An NGO, Save the Children International has trained 3, 000 youth in Gombe, to enable them to make positive decisions on sex and reproductive health issues. The Project Director, Mrs Modupe Taiwo, stated this at the distribution of economic strengthening equipment to the graduates of the programme on Monday in Gombe. Taiwo disclosed that the […]
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi states says there is no conflict between Bauchi and Gombe states over oil discovery in border communities of the states. Gombe elders had called on President Muhammdu Buhari to intervene in a lingering tension between the two states over ownership of oil wells. But, Mohammed said at a function organised […]
Read Also: Diverse opinions further greet Senate debate Gombe – The Federal Government is set to partner Gombe State Government on the establishment of modern grazing reserves to harness the livestock potential in the state. Alhaji Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Inuwa […]
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy skies over the central states of the country on Monday morning with prospects of rains over Abuja, Bauchi, Gombe, Jos, Jalingo, Niger, Yola and Kaduna cities. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Sunday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range […]
The Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) has suspended its nationwide strike. The union has therefore directed all members to resume work on Monday, June 4, 2018. The directive was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the National Executive Council meeting of JOHESU and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations in Abuja. The union […]
Senator Saidu Umar Kumo, A member of the Fourth Senate who represented Gombe Central on the platform of the defunct All Peoples Party (APP) has explained why he wants former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Kumo was Director General of 2015 campaign organisation of Gombe governor, Ibrahim […]
Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line will cut across six states of Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi, Gombe, Adamawa and Yobe. Addressing journalists on Friday, the minister said the rail line will cover a total of 2,000 kilometres. In August, Amaechi said President Muhammadu Buhari approved the rail line […]
…..Adamawa, Bauchi, Yobe, others attended The Processors and Marketing Association of Nigeria (PUGMAN), Northeast zone, has stated that if the farming of pumpkin is properly harnessed, the commodity also known as Ugu, can contribute greatly to the country’s foreign exchange earnings, create employment as well as serve as solution to Nigeria’s economic woes. Speaking during […]
The Gombe State Police Command says it has arrested a gang of eight armed robbers, who had been terrorising the residents of Gombe, the state capital. The Gombe Police spokesman, DSP Fwaje Atajiri, while parading a suspected rapist and four homosexuals stated that the armed robbers had been charged to court. According to him, the […]
According to reports,a suicide bomber struck a bus station last night,killing no fewer than 20 people at a motor park in Gombe. Muhammad Garkuwa, a drivers’ union official confirmed to the AFP. We had an explosion outside the motor park this evening around 8:30pm which killed five and injured 15 others“The explosion was from an […]
The Nigeria Army in Gombe on Monday foiled what would have been a major attack by fleeing members of the Boko Haram. In the encounter, a card reader was found and seized from the insurgents. For about an hour, the soldiers engaged the insurgents in gun battle at a military check point in Dukku in […]
The Gombe State Government has set up an Election Petitions Tribunal to handle petitions from aggrieved parties arising from the Governorship, National and State Assembly elections, a ststement said. The statement, issued by the Secretary of the Tribunal, Malam Bello Abdullahi, made available to newsmen on Friday in Gombe, urged all aggrieved parties in […]
Gombe residents on Tuesday urged security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to take measures which would ensure the neutrality of their officials in the general elections. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), they said that the neutrality of the commission and security operatives in the […]