Nyako said this was contrary to the impression being created that he and the other four governors who defected from the PDP to the APC did so in order to become leaders of their new party
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The governor said this in a statement signed by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Malam Ahmed Sajoh, in Yola, the Adamwa State capital
Nyako said the sealing of the Lodge, on the orders of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, was carried out without any notification to him
“Use the mandate given to you to improve the lots of the people of the area,” James said.
The acting chairman was sworn-in by the Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Suleiman Shelleng
The training, organized by the state Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs is also aimed at encouraging communities on the sustainability of TB control programme in the state
The Head of Operation of the Yola Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mohammed Kaigama, confirmed the incident, saying that the victims had been taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Yola
The suspected insurgents hit Adamawa State just as another suicide attack was foiled by security agents in Kano on Saturday
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The court, sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, thus threw out the petition of Dr. Umar Ardo, who also sought for the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, the platform on which Nyako stood for the election
He said such allegation could only have come from idle minds and busybodies looking for cheap publicity or finding someone to blame for their political problems
The congresses had seen the old and founding members of the PDP winning in most areas, with the state Governor, Alhaji Murtala Nyako, a new entrant into the party from the All Nigeria Peoples Party, losing his grip on the party
Apart from the 80-year-old woman, Dada Audu, and her 15-year-old grandson, the police also confirmed on Thursday that a soldier and a policeman lost their lives in the attack
The spokesman of the Adamawa State Police Command, Mohammed Ibrahim, confirmed the development
The gunmen, who were reported to have arrived in Maiha at about 3am, wrecked havoc at the Prison, Divisional Police Station, Government Lodge and the court in the town