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Gombe plants 650, 000 tree seedlings to combat desertification

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2020 0

The Gombe state government says it has so far planted over 650, 000 tree seedlings across the state to combat desertification. Commissioner for Environment and Forest Resources, Dr. Hussaina Goje, disclosed this during a press briefing on Saturday in Gombe, to commemorate the World Forestry Day

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Gombe offers 2 corps members’ automatic employment

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2020 0

The Gombe state government on Thursday offered automatic employment to two outstanding National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members as eight others were honoured with the state merit award. The lucky corps members are Aisha Saba-Yabagi from Niger state and Uzoamaka Blessing from Imo state. A total of 1, 203 corps members passed out at a […]

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Fashola inaugurates 311 units housing estate in Gombe

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2020 0

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has inaugurated the Gombe state Investment Housing Estate financed by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. The project which was conceived as a result of the partnership between the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria and Gombe state Investment and Property Development Limited was executed under the Federal Mortgage […]

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Gombe Fiscal Responsibility Commission publishes budget report

Ihesiulo Grace 30 December 2019 0

Few days after the signing into law of the 2020 budget by Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, the Gombe state Fiscal Responsibility Commission has prepared and published a report containing analysis of the state’s Appropriation Act. This is the first time such a report is being produced in seven years which the agency’s Chairman, Abubakar Tata […]

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DPR seals 17 filling stations in Gombe over sharp practices

Ihesiulo Grace 25 December 2019 0

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Gombe State on Wednesday sealed six filling stations for diversion of over 800,000 litres of petroleum product and operating with expired license. Alhaji Abdullahi Abawa, DPR Head of Operation, disclosed this shortly after an inspection visit to some filling stations in Gombe. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]

MONDAY X-RAY

Institutionalising Good Corporate Governance

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2019 0

Never before has the issue of good governance within the polity and indeed, corporate governance in the private sector become imperative and compelling. Over the weekend, the media published a damning report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the Second Corruption Survey Report in Nigeria. The report indicted many agencies of the Federal […]

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We `ll make state-owned tertiary institutions world class- Gombe Commissioner

Ihesiulo Grace 20 November 2019 0

Mr Meshack Lauco, the new Commissioner for Higher Education, Gombe state says the vision of the ministry under his leadership is to make the state-owned tertiary institutions attain world class ranking. Lauco, who disclosed this in an interview in Gombe, said the quality of education in all state-owned tertiary institutions would not be compromised. He […]

Aviation

Gombe govt. to avert closure of airport, promises to settle debt owed FAAN

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2019 0

Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has promised to settle the debt owed the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) by the state government in order to avert the closure of Gombe Airport. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr Ismaila Misilli, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the governor […]

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Gombe govt working to transform state to Nigeria’s agricultural hub – Perm Sec

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2019 0

The Gombe State Government said on Wednesday that it was working on a plan that would transform the state into the country’s agricultural hub. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture in the state, Mr Obel Yaji, said this in an interview in Gombe. He said the state government’s efforts toward boosting productivity and making Gombe […]

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BREAKING: Police kill Shi’ites members in Kaduna, Gombe —IMN

Ihesiulo Grace 10 September 2019 0

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shiites have alleged that the Nigerian Police have killed three of its members in Kaduna, while observing their Ashura mourning procession on Tuesday. The group’s media coordinator, Yahaya Muhammed, while giving a situation reports of the procession across the states in Nigeria, said, ‘’Three persons were […]

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Telecom brands’ revenue grows by 15% to reach N2.25tn

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2019 0

Godwin Anyebe Nigerian telecom operators grew their revenue by 15 per cent in one year to reach N2.25 trillion in December 2018 from N1.96 trillion in 2017, a report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown. The 2018 network/subscriber data recently obtained from the NCC indicated that the GSM operators made up of MTN, […]

Education

Gov Yahaya seeks NCS support to promote computer, ICT education in Gombe

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2019 0

Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has called on the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) to partner with the state government in encouraging the acquirement of knowledge on Information and communications Technology (ICT) in the state. Yahaya made this call on Tuesday while delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the 14th International Conference of […]

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2019: Dankwambo congratulates Atiku, pledges support

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2018 0

Following the emergence of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku as Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of the runners-up during the primaries, Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, has congratulated and pledged his support to him. Dankwambo declared his support for the party’s presidential candidate in 2019 elections on Friday in his congratulatory message,

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Health commissioner bemoans increase in liver cancer cases in Gombe State

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2018 0

The Gombe State Commissioner of Health, Dr Kennedy Ishaya, has raised an alarm over the rising cases of cancer of the liver in the state, describing the development as worrisome. The commissioner told journalists in Gombe on Friday that based on the information gathered from public and private hospitals across the state, at least a […]

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Gombe ADP advises farmers on measures to avoid pests next cropping season

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2018 0

The Gombe state Agricultural Development Programme (GSADP) has advised farmers to burn straws after harvest to avoid worst pest disease next cropping season. Mr Maina Binus, GSADP Programme Manager told journalists in Gombe on Wednesday that following the devastation caused to Maize by stem borer and Rice blast in some areas during the 2018 farming […]

Opinion

Of political Marauders in Gombe State

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2018 0

I will like to start by making one thing clear before some political zealots will read unwritten meanings into this piece. It is not that I care much, the least they will do is to term me a sycophant who wants to remain in the corridors of power after a change of government. I will […]

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Dankwambo congratulates Atiku, solicits support for his victory at general election

Ihesiulo Grace 7 October 2018 0

Gombe State Governor Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has congratulated former vice president Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 through the party’s just concluded presidential primary election which took place in Port Harcourt Saturday and Sunday. Dankwambo who was one of the presidential aspirants that […]

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Dankwanbo solicits votes from Bayelsa PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2018 0

Gombe State Governor and Presidential aspirant for the 2019 election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, has appealed to stakeholders and national delegates of the party in Bayelsa state to either vote for him or chose more suitable and credible candidate during the forthcoming national convention. Dankwambo who assured […]

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N450m Scam: EFCC arraigns Senator Saidu Kumo, one other

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2018 0

Gombe Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned Senator Saidu Umar Kumo (Garkuwan Gombe) and Hon. Nuhu Poloma before the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe. The duo were alleged to have on March 27, 2015 collected the sum of Four hundred and fifty million naira (N450m) at the Gombe […]

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Goje in dilemma over many APC guber aspirants in Gombe

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2018 0

The many number of aspirants seeking the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State is giving party leaders, especially former governor, Senator Danjuma Goje, sleepless nights mainly because his camp of the New Peoples Democratic Party (n-PDP) is divided as to whether they should continue to stay in the APC. According […]