Danjuma Goje
18 Apr 2019
Senator Danjuma Goje's ambition for the Senate Presidency in the ninth assembly has received a boost with an endorsement by the North East Consultative Forum (NESF) and five other groups in the geopolitical zone. Rising from an emergency meeting held at the Zaranda Hotel, Bauchi on Wednesday, the groups including North East Elders Mobilisation Forum,…
9 Apr 2019
The 2019 budget may spend longer time at the National Assembly.Although the Senate had twice given its sub-committees deadlines to conclude work on processing the budget bill, findings showed there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
8 Apr 2019
It's is becoming a recurring feature of Nigeria’s deepening democracy for candidates that lost past elections to come back and record victory. That story holds true for Gombe State’s governor-elect, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, who has been contesting the governorship seat since 2011. In the recent 2019 poll, which was a keen contest between him…
23 Mar 2019
Justice Babatunde Quadri of a Federal High Court, Jos, Plateau State has ruled that a former governor of Gombe State, Danjuma Goje, has a case to answer on counts eight and nine of the 21-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes ....
27 Jan 2019
The Federal High Court sitting in Jos, presided over by Mr. Justice Babatunde Quadiri, has adjourned the case between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the former governor of Gombe State, Mallam Danjuma Goje and three others till March 22...
20 Jul 2018
Ahead of the 2019 gubernatorial election in Gombe State, there are indications that stakeholders of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) will need to be united rather than relying...
24 May 2018
If there is any state in the north where the All Progressives Congress (APC) needs to forge unity of purpose and practice inclusive politics, it is Gombe State. The state is not very special for the forthcoming 2019 electoral battle basically because of two issues.
5 Nov 2017
Governor of Gombe State, Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, is also erstwhile Accountant General of the Federation (AGF).
10 Jul 2017
Goje had reportedly told the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, not to see the National Assembly as an institution he could control the way he controlled the Lagos Assembly.
6 Jul 2017
The Senate Committee on Appropriation yesterday asked the Works, Power and Housing Minister, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to resign if he could not cope with the responsibilities of his ministry.
4 Jun 2017
Within the APC, the following are associated with possible interest in the Presidency: Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, Danjuma Goje.
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