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The Periscope reporter The Association of Bauchi State Indigens in the United Kingdom has donated 256 different categories of Hospital equipments and medical consumables worth millions of naira to the state government for onward distribution to general hospitals across the state. In a press release Wednesday, the senior spacial assistant on media to the governor, Malam Mukhtar Gidado said while receiving the equipments at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Bauchi, Governor Bala Mohammed expressed happiness, where he said the gesture would go along way in assisting the state government to ensure improvement in the healthcare delivery. The…

The Periscope reporter Civil servants in Adamawa state have called on governor Umaru Ahmadu Fintiri to sack the Accountant General of the state for insubordination and suspension of minimum wage. The workers the Periscope reporter interviewed explained that since the governor said he was not aware of the salary cuts, it amounts to insubordination on the side of the Accountant General to arbitrarily direct for the suspension of the minimum wage and other rather unfathomable levy. “It is a crime to direct for the suspension of payment of wages already signed into law. “Accountant General’s Office, has crossed its official…

The Periscope reporter Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has approved the appointment of Alhaji Usman Aliyu Marafa as Special Adviser and Hassan Jarengol as Director Protocol Government House. In a press release Wednesday, issued by the press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Humwashi Wonosikou, Fintiri while congratulating the appointment said “it was based on merit and their standing as trusted and hardworking people. “He urged them to display statesmanship in carrying out State affairs. “The appointments are with immediate effect”.

The Periscope reporter Adamawa State Police Command has arrested Moses Bukar a 17-year-old resident of Jambutu Aso Rock in Yola north local government of Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, for defiling a 2-year-old baby. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Sulaiman Yahya Nguroje said, “On the 28th July, 2020, the suspect whose shop is neighboring with that of the survivor’s mother took her into a Bekaji primary school with pretence of being a good neighbor and had carnal knowledge of her. ”The mother immediately noticed the swollen private part of her baby and immediately reported to police, which…

The Periscope reporter  Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria has approved the appointment of Dr. Daniel Ismaila Shagah as the 29th Hama Bachama, following the demise of Honest Irmiya Stephen the 28th ruler of the Bachama kingdom. A statement by the press secretary to the governor, Humwhashi Wonosikou Monday, said while congratulating the new Hama Bachama the governor commended the kingmakers for a peaceful process that informed the choice of Dr. Shagah. Fintiri said as a trained Narcotics Officer and technocrat, he has no doubt in his capacity to lead his people right. Fintiri particularly praised the…

The Periscope Reporter Preparations for mischief is ongoing in Maiha. The blinded by ignorance gullible followers, are told to clear thr scene with a view to intimidate a peaceful community who insist that it is an abomination to be led by an impostor; “a butterfly who calls himself a bird,” moralising Ola Rotimi in “The Gods Are Not To Blame.” The impostor, in his figment of blurred imagination, obnoxiously considered himself a district head of Jalingo-Maiha but only during festive periods and uninvited occasions. The moment the celebration is over, the impostor picks and packs his parked baggage of garbage…

The Periscope reporter It was a selection without bitterness. Numan Federation could be experiencing communal clashes but not on matters relating to the monarchy the community holds tenaciously sacred a solid traditional legacy. There[spacing size are six royal clans qualified to vie for the Hama Bachama stool; Kowo, Magbularon, Impang, Waduku, Nomupo and Nokodomun. When Hama Bachama Honest Irmiya Stephen Kwirei-Mana Kpafrato II Gbulumbomo was invited to join his ancestors great beyond last month, the nine-man Zeke council, responsible for the selection of the new Hama Bachama, are left with the task they know best how to do. The Royal…

Muhammad B Tukur Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has assured workers of the state government who received July salary without consequential adjustment that they would get full salary in the month of August along with arrears of the July shortfall. The Governor who stated this when he hosted the state leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC in the Government House, Yola described the development as unfortunate and would be addressed so that workers would no longer experience it. He added that upon seeing a bulletin by the organised labour in Adamawa, he immediately called the Accountant General to enquire why…

* Everybody, even politicians, except perhaps few, are crying of poverty in Adamawa state, without any welfare for a fresh air but salary cuts, adding insult to injury without a cause – state civil servant The Periscope reporter Adamawa state government workers continue to lament over what they considered as withdrawal of minimum wage and an unfathomable tax levied on their salary that have jointly made the fresh air suffocating. The workers alleged that the labour union leadership has found a fresh air in their romance with the government, which resulted in betraying the plight of civil servants. “We’re woken…

The Periscope reporter Adamawa State Government has relaxed the curfew imposed on some communities of Guyuk and Lamurde local government areas following recent disturbances in the areas. The press release Monday, issued by the press secretary to the governor, Mr. Humwashi Wonosikou explained that the relaxation of the curfew excludes Boshikiri and Dumna towns in Guyuk and Lafiya town in Lamurde local government areas respectively. “Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri assures that Government will not leave anything to chance until peace is restored to the area, warning that anybody caught flouting the curfew in the three communities of Lafiya, Dumna and…