Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed his profound condolences to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over the death of seven journalists in a fatal road accident on Monday. The Governor conveyed his deep sympathy through his Special Adviser on Media, Dauda Iliya, at Jalo Waziri...
Gombe State
BauchI state Governor, Bala Mohammed has expressed deep sorrow over the fatal road accident that claimed the lives of seven journalists from Gombe State along Billiri–Kumo Road. The victims, who included five staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and two other media practitioners, were on their way to...
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, on Tuesday led a state government delegation to funeral prayers for journalists who lost their lives in a tragic auto crash, while also visiting survivors receiving treatment at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Gombe. The victims were among journalists and media workers...
A tragic road accident along the Gombe–Boliri Road has claimed the lives of six staff members of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Gombe, throwing the broadcast organisation and the state into mourning. The fatal crash occurred as the NTA personnel were returning from the wedding ceremony of a colleague....
Federal Fire Service (FFS), Gombe State Command, has successfully contained a fire incident involving a fuel tanker that caught fire while off-loading diesel at Rain Oil Filling Station, Tumfure, Gombe State. National PRO / Head, Corporate Services, Federal Fire Service, National Headquarters, DCF P.O. Abraham, disclosed this in a...
A tragic road accident has claimed the lives of nine people on the Kaltungo–Cham Road in Gombe State, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed. The crash occurred in the early hours of Monday at Kaluwa community in Kaltungo Local Government Area and involved a trailer and a...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on December 3, 2025 arraigned Mohammed Suleiman Kumo before Justice H.H. Kereng of the Gombe High Court sitting in Gombe. Kumo, a Magistrate, was arraigned on three count- charges bordering on extortion and bribery by the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the EFCC. Count...
Three people have been confirmed dead following a late-night collision on the Gombe–Yola Road, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Gombe State said on Wednesday. Sector Commander Samson Kaura, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), explained that the tragic crash occurred around 9 p.m. on...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of four passengers, including a child, following a lone accident along the Cham–Numan Road in Balanga Local Government Area of Gombe State. FRSC Sector Commander in Gombe, Samson Kaura, who disclosed this on Sunday, said 14 other children sustained various...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended the leadership of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) for its decentralization reforms and establishment of the North-East Regional Steering Committee (NERSC) which is aimed at strengthening engineering governance across the country. Governor Zulum gave the commendations in...
A devastating boat accident in Nafada town, Gombe State, left five teenagers dead on Saturday, plunging the community into mourning. The victims were identified as Najib Ibrahim (18), Hauwa’u Dogal (15), Ummati Baraya (16), Umaira Gidado (16), and Amina Jaliya (15). Governor Inuwa Yahaya expressed profound grief over the...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported that one of its power towers, Tower T347, located along the Gombe–Damaturu 330kV transmission line, was vandalised on Friday evening, around 5:46 p.m. The disclosure was made by Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, in a statement issued on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gombe – Gombe State Government has confirmed the death of its Commissioner for Internal Security, Retired Colonel Abdullahi Bello, who tragically lost his life in a car accident. In a statement released by Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya through his Director-General of Press Affairs, Ismaila Uba-Misilli, the...
Farmers in Gombe State are sounding the alarm over a steep drop in grain prices as the 2025 harvest season gets underway — a trend many say is threatening their livelihoods and casting a shadow over the future of farming in the region. At major grain markets like Gombe...
First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday, officially commissioned a newly built 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Gombe State — a healthcare project designed to improve maternal and child survival across the North-East region. The state-of-the-art facility, named in her honour, was described by Mrs. Tinubu as “more...
As Nigeria celebrates its 65th Independence Day, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South) has reaffirmed his commitment to grassroots health development by extending free maternal healthcare and drugs to more than 5,000 pregnant women across the nine local government areas in his constituency. The medical outreach, executed in partnership...
Gombe State Government has issued a stern warning to parents and guardians to ensure their children are in school, or be ready to face legal consequences, including imprisonment. This was made clear by Babaji Babadidi, Chairman of the Gombe State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), during the official launch...
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Gombe State Command has arrested 6 suspects who are members of a syndicate involved in grave desecration for ritual purposes. SC Buhari Saad, the command’s spokesperson, who disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Gombe, said the suspects allegedly dugout...
Nigeria is grappling with a disturbing uptick in child abandonment incidents, driven by socioeconomic pressures and limited support systems for vulnerable mothers. In Gombe State, police have stepped up efforts to combat this trend, recently recovering a newborn allegedly ditched in a tricycle by an unidentified woman in a...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Gombe State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has launched a five-day technical workshop in Jos, Plateau State, to train budget officers on the preparation of the 2026–2028 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), and Budget Policy Statement...