Ehiguese Mildred Peace, representing Adamawa State, emerged as the new Miss Nigeria at the grand finale of the beauty pageant held in Lagos, while Rita Chinedu, representing Delta State, and Benjamin Anne Ufuomanefe, representing Ondo State, were first and second runner-ups.
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Mubi, the second largest town in Adamawa State, which has experienced series of attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, is under restriction of vehicular movement on Christmas Day until after 12 noon, while commercial cyclists operation has been suspended until Wednesday for security reasons.
The statement, which conveyed the governor’s felicitation with the people of the state as they prepare to celebrate Christmas, urged them to reflect on the message and spirit of the season, which comprised love, peace and blessings from God.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the IDPs were residing in Cham and Bambam Communities of Balanga Local Government Area of the state.
Presenting the materials at the Presidential Lodge, Yola, Buhari said the gesture was part of her desire to support women and youths in Nigeria to be economically self-reliant.
NAN recalls that the State Government had sponsored some Christian leaders in the APC from the state to ward levels in the just concluded Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
The Adamawa/Taraba Area Comptroller of the service, Adetoye Francis, said this while inspecting a tipper lorry truck and two tricycles loaded with suspected smuggled rice in Mubi town on Wednesday.
Rahimatu Aliyu, the Executive Director, Loans and Mortgage Services of the bank, disclosed this in Yola on Monday at the presentation of cheques to beneficiaries of the FMBN Home Renovation Loan in Adamawa.
Bindow said this on Saturday at the presentation of a book on his administration, titled: “Performance Based Politics: The Bindow Model,” written by Dr. Agoso Bamaiyi, the Principal Special Assistant to the governor.
The state government, under Governor Jibrilla Bindow, was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ahmad Sajoh, on Tuesday in Yola said Justice Adamu Hobong (rtd) would serve as chairman of the commission and Aggrey Ali, Secretary.
Monday’s meeting, the first in the series, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, had in attendance the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II; the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa; elder statesman, Mallam Ahmed Joda; and other leaders of the Fulani communities.
Francis Adetoye, the Area Controller in charge of Adamawa and Taraba Commands, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Yola on Wednesday.
Marwa, who is also a former Military Governor of Lagos State, made this disclosure in Yola after a meeting of stakeholders comprising 20 organisations in Adamawa State.
Baba said the suspects were apprehended following a tip-off that led to the arrest of one of them whose confession and that of their four victims ranging between the ages of 10 and 12 were used to fish out the rest.
He said: “The special focus on seizure of rice is to reinforce the Federal Government commitment to encouraging local production of rice, promote employment and stop dumping, among others.”
Jibrilla made his position known on Tuesday after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
Speaking at the commissioning of the Pulaaku Radio in Yola, Adamawa State on Sunday, the President, who was represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Boko Haram has been massively degraded and its surviving members put on the run.
The State Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Saidu Nera, confirmed the development on Sunday to the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola.
Idris made this known in Yola when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Mohammed Bindow to commiserate with him and the people of the state.