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Buhari noted that the late Joda was the last surviving member of Governor Hassan Usman’s Northern Nigeria cabinet.

Family sources told Daily Trust that he died at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Adamawa State capital, on Friday, and that arrangements for his burial are currently ongoing.

Also passed was a bill to upgrade the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, to a full-fledged Federal University of Technology.

The rampaging students destroyed the school’s 500-seater lecture theatre, burnt the Students Union Government building and also destroyed the students union President’s vehicle.

The Day 14 matches of the NPFL are scheduled to be played this weekend across the country.

The command’s Spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Yola.

Olugbenga Adeyanju, Commissioner of Police in Adamawa State, confirmed the development while parading the suspects on Monday in Yola.

Nuradeen Abdullahi, the Commandant of the Corps in the state, paraded the suspect on Tuesday in Yola.

DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Yola.

The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Dr. Umar Pella, disclosed this shortly after an Extraordinary Meeting of the council, presided over by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri in Yola on Tuesday.

DSP Suleiman Nguroje, Spokesman, Adamawa Police Command, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the three persons were suspected members of group called Shila Boys.

Olugbenga Adeyanju has assumed duty as the new Adamawa State Commissioner of Police.

The Nigeria Immigration Services on Saturday in Yola handed over 23 packages of seized Diazapam, a dangerous drug, to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control.

The Adamawa State Government has confirmed the death of seven children after a measles outbreak in Malabo village, Fufore Local Government Area of the state.

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has signed an Executive Order to enforce the restriction of movement order to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease in the state.

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has announced two weeks lockdown of the state as from midnight of March 31 as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.

The Adamawa State Muslim Council has warned some Islamic clerics in the state to stop misleading people over the dreaded COVID-19 disease.

The Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola has sentenced a former Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Bishop Jingi Mayo, to five years imprisonment.

The Adamawa State Government has directed all schools to close down academic activities on March 27 as a preventive measure against spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) to the state.

The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 71 kidnap, armed robbery and rape suspects across the state.