Tag: Gombe State
Twin bomb blast rock Gombe, many dead, injured
No fewer than 50 people lost their lives, and many others were injured, in a twin blast at Gombe central…
Police arrest 28 suspected hoodlums in Gombe
The Gombe State Police Command has arrested 28 suspected criminals for various offences. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP…
Election Materials: INEC reluctant to comply with tribunal order – Gombe APC
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Gombe has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to comply…
UNICEF gives scholarship to 300 girl children in Gombe
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Gombe state coordinating unit, has given scholarship to 300 girl children to…
Gov. Dankwambo pledges transparency
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State has pledged to continue to pursue probity, transparency and accountability in running the affairs…
Gombe: APC heads to tribunal, challenges Dankwambo’s victory
The defeated All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Gombe State in the last general elections, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya, has…
NGO empowers 154 commercial sex workers in Gombe
The Civil Society for HIV/Aids in Nigeria, an NGO, has expressed its resolve to empower 154 commercial sex workers in…
Gombe elections was free, fair – International Observers
Population and Environmental Monitoring (International Observers) has described the conduct of the 2015 general elections in Gombe State as free,…
INEC to fix date for inconclusive Gombe election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will fix a new date to conclude the Gombe State House of…
PDP wins 2, APC 1 state assembly election in Gombe
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Dukku, Gombe State, has won two seats in the state House of Assembly elections while…
Explosion near bus station in Gombe, kills 5
An explosion near a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least five and injured 15…
APC condemns election violence in Gombe, Rivers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the violence perpetrated against its members in Gombe and Rivers state during…
Two killed in Boko Haram attack in Gombe
At least two people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack on polling stations in northeast Nigeria on Saturday,…
Boko Haram militants warn Gombe residents against voting
Boko Haram invaded the restive northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Saturday and warned residents against voting in next month’s…
Over 100 Boko Haram fighters invade Gombe
Hundreds of Boko Haram Islamists on Saturday invaded the restive northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, firing heavy guns and throwing…