51-5m-scam/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:43:32 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110891 Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state handed a 10 year jail term to a former Commissioner of Local Government Affairs in Adamawa State, John Elias Babani on Friday, December 4, 2015 for defrauding Adamawa State government of the sum of N51.5million while in office. The former commissioner was arraigned by [...]

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]]> Ex-Commissioner In Adamawa Sentenced To 10 Years Imprisonment For Stealing Public Funds https://www.theinfostride.com/ex-commissioner-in-adamawa-sentenced-to-10-years-imprisonment-for-stealing-public-funds/ Sat, 05 Dec 2015 11:18:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110498 A Federal High Court sitting in Yola presided by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu, Friday’sentenced a former commissioner in Adamawa State, John Elias to 10 years imprisonment without an option of fine. Elias was commissioner for finance and Local government and chieftaincy affairs during Boni Haruna’s administration in the state. “I hereby sentenced the first accused, [...]

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]]> There is Danger in overlooking Boko Haram’s Nigerian Terror https://www.theinfostride.com/there-is-danger-in-overlooking-boko-harams-nigerian-terror/ https://www.theinfostride.com/there-is-danger-in-overlooking-boko-harams-nigerian-terror/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2015 09:26:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108031 Tuesday’s bomb blast in Yola, Nigeria, killed at least 34 people and injured scores of others. The very next day, two suicide bombers hit the country’s northern city of Kano, killing at least 15 and injuring 53. Authorities are placing the blame for the attacks on Boko Haram, the Islamist insurgency that has wrought havoc [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/there-is-danger-in-overlooking-boko-harams-nigerian-terror/feed/ 2 Governor Jibrilla Bans Night Market In Yola https://www.theinfostride.com/governor-jibrilla-bans-night-market-in-yola/ Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:04:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107781 The Governor of Adamawa State, Mohammadu Jibrilla, has announced an indefinite ban on night markets in Yola following Tuesday’s blast in the state capital. Jibrilla announced the ban, Wednesday, in an interview with newsmen in Yola. According to him, the ban is part of decisions taken at an emergency security meeting at Government House, Yola. [...]

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]]> More Than 30 Killed, 80 Injured As Bomb Blast Hit Yola https://www.theinfostride.com/more-than-30-killed-80-injured-as-bomb-blast-hit-yola/ Wed, 18 Nov 2015 22:17:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107645 No fewer than than 30 people were killed on Tuesday when a bomb blast hit packed crowds in Yola, northeast Nigeria, just days after President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) visited and declared that Boko Haram were close to defeat. The explosion happened at about 8:20 pm in the Jambutu area of the Adamawa state capital. “So [...]

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]]> Nigerian Military Has Reduced Boko Haram’s Strengths – Atiku https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerian-military-has-reduced-boko-harams-strengths-atiku/ Sun, 15 Nov 2015 11:55:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107256 Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said even though there is persistent insecurity in some parts of Nigeria, the military has dealt a devastating blow to the once dreaded Boko Haram sect. Abubakar also said the economic crisis in the country was coming at the worst possible time, but that it “forces us to [...]

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]]> #Adamawa > 7 Killed, 13 Injured In IDP Camp Bombing https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-7-killed-13-injured-in-adamawa-idp-camp-bombing/ Fri, 11 Sep 2015 21:30:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-7-killed-13-injured-in-adamawa-idp-camp-bombing/ The Government of Adamawa State has confirmed that seven people died and thirteen were injured in an explosion that occurred at the Malkohi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp near Yola today. According to the state Commissioner for Information, Malam Ahmad Sajoh, who confirmed the incident to newsmen after a visit to the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, [...]

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]]> Senator Ekweremadu Donates 9m Naira Worth Of Relief Items To Yola IDPs Camps | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/ekweremadu-donates-n9m-worth-of-relief-items-to-yola-idps-camps-nigeria/ Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:47:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/ekweremadu-donates-n9m-worth-of-relief-items-to-yola-idps-camps-nigeria/ The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has donated relief materials worth N9 million to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Adamawa State. The relief items were in fulfilment of Mr. Ekweremadu’s pledge to the IDPs during his visit to their camps over two weeks ago. Presenting the items to the Adamawa State governor, Mohammed Bindow, [...]

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