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Gombe State

N450m Scam: EFCC arraigns Senator Saidu Kumo, one other

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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 […]

Goje in dilemma over many APC guber aspirants in Gombe

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 […]

Centre records 24 deaths in 1,829 cases of snake bites

The Snake Bite Treatment and Research Centre in Kaltungo, Gombe State, says it has recorded 24 deaths out of the 1,829 cases of snake bites recorded between January and August. The officer in charge of the centre, Dr Abubakar Ballah, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Kaltungo on Monday. He said the […]

Gombe 2019: Dasuki Picks Guber nomination forms

…Explains why Insecurity is rampant in N/E Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the immediate past Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ibrahim Jalo Dasuki has picked the nomination and expression of interest forms for the governorship race in Gombe State attributing non-engagement of the teeming youths population in the northern part of […]

Dankwambo’s brother denies joining APC, says PDP is our family party

A younger brother to Gombe State Governor by name Buhari Muhammad Dankwambo has vehemently refuted report by a section of the media that he has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Party (APC) describing as totally false, malicious and an attempt by political enemies to tarnish the respected image and […]

I have experience to govern Nigeria, understands the pains, says Dankwambo

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant and former governor of Gombe state, Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo says, he is eminently qualified to run the country as its president as he understands the pains the people are going through. Dr. Dankwabo stated this in Umuahia through his campaign media Director/spokesperson, Dr. Ayoade Adewepo, who said they […]

Dankwambo appoints former Osun guber aspirant, Adewopo as campaign Spokesman

The Gombe State governor and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has appointed Dr Ayoade Adewopo as the official spokesman/Director of Communications for the Dankwambo Campaign Organisation. Dr Adewopo, a cerebral professional and governance analyst brings more than 20 years of vast experience in public and private […]

No amount of lies, intimidation can deter me- Dankwambo

Gombe state governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo says he has all it takes to serve in whatever capacity the people of Nigeria and his party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) consider fit for him. He therefore dismissed as ‘fake news’ reports that suggest he will turn don PDP presidential ticket if offered to him saying no […]

Ekweremadu leads others to commission Dankwambo’s roads in Gombe

The Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu is about now leading many other important dignitaries to commission many township roads constructed by Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo in Gombe township. Dankwambo is currently rated as the best governor in the entire northern Nigeria mainly because of his outstanding performance in the area of road construction which has […]

Cholera claims 3 in Gombe, 27 hospitalized

Bauchi Cholera Outbreak: 234 lands in hospital

Cholera outbreak at Tsangaya Islamic school, Madaki, in Gombe, has led to the death of three pupils while 27 others were hospitalised. Gombe state Commissioner of Health, Dr Kennedy Ishaya, confirmed the outbreak to newsmen in Gombe on Sunday during an inspection visit to Madaki Primary Health Care facility where the victims are hospitalized. He […]

It is inhuman not to pay workers’ salary, Dankwambo

Gombe State governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has said that payment of workers’ salary should not be counted as an achievement as it is the legitimate right of those who work to receive their wage and as at when due. The governor added that his administration has never failed to pay workers their salaries, since according […]

Why we paid workers salaries before Sallah – Dankwambo

Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo has said that payment of salary of workers should not be counted as an achievement as it is the legitimate right of those who work to receive their wage and as at when due. The governor added that his administration has never failed to pay workers their salaries, since according […]

Eid-el-Fitr: Gombe FRSC deploys 295 personnel

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Gombe State command, says it has deployed over 295 of its personnel, 10 patrol vehicles and four Ambulances, to ensure effective patrol during the Eid-el-Fitr holidays. The Sector commander, Dr. Godwin Omiko, who gave this indication in a statement issued on Thursday in Gombe, enjoined road users to drive […]

Presidency: What I’ll do differently in 2019 if … Gov Dankwambo

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* Says background in accounting, fraud detection, others sets him out as best to rescue Nigeria * Have blueprint to end insurgency in North East, bring economic prosperity to region Gombe State Governor and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, has said that the desire […]

Why the Media should be Neutral in the Politics of Gombe State

According to Robert Charles Lee, “the real partisan attitudes in the media industry reside in the depths of those who control the journalists — not the senior editors (although they are not blameless), but the media directors and ‘business-side’ managers who run the companies that the journalists work for. And those people are NOT journalists […]

Democracy Day: Governor Dankwambo Leads the Pack

As the countdown begins ahead of May 29, 2018 Democracy Day, the administration of Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, Talban Gombe, will get the most thumbs-up from people of the state and Nigeria as a whole having delivered on the dividends of democracy over the last seven years. Talban Gombe’s achievements and contributions to the development […]

Alleged Rape: 1 killed, as youths disrupt police investigation

One person has been killed with several property destroyed in Tanglang community in Biliri Local Government Area of Gombe State, north-east Nigeria. The incident occurred after angry youths went on a rampage, disrupting police investigation into an alleged rape case of a four-year-old girl in the community. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Shina […]

2019 : Dakwambo’s entry alters permutations in PDP

…Gombe Gov in presidential race with Atiku, Sen Datti, others …Enjoys support from PDP Govs, technocrats, other stakeholders As the 2019 election inches closer, political fireworks, horse trading and nocturnal meetings are in top gear towards picking a credible presidential candidate for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a party struggling to get back to […]

Policeman’s 13-year-old boy commits suicide in Gombe

A 13-year-old son of a policeman has reportedly hanged himself in Gombe, the police said on Tuesday. DSP Mary Malum, the Police Public Relations Officer in Gombe State, said the boy, identified as Muhammadu Al-amin, was found hanging in his room. Malum said that at about 4 p.m. on Monday, the father, Insp. Abdu Manu […]

Why Dankwambo wants BBNaija 2018 ended immediately

Gombe State governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has said he wants the on-going Brother Naija 2018 reality Television show to end immediately. He said the show was constituting a lot of distraction to the youths. According to him, the reality show had taken the focus of young Nigerians from important happenings in the polity, and made […]