Tag: Gombe
Fire kills 7, destroys property worth N88m in Gombe
Malam Garba Jibrin, Deputy Director Fire Services in Gombe State says, seven lives and properties worth N88 million were lost…
30 drug traffickers convicted in Gombe
No fewer than 30 convicted drug traffickers are serving different jail terms in Gombe prisons, says National Drug Law Enforcement…
Farmers urged to harvest produce on time
The Gombe State Chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), on Monday called on its members to harvest their…
Farmer allegedly rapes 9-year-old girl
A 20-year-old farmer, Muhammad Adamu, was on Tuesday arraigned in a Pantami Magistrates’ Court, Gombe, for allegedly raping a 9-year-old…
Gombe: Floods kill 9, destroy over 200 houses
Nine people lost their lives while over 200 houses were destroyed and numerous farm lands washed out by flood in…
Men remanded for allegedly raping minor, woman
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Gombe on Thursday ordered the remand of two men for allegedly raping a four-year-old…
Police recover $4,000 from 19 year old boy
The police in Gombe state have recovered the sum of $4,000 (about N1.3million) from a 19 year old boy following…
Gombe: 5,853 N-power beneficiaries posted to places of work
No fewer than 5,853 second batch beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s N-power programme have been posted to places of their…
NDLEA arrests 46 suspected drug barons in Gombe
National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gombe State Command, said it arrested 46 suspected drug barons in the last eight…
Nigerian Army averts communal clash
The army has arrested 10 people in Gombe State after averting a communal clash between Biliri and Shongom Local Government…
Conductor remanded over alleged rape of minor
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gombe on Monday remanded a 30-year-old conductor, Habu Munkaila, in prison over alleged raping of…
Gombe generates N300m revenue monthly
The Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue says it is generating between N300 million and N500 million monthly as revenue…
Gombe records cases of Elephantiasis
The Gombe State Government says it has recorded cases of Lymphatic Filariasis, popularly known as Elephantiasis, at Galdamaru community in…
Man charged with raping, impregnating 15-year-old daughter
The police in Gombe on Tuesday charged 50-year-old Samaila Zakari at a magistrates’ court with raping and impregnating his 15-year-old…
Monarch takes HIV/AIDS campaign to husbands
Alhaji Muhammad Hardo, District Head of Kumo, Akko Local Government Area, Gombe State, has called on husbands to allow their…
Gombe: Nigerian Govt commended for free health intervention
Beneficiaries of Federal Government ongoing free medical initiative in Gombe have lauded the programme, saying it is impacting on the…
Gombe Residents Task NAFDAC On Water Safety
Gombe residents have called on the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to embark on effective monitoring…
Police nab suspect in possession of fake currency notes in Gombe
The Police Command in Gombe have arrested one, Abbas Abdullahi, 32, in possession of fake N1,000 currency notes totaling N1…
Cannabis: NDLEA arrests 14 farmers with in Gombe
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Gombe State on Tuesday said its operatives arrested 14 farmers for cultivating…
Gombe Records Accident Free Sallah—FRSC
Gombe state state sector command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), recorded “motor accident free” Ed-el Kabir, the sector…
Sustain Prevailing Peace In Gombe State- Dankwambo Appeals
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State has appealed to traditional and religious leaders, and entire people of the state to…
Gombe Gov Commends FG On Fight Against Erosion
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State has lauded the Federal Government for assisting the state in fighting the menace of…
NYSC Deploys 2,000 Corps Members To Gombe
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it has posted 2,000 corps members to Gombe State for the 2017 batch…
Gombe Seeks Alternative Power Supply
The Commissioner for Health in Gombe State, Dr Kennedy Ishaya, says the state government has been seeking an alternative power…
669 prison inmates to be treated of scabies
No fewer than 669 inmates from Gombe Prison would benefit from the treatment of scabies embarked upon by the Gombe…
10 women contest for chairmen, councillors in Gombe
No fewer than 10 women are to contest for chairmen and councillors of local government areas on the platform of…
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Fire destroys 48 shops in Gombe
No fewer than 48 shops and properties worth millions of Naira were on Tuesday burnt to ashes at Gombe old…
Gombe Cooperative boss docked for N75m loan fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on 8 February, 2016 arraigned the General Manager, Gombe State Cooperative Savings and…
Killer Hippopotamus Shot Dead In Gombe
Head of Forestry unit of Yamaltu/Deba Local Governmen Council in Gombe on Thursday confirmed the killing of a notorious Hippopotamus…
US condemns Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States on Friday condemned Boko Haram suicide attacks in Cameroon and Nigeria as “horrific and…