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A stampede occurred on Sunday at the Eid ground in Gombe State, claiming two lives while 20 victims were hospitalised. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson for the Gombe State Police Command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi. According to Abdullahi, the incident happened at the exit gate of the Eid ground, immediately after the…
25 Mar
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has urged media professionals to partner with the Nigerian Army and other security agencies to enhance national security. Oluyede made the call in a keynote address he delivered at the Nigerian Army, Civil-Military Cooperation Media Chat held on Tuesday in Gombe. The event was declared open by…
15 Mar
The Police in Gombe have confirmed that a 16-year-old girl, Maryam Samuel, allegedly committed suicide at Kaltungo community in Kaltungo Local Government Area of the state. [AD] The spokesman of the command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident on Saturday in Gombe, said the girl committed suicide by hanging on a tree. He said…
14 Mar
The Gombe government has approved N1.15 billion for the installation of solar street lights and infrastructure development projects in three local government areas of the state. Malam Mahmood Yusuf, Director-General, Joint Project Development Agency, stated this at a news conference on Thursday in Gombe. He said the Joint Project Council (JPC) meeting chaired by Gov.…
13 Mar
Farmers in Difa Community, located in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, have expressed their gratitude for the Federal Government’s support to agriculture in the region. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, they shared how the government’s assistance had benefited those cultivating rice, wheat, and other crops.…
7 Mar
President Bola Tinubu has appointed six Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) for federal government-owned hospitals in Akure, Gombe, Azare, Lafiya, Maiduguri, and Kafanchan. The new CMDs and their hospitals include Prof. Olusegun Sylvester Ojo, who has been appointed Chief Medical Director of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Akure, Ondo State. A seasoned medical professional, Prof. Ojo previously…
4 Mar
Farmers in Difa Community, Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, now stay on their farms to keep watch due to increasing hippopotamus attacks on their crops. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited farms in Difa on Tuesday, observed the presence of several makeshift houses built with guinea corn…
3 Mar
An entrepreneur, Salisu Danjuma, from the Difa community in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, says he earns over N2.5 million annually from tomato cultivation during the season. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Difa, Danjuma described tomato farming as one of the most profitable…
28 Feb
The National Population Commission (NPC) says has launched a sensitisation campaign across the 11 local government areas of Gombe State to encourage birth and death registration among the people. Alhaji Abubakar Danburam, NPC’s Federal Commissioner in charge of Gombe State, told newsmen in Gombe on Friday that the aim was to help the government in…
26 Feb
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has donated 50 operational vehicles to security agencies in the state. He stated this at the second Gombe State Security Summit, on Wednesday in Gombe. The theme of the summit is: “Building a Safer and More Secure Gombe State: Addressing Insecurity through Collective Action.” Yahaya said the gesture was…
20 Feb
The Federal Government says it will provide six stocks of essential drugs and medical supplies to Gombe State under the Presidential Medical
10 Feb
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has condemned the killing of Rev. Bala Galadima, the Presiding Clergy of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Lubo community of Yamaltu/Deba Local Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Galadima was murdered in the early hours of Sunday by suspected armed robbers at his residence…
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The Cross River chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has ruled out automatic tickets for serving members of the National Assembly and state lawmakers for the 2027 general elections. The party, however, granted automatic tickets to Gov. Bassey Otu and his deputy, Dr Peter Odey. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this…
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The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has announced the revocation of the offer of provisional allocation of houses under the National Housing Programme (NHP) of defaulting subscribers. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, made this known in a statement signed by Mr. Salisu Haiba, Director, Press and Public Relations, on…
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Zimbabwean authorities remanded in custody Tuesday 98 people arrested for taking part in demonstrations called to demand that President Emmerson Mnangagwa leave power. The men and women were rounded up in the capital Harare during small-scale demonstrations on Monday and a ruling on their bail is due on April 10, the courts said. A one-time…
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A fishing village in southwest Iceland was evacuated Tuesday after lava began spewing from a volcanic eruption, the eighth to hit the region since the end of 2023. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said "an eruption has started on the Sundhnuksgigar Crater Row" north of the fishing village Grindavik. Live video feeds showed…
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Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has called on government officials to join him in building the State and to shun the get rich quick syndrome. Sule made the call on Tuesday when he hosted the state Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, who led a delegation of government officials to him on a Sallah homage…
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A 60-year-old farmer has been killed by her labourer at Laoso community, Laje Camp axis of Ondo West Local Council Area, Ondo State. The deceased, identified as Mrs Adelugba, according to sources, was macheted to death by the labourer after she accused him of stealing kola nuts from her farm. One of the sources disclosed…
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Polish prosecutors said Tuesday that they had charged a Russian-born Ukrainian with spying on behalf of Russia's intelligence services. Poland has been a staunch ally of Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and has frequently accused Moscow of espionage and sabotage attempts. The NATO member is also a key transit point for Western…
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Promoters and operators of entities engaged in a prohibited scheme are liable to a penalty of not less than N20 million or imprisonment for a term of 10 years or both. The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr Emomotimi Agama, said it is one of the provisions of the newly signed Investments…
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Southampton manager Ivan Juric has challenged his beleaguered players to prove they are not the worst team in Premier League history as they brace for an immediate return to the Championship. Saints, who host FA Cup semi-finalists Crystal Palace on Wednesday, have collected a miserable nine points from their 29 games so far. Rock bottom…
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A 20-year-old man, Tiamiyu Oluwatobi Samuel, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command for allegedly raping a minor. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Corps Public Relations Officer, Kehinde Adeleke. Adeleke explained that Samuel was nabbed on 26th March, 2025…