By Gloria Abutu Following the suspension of activities of Local and International, Non Governmental Organizations, NGOs in Adamawa State by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri until 15th March, 2023, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UN-OCHA has directed that all field activities be suspended. A statement by UN-OCHA Head of Sub-Office, Adamawa […]
By Gloria Abutu Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has suspended activities of both local and international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Adamawa State. In a statewide broadcast on Tuesday, at Government House, Yola, the governor accused the NGOs of abandoning their constitutional duties of providing humanitarian services to engage in partisan politics. According to the governor, It […]
By Gloria Abutu Six million Nigerians have been targeted to receive humanitarian assistance in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states in 2023. The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale made this known during the Launch of the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan for North East Nigeria, held in Yola, the Adamawa state capital. […]
By Gloria Abutu The Presidential and National Assembly elections in Yola, the Adamawa State capital witnessed an unprecedented turnout of voters on Saturday to exercise their franchise. As early as 8 o’clock in the morning, voters had already started queuing in their respective polling units. In all polling units visited like Kofare, Ajiya, Luggere, Dougirei, […]
By Shekara Anthony About two hundred and eighty intending pilgrims from Adamawa and Lagos states have departed Nigeria for pilgrimage to Jordan and Israel. The 8th batch of intending pilgrims were airlifted from Yola International Airport on 27th February, 2023. In his remark at the orientation programme for the intending pilgrims, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian […]
Following the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria for the swapping of old naira notes to new notes, Nigerians have begun to lament the challenges involved in the process despite the extension to February 10, 2023. Checks by The Fombina news showed that the people are not only experiencing challenges in swapping the old […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto State has reinstated the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Dauda Lawal, as the candidate representing the party in the 2023 governorship election in Zamfara State. The judgment has set aside the ruling of the Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, the state capital, which had earlier disqualified Lawal […]
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the Nigerian Army, Hon. Abdulrasak Namdas, has said officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces needs electoral education, as the 2023 general election draws near. Namdas gave the advice at a two-day seminar in Abuja, organised for heads of security agencies, titled ”The role of security agencies in the […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three traffickers with a total of 256 kilogrammes of illicit substances seized from them during interdiction operations in Kwara, Kogi and Niger. The Director Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that on Dec. 26, […]
Owerri- Following the death of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ambassador George Obiozor, last Wednesday, on Friday, the leadvership of Ohanaeze announced the burial date, 4 February, 2023, for the Deputy President General, Joel Kroham, who died last August. The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Secretary General, Ambassador Okey Emuchay, made this known to newsmen in […]