gombe state news

About 15 kilometers after leaving Gombe Airport, on the way to the city, the first major landmark that tells you serious governance is taking place in Gombe State is a sprawling edifice that looks every inch like a five star hotel. It is the International Conference Centre … Read more via...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has secured nine convictions as well as recovered N130 million as part of the illegal funds expended during the 2015 general election as from January to date. Johnson Babalola, Head of Operations at the Gombe Zonal Office of the EFCC...

Barring a last minute shift, governors under the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are scheduled to converged on Gombe later today for a meeting. Though the purpose for the meeting remains undisclosed, sources say it may not be unconnected with recent developments within the party and as...

Ali Abare, Gombe Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State has accused the Federal Government of bias in the rehabilitation of public buildings destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East by neglecting to rehabilitate public properties destroyed in Gombe State. The governor...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2019 gubernatorial hopeful in Gombe State, Alhaji Bala Bello Tinka, LEADERSHIP gathered on Monday morning. Tinka, believed to be a close associate of Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo is considered...

Ali Abare, Gombe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2019 governorship aspirant in Gombe State, Alhaji Bala Bello Tinka, over alleged complicity involving the 2015 campaign funds. An anonymous source disclosed to Daily Sun on Monday...

An unusual donation of Over N11 Million and campaign materials has been handed to 114 wards and 11 local government councils in Gombe state by a front line politician, Alhaji Habu Muazu, Yeriman Kashere to boost the 2019 reelection campaign of President Mohammadu Buhari. The money was presented...

Wife of the former governor of Gombe state, Hajiya Yelwa Mohammed Danjuma Goje died this morning at the age of 55. Yelwa, according to a statement by Ahmed Mohammed Goje (Son) died at a Hospital in the United States of America. "With gratitude to Allah (SWT), I regret to announce the death of...

An Arabic teacher in Gombe state has ended up in police custody for planning to marry her eldest son's friend. The union has been opposed by both her children and the siblings of her late husband. According to the Daily Trust newspaper, Hussaina Abba, who teaches Arabic at a primary school in...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State has won all the seats contested in the council polls conducted on Saturday. Announcing the result in Gombe on Sunday, Caleb Maina, Chief Returning Officer and Chairman of the Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission (GOSIEC) said PDP won all...

Nigerian Army troops in conjunction with elements of Department of State Services (DSS) after painstaking effort of tracking arrested 3 suspected Chadian Boko Haram terrorists that belonged to Albaranawi faction, in Gombe, Gombe State. The 3 Chadian terrorists suspects, Bilal Muhammed Umar...

Gombe United defender, Uzama Douglas, was shot dead by unknown men believed to be cultists in Benin City on Thursday, CompleteSports reports. Uzama becomes the second player from the domestic football league to be killed within three months after Shooting Stars defender, Izu Joseph, who was...

Nigerian civil service workers in several states have taken to the streets to protest the non-payment of their salaries in a bid to pressurize their governors and top government officials to do the right thing, as the festive season approaches. Yesterday, workers in these states protested...

At least 12 children were killed when a pickup van ran into a procession of students marking the birthday of Prophet Muhammad in a town in Gombe state yesterday. The incident happened in Malam Sidi town 20 kilometres away from Gombe, the state capital. A witness, who craved for anonymity...

The Gombe State Police Command has arrested three persons suspected to have conspired, forcefully confined, and tortured two teenage girls wrongly accused of witchcraft. One of the girls died due to the torture they were subjected to for two weeks. According to a statement signed by the...

Daughter of former Oyo state governor, Kemi Olunloyo has called Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe state a mad man. The governor is not alright for approving the appointment of 229 people as his Special Assistants, SAs, she wrote on Facebook. The governor had divided the assistants...

Gombe State governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, has approved the appointment of 229 people as his Special Assistants (Sas), who are to receive between N80,000 and N56,000 monthly. A letter by the Acting Secretary to the State Government, Mr. James Pisagih, said the appointment of the new...

The EFCC has blown open an employment scam in Gombe state which has seen thousands of civil servants issued fake employment letters. Aminu Aliyu, EFCC's Head of Operations at Gombe Zonal office said it was discovered that "1, 022 people were issued fake letters of appointment across all the...

The All Progressives Congress has dissolved the Gombe State executive committee of party. The party’s National Secretary, Mai Bala Buni, at the party’s national secretariat, in Abuja,disclosed on Thursday. The National Working Committee of the party noted that it took the decision following...

Gombe State Police Command has confirmed the death of one Baba Jigawa, aged 75, who was found hanging in a provision store at Gombe Timber market. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ahmed Usman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Tuesday that the incident occurred...