Fire Destroys 80 Houses In Adamawa

A midday inferno has razed down 80 houses in the sleepy Ndiyam Jambote village in Mayo Belwa local government area of Adamawa State. The fire started from one of the houses and spread to other buildings, which were mostly thatched houses. The incident allegedly occurred when a mother of five was unable to to put off the flame from her cooking utensils, which later engulfed the entire house and affected the others close to it. Although no life was lost to the incident, NewsNow learnt that property, including farm produce, domestic appliances and personal effects worth millions of naira were destroyed by the inferno. Newsnow that most of the villagers had gone to farm while others were at the village market when the incident occurred. Chairman of Mayo Belwa local government area, Hon. Mohammed Bako, sympathised with the victims, and promised to provide relief materials for them. He also made cash donations to them.

NNL banishes Sokoto and Adamawa

by Humphrey Njoku 08 March 2013, 18:09 The management of Nigeria National League (NNL) has banished Sokoto United and Adamawa United to Kano and Bauchi respectively for the next three home matches. Sokoto United players were said to have exhibited unruly behaviour in the match against Plateau United at the Kangiwa Memorial Stadium, Sokoto. Facts available to the NNL showed that the Sokoto-based side assaulted match officials in the said fixture. The NNL hammer also fell on three of Sokoto United players namely Murtala Ahmadu, Abdulatif Adesina and Louise Intayi. Another NNL side, Adamawa United will play their next three home matches in Bauchi. The club's fans were said to have assaulted match officials. The NNL executive secretary, Abdulrahaman Ayo said the league body will not condone any act capable of bringing the league to disrepute insisting that harsh disciplinary measures will be visited on culprits no matter how highly placed. "Every case of established act of lawlessness will be punished accordingly no matter who is involved. "This is in keeping with our resolve to fashion a highly respected league for the country," he said. The NNL management has approved Fountain FC, sponsored by the Ekiti State government to take over the slot of Divine Warriors. Fountain FC had earlier made a botched move to take over the slot of struggling Rising Stars. Culled from Supersport.com