Gombe State
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Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State presented a 2024 budget of N207.8 billion to the House of Assembly on Monday. The budget is made up of N87.25 billion or 42 per cent for recurrent expenditure, and N120.5 billion or 58 per cent for capital expenditure. The first budget in his second tenure, Yahaya tagged the…
23 Nov
Gombe State government has signed N12 billion contract with Triacta Nigeria Limited for a 21-kilometre gully erosion control work in six communities within Gombe metropolis. Governor Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe witnessed the contract-signing ceremony in Gombe, yesterday, between the state and Triacta. At the ceremony, Yahaya said that the project was one of the biggest…
19 Nov
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yayaha Inuwa, has said that the Minister of Works, David Umahi, has the passion and capacity to address the problems of road infrastructure in the country.
25 Oct
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Gombe State Command, said it arrested no fewer than 209 suspects across the state for various offences between Aug. 29 and Oct. 21. Mr Mohammed Mu’azu, the state Commandant, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Gombe on Wednesday. Mu’azu said…
23 Oct
About 76 people have been arrested following a tip-off on a same-sex birthday party and a planned marriage in Gombe State.
9 Oct
Suspected gunmen who stormed Shabewa in Dukku local government in Gombe State have abducted one of the wives and brother of a kidnap target who escaped, Police said on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Muazu in a statement on Monday said that on Sunday at about 02:55 am suspected kidnappers invaded the…
6 Sep
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has assured the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state of their safety, saying that the state is hospitable to all Nigerians. Yahaya gave the assurance on Tuesday at the closing ceremony of the orientation course for the 2023 Batch B Stream II corps members, at…
29 Aug
Gombe State governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has ordered the immediate closure of all night clubs in the state. In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, said the measure followed series of complaints from the general public on the incessant immoral, criminal activities and security breaches being perpetrated in…
10 Aug
Commissioner of Police in Gombe state Oqua Etim has imposed a curfew after an Islamic cleric Ibrahim Albani was killed by suspected armed robbers at his residence in Gobona, Tabra quarters. According to the spokesperson of the Police in Gombe, Mahid Abubakar, said the Commissioner imposed the curfew which will run from 12 midnight to…
23 May
The Federal Government has commissioned a 40 megawatts Dadin Kowa Hydropower Project in Gombe State, which has the capacity to generate electricity, irrigate over 30,000 hectares of farmland and process over 50 million litres of water per day.
20 Apr
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Gombe State, said it received no fewer than 48 complaints of alleged human rights violations between January and March. The Public Relations Officer of NHRC in the state, Ali Alola-Alfinti stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Thursday. Alola-Alfinti said…
18 Apr
The Senator for Gombe State Central zone, Danjuma Goje, has been expelled by his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). The chairman APC in his Kashere ward, Tanimu Abdullahi announced the suspension to newsmen. He alleged the Senator of committing ten offences including failure to grace the flag off of APC's governorship campaign and general…
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