Gombe State Archives — Page 3 of 6 — National Accord Newspaper

Offor Callistus April 23, 2025

Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya has donated N10 million to families of victims involved in the recent Easter rally accident. The donation was made on Wednesday in Billiri during the governor’s condolence visit to the Tangale Chiefdom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tragic accident, which...

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SDP decries exclusion of North-East from Federal Agro-Industrial Scheme

Offor Callistus April 19, 2025

The Forum of State Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the North-East, has expressed concern over the exclusion of the region in the implementation of the Federal Government’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) initiative. This is contained in a communiqué at the end of the North-East Zonal...

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390 repentant Boko Haram terrorists graduate from de-radicalisation programme in Gombe

Offor Callistus April 17, 2025

No fewer than 390 repentant Boko Haram members graduated from Federal Government’s De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme in Gombe State. Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said this during the graduation ceremony in Malam Sidi in Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State on Thursday. He said...

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Sallah: Gombe stampede claims lives of 2 children, 20 injured

Offor Callistus March 31, 2025

By HARUNA AHMED, Gombe – No fewer than 2 children have been confirmed dead and 20 others injured following a stampede at the Gombe main Eid Ground on Sunday . The Police Public Relations Officer, Gombe State Command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday...

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Police arrest cook over alleged $35,000 theft; rescue kidnapped woman

Offor Callistus March 26, 2025

Police Command in Gombe State has arrested one Hannatu Ibrahim, 28, who allegedly stole $35,000 (N53,495,400) from her Syrian employer. In a statement made available to newsmen in Gombe on Wednesday, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, the Command’s spokesperson, said two other suspects were also arrested in connection with the alleged...

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Nigeria Govt denies diverting $3bn railway project

Offor Callistus March 12, 2025

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Government has debunked reports alleging that it diverted three billion dollars railway project from South-East to his home state, Gombe for political gain. Minister of Transport, Said Alkali, debunked the report in a statement issued by the Ministry’s Director of Information and Public...

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PDP, Gombe govt disagree over Ramadan palliatives

Offor Callistus March 6, 2025

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State has urged the state government to stop using Federal Government support for political purposes. The PDP’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Abdulkadir Dukku, made this call in a statement issued in Gombe on Wednesday. He said the practice had become a pattern....

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Christmas: 22 injured as car rams into Christian procession in Gombe

Offor Callistus December 26, 2024

Gombe State Police Command has confirmed 22 persons injured after a car rammed into a Christian procession on Wednesday in Tumfure Community, near Gombe. The command’s Spokesperson, ASP Buhari Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Gombe on Wednesday. Abdullahi stated that no death was recorded...

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Police arrest man for allegedly raping 5-year old girl in Gombe

Offor Callistus December 18, 2024

The Nigeria Police, Gombe State Command has arrested a 27-year old man for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in Pindiga community in Akko Local Government of the state. The police’s spokesperson in the state, ASP Buhari Abdullahi, said this on Tuesday in Gombe while parading the suspect and others....

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Gombe NNPP guber aspirant defects to PDP

Offor Callistus November 9, 2024

The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Gombe State, Alhaji Khamisu Mailantarki, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alongside thousands of his supporters. Mailantarki stated this at a political gathering organised to welcome the decampees into the PDP, on Saturday in Gombe. He...

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Man electrocuted while attempting to steal transformer cables in Gombe

Offor Callistus November 2, 2024

An unidentified man was electrocuted while attempting to steal transformer cables belonging to the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC on Friday in Gombe. Confirming this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe, ASP Buhari Abdullahi, the Police Public Relations Officer, Gombe State Command, said the incident happened...