A 49-year-old man, Balamau Lardi, has been arrested in Adamawa State for allegedly stabbing his wife, Biyagwal Balamau, in the ribs.

The Adamawa State Police Command said on Thursday that the suspect allegedly stabbed his 37-year-old wife with a knife at Kurnyi Tudu Village in Guyuk Local Government Area.

According to a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, the incident occurred on Wednesday, September 23.

The statement said the police received information about the incident and operatives of the Guyuk Divisional Police Headquarters immediately mobilised to the scene, rescued the victim and arrested the suspect.

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It added that the victim sustained grievous injuries to the left side of her ribs and was evacuated to a medical facility, where she underwent surgery and is receiving treatment.

The suspect is currently in police custody as investigation continues, the command said.

The Commissioner of Police, Adamawa State Command, CP Kabir Umar Hassan, condemned the alleged act of gender-based violence and directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department to take over the case for diligent investigation and prosecution.

Residents have staged protest in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State over the inability of the council chairman to provide basic amenities.

To drive home their demands, the protesters seized the official speedboat belonging to the council chairman, Mr Julius Takeme.

Vowing to sustain the protest until the council addressed their demands, they lamented that many residents had died due to the poor state of healthcare in the area, while the council boss remained unconcerned.

The action was part of an ongoing protest over the deplorable state of the council’s only government hospital and the general neglect of infrastructure at the LGA headquarters.

The protesting residents accused the chairman of poor performance and failure to fix the LGA’s sole hospital, which they said lacked basic amenities.

“There are no doctors, no nurses and no drugs. People are dying daily in Burutu because we don’t have a functional hospital.

“Many residents have died due to the lack of drugs and water despite huge allocation,” a resident lamented.

According to report, the demonstrators also decried the lack of potable water, electricity and other basic amenities at the council headquarters.

They expressed frustration that, despite the huge budgetary allocation to Burutu LGA, the situation at the headquarters was worse than in the individual villages that make up the council.

“We have received billions, yet Burutu town has no light, no water, no hospital. Our villages are even better than the headquarters,” a demonstrator stated.

“We will not back down until the needful is done. We need doctors, nurses, drugs and water for our people,” he declared.

The residents called on the Delta State Government to intervene urgently to prevent a further breakdown of law and order in the LGA.

Efforts to get a reaction from the chairman’s office were unsuccessful, but an aide confirmed that the chairman might be waiting for a directive from Governor Sheriff Oborevwori the report said.

The Federal High Court sitting in Gombe has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to conduct a fresh primary election for its governorship ticket in Gombe State.

The court, presided over by Justice Amina Aliyu Mohammed, gave the order in a suit filed by Usman Aliyu Garry to challenge the emergence of Prof. Isa Ali Pantami as the PDP governorship candidate.

Garry had challenged Pantami’s emergence after the party announced him as its sole candidate on June 26, 2026, arguing that the required primary election was not conducted.

Pantami, who was an aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had defected to the PDP after the APC settled for Jamilu Gwamna as its consensus candidate.

Pantami subsequently secured the ticket through voice affirmation during the PDP governorship primary held in May.

But in its judgment delivered on Thursday, the court ordered the PDP to conduct a fresh primary election in accordance with the party’s guidelines and relevant electoral laws.