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The Periscope reporter Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has described allegation by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria(FAAN) that he flouted COVID-19 protocols at the Port-Harcourt International Airport on Tuesday as baseless. Fintiri said he has had his temperature and those of his aides checked at the airport. Adamawa Director General of Media and Communications, Mr. Solomon Kumangar, said the Governor only objected to filling his form, insisting his protocol officer should do that for him.

The Periscope reporter * In the Name of Peace, leave Chief  Crowther Seth Alone – Deputy Gov media handler * In the Name of Peace, don’t insult the media as being misfit or mischief, simply go to court for the alleged libel – The publishers, media managers The Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Crowther Seth has said that he would sue the media for libel. In a rather undiplomatic and insulting piece, seemed to be articulated by Mr. Seth’s media handlers and shared by the DG Communications to Adamawa State Governor Thursday, Mr. Seth technically denied that the Lunguda people who are…

By Faith Yahaya, Abuja The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has condemned Adamawa Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri for allegedly flouting safety protocols put in place at the airport. The Governor was said to have refused to have his temperature checked and being sanitised by the health officials stationed at the airport. In compliance with the Governor’s action, his entourage of eight also reportedly refused to have their temperature checked nor being sanitised. FAAN also accused the team at the airport to receive the Governor and his aides of driving right through the barricades up to the terminal building ignoring traffic…

The Periscope reporter The Adamaw state capital has been submerged by flood following a heavy down pour that lasted for about 6 hours at early hours of Wednesday. Several residence were said to be affected by the flood in Yola metropolis as the flood also destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the state As at the last count, no fewer than five areas of the metropolis were affected by the flood. They are; Yolde Pate, Modire, Tashar Sani, Bachure, Kofare and Damilu. A resident of Tashar Sani area of Yola South, Mr. Bala Shehu said many houses have collapsed…

The Periscope reporter The Anti Conflict for Good Governance group says Prof. Abdullahi Liman Tukur, the Vice Chancellor, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, MAUTECH Yola, is a rare, reasonable, responsive and responsible leader who makes a mark in the realm of success, progress and development, in defeating sentiment associated challenges and deafening complicity to and conspiracy that no libel by any misfit, cocooned under any mischievous umbrella, will sabotage, frustrate and/or pull him down. In a statement Wednesday, endorsed by the leader, by means of hit back, forwarded to the Periscope, the Anti Conflict for Good Governance group describes the…

The Periscope reporter The Adamawa state government  has constituted a 7-man special administrative panel to investigate the recent communal crisis in the communities of Guyuk Local Government area of the state. The press release Tuesday, signed by the Director Media and Communications to the Governor, Mr Solomon Kumangar revealed that the constituted panel has General Harrison Dzarma (Rtd) as the chairman with the following members: Archbishop (Dr) Musa Panti Filibus, President Lutheran World Federation. Bishop Dami Stephen Msmza, CAN Chairman. Alhaji Gambo Jika Chairman Muslim Council Imam Bappare Kem Pastor Emmanuel Kwagherga. Polycarp Ayuba, Permanent Secretary, security serves as the…

The Periscope reporter * The Lunguda spelt out conditions for peace accord: * Compensation of unsecured lives and property *:Sacking of Seth who some considered as Crowther crown of crises the deputy governor * Release of the innocent Lunguda youth in police custody * Immediate arrest of the alleged mastermind behind the crises The Lunguda people of Guyuk local government area, southern senatorial district of Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria Monday, demanded the immediate removal of the deputy governor of the state, Mr. Crowther Seth over alleged  alliance and clandestine romance with the suspected criminal and mastermind of recent attacks on…

The Periscope Reporter The North East Online Network of Nigeria NEON; an association of online publishers in the northeast, has congratulated the newly executive members of the correspondents’ chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Adamawa state. In a statement Monday, issued by the chairman, Adamu Muhammad Dodo, NEON while congratulating the new Exco, commended the maturity and the spirit of politics without bitterness exhibited by the congress members of the chapel in deciding the leadership through consensus. NEON has called on the new Exco led by Comrade Daji Sani of Thisday newspaper, to rekindle the candle a reminiscent of…

The Periscope reporter Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ) Adamawa State chapter has inaugurated newly elected  executive council of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Yola with Daji Sani of ThisDay as the chairman. Other elected members inaugurated include; Husseini Hammangabdo (Leadership) v/chairman Onimisi Alao (The Nation) Secretary Amina Abdullahi (Daily Trust) Treasurer Fati Mohammed (Diechewelle DW Radio) Auditor The posts of assistant secretary and financial secretary are still vacant. The new executive members were inaugurated the the NUJ secretariat, in Yola. Inaugurating the new Exco, the chairman NUJ Adamawa state council, Comrade Ishaka Donald Dedan charged the Exco members to adhere strictly to NUJ…

The total public debt stocks of the Federal Government of Nigeria, all states within the Nigerian federation, and the FCT is now ₦28.63 trillion as of Q1 2020. This was made known by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in a report they released on Friday, July 10, 2020. Further analysis of Nigeria’s total public debt showed that N9.99 trillion which equals about 34.89% of the debt was external. Nigeria’s Public Debt A breakdown of the report revealed that the total debt stock of the states as of 31 March 2020 is N4.1 trillion. Meanwhile, these states’ total Internally Generated…