The police in Gombe have arrested a 38-year-old teacher for allegedly defiling four pupils. The pupils who are aged eight, nine, 12 and 14 years respectively are sisters from the same father. ASP Mahid Abubakar, the Command’s Public Relations Officer said this in a press statement issued in Gombe....
Gombe State
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State says it is targeting no fewer than one million votes in the governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the state. Mr Ayuba Aluke, spokesman of the state’s PDP Campaign Management Council, said this at a news conference in Gombe...
Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya says reform of the education sector since 2019 has improved students’ performance in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the state. Governor Yahaya said this in Gombe on Friday at the presentation of appointment letters to the 1, 000 newly recruited...
The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has urged his supporters and potential voters in Gombe State to resist the temptation of voting based on sentiments in the 2023 polls. Obi, who stated this while addressing women supporters in Gombe on Wednesday, said that voting based...
Rice processors and transporters in Gombe State have cried out to the state government over alleged Multiple taxation threatening to shut down the business. They have therefore urged the government to harmonise the taxes being collected at various points, including suspicious areas in the state. They stated this in...
A 45-year old masa seller, Rahila Polycarp, says she used the proceeds of the business to sponsor three of her five children in the university. Masa is a popular Northern Nigerian snack made from maize or rice. Polycarp told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Yelenguruza community in...
Some broom sellers in Dadin-Kowa community of Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State said they have had high patronage since the commencement of the 2023 campaigns in the state. They stated this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dadin-Kowa community on Saturday. Malam...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gombe – The Gombe State Police Command has warned residents against the sales or lighting up of fireworks during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Oqua Etim, gave the warning on Saturday in a statement issued by the...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned members of the scheme against engaging in any form of electoral misconduct in the 2023 general election. The Acting Director-General of NYSC, Mrs Christy Uba, gave the warning during her visit to the temporary orientation camp in Amada community of Akko...
Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya on Friday said six companies participating in the Maiden Gombe Investment Summit had made commitments to invest N70.5 billion in the state. Yahaya, who stated this in Gombe on the third day of the summit, said his administration was committed to changing the economic...
The PDP in Gombe State have prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to disqualify Gov. Inuwa Yahaya and his Deputy, Jatau Daniel from contesting in the 2023 Governorship Election for alleged submission of forged certificates. The party and its Governorship Candidate, Muhammad Barde sought the disqualification in a...
Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Saturday, said accepting to be running mate to any presidential candidate would lead to the collapse of NNPP. Kwankwaso, a former Governor of Kano State, who was in Gombe State to inaugurate the state office of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Court of Appeal Sitting in Gombe State on Friday sentenced the former General Manager of Maiduguri Flour Mills, Ma’aji Shettima Arfo to 7 years imprisonment. Alhaji Arfo was sentenced to jail for stealing millions of naira belonging to the Borno State Government and...
—-Arrest Immigration officer for stabbing man to death at a drinking joint By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Gombe State Police Command, has arrested a 21-year old man, Babangida Mohammed, for allegedly strangling his wife to death in Zenge village in Kaltungo Local Government Area of the state. The...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gombe – Polaris Bank has donated multi-million naira worth state-of-the-art Hydraulic/Electric Delivery Beds to the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Gombe in Gome State to further its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) interventions in the health sector. Making the presentation on Tuesday at FTH, Gombe, Polaris Bank’s Management...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – All Progressive Congress National Leader and leading presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, met the party’s delegates from Gombe on May 10 in the state capital, where he emphasized the pivotal role farmers play in providing food security for our nation. The friendly and productive...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has said that his ambition to fly the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket in the 2023 presidential election is not a do-or-die. Fayemi, also the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), stated this in an interview with newsmen in Gombe, after a consultative meeting...
APC presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu has assured the people of Gombe State that he will curb hunger and ensure shared prosperity in the country if elected President of Nigeria in 2023. Tinubu said this in Gombe on Tuesday when he paid homage to the Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Abubakar...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As proof of the increasing appeal his engagements have continued to generate nationwide, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has again received massive support for his presidential bid, this time in Gombe State. Notably, on his visit to the State on Monday, in continuation of...
Palpable apprehension and concern have heightened in Gombe over attempts by the State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, to stifle the press and free speech. No fewer than three journalists have either been arrested, harassed or intimidated over trumped-up charges of ‘libel’ and ‘defamation’, after publishing factual ‘investigative’ stories. Yahaya,...