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  • BREAKING: 616 PDP members defect to ruling party APC

    BREAKING: 616 PDP members defect to ruling party APC

    No fewer than 616 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Dukku Local Government Area of Gombe State on Saturday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    An ex-chieftain of PDP, Alhaji Kwairanga Dukku, led the new entrants, including women and youths leaders from different wards within the local government area into the APC.

    Dukku attributed their decision to good and purpose-driven leadership style of Gov. Inuwa Yahaya.

    Also speaking, Alhaji Bappah Maru, a former member of the PDP Elders’ Forum said the efforts of the present administration in the state in the provision of potable water in the area convinced him to join the APC.

    Umaru said their decision to join the APC was to appreciate the governor’s people-oriented policies towards improving the well being of the people.

    Welcoming the new members, Gov. Inuwa Yahaya said the APC-led state government had entrenched good governance.

    Represented by the Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Alhaji Muhammad Magaji, Yahaya said the large number of people joining APC showed there was no hope for the opposition parties in the state in 2023.

    ”With the calibre of defectors received in Dukku LGA, the APC in Gombe had been further fortified and this means that our chances in 2023 are getting brighter,” the governor added.

    The Vice Chairman of APC in Dukku LGA, Alhaji Yahya Kole, lauded Yahaya for delivering on his mandate to transform the state.

    He said: ”This is why APC has become a party that everyone wants to join and we will keep receiving new members.”

  • 2023: We don’t intend to enter Gombe govt house through backdoor -PDP guber candidate, Barde

    2023: We don’t intend to enter Gombe govt house through backdoor -PDP guber candidate, Barde

     

    …says my gov must give account of N432bn loan

    …promises to jump start state economy despite huge debt over hang

    Gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Gombe State, Muhammad Jibrin Barde has said as true democrats his party does not intend to enter the Gombe Government House through the backdoor.

    TheNewsGuru. com, (TNG) reports Barde made this disclosure during an interview in an interview on a national television program when asked about the incumbent’s case over certificate scandal that’s in court.

    Responding to whether with the matter in court he intends to gain entry to government House through the backdoor if the present governor loses in court, the former Managing Director of SunTrust bank simply smiled and said:

    “The PDP has gone to court to challenge the matter and we can’t discuss such matters here.

    “We don’t intend to get to government House through backdoor as anything I say here will amount to subjudice of the court as the matter is still pending in court. So we should Just wait for the outcome of the court’s proceedings.

    “The same governor ran and won on the basis of accusations and counter accusations which he levelled against his predecessor that he obtained a N70billion loan.

    “As at today same Gombe governor has procured over N430billion loan as against the M70bn he accused his predecessor who never took any commercial bank loan but his own loans are from commercial banks.

    “He ran his campaign based on deceits and that is exactly what is manifesting in the state now as the public service is in shambles, N21bn areas of pensions yet to be paid for.

    Asked what he intends to do to Gombe economy, Barde said “I will adopt the two stabilisers approach to revamp the economy despite the huge debt overhang.

    “I will restructure the loans look for ways and means and get the natural resources of the state to jump start the economy and put them to best use, the businesses that had crumbled we need to put them back on their feet.

    “Revive the small scale industries which is the driver of any economy and we go back to agriculture which is the mainstay of Gombe.

    “Then we need to come back to the public service and reinvigorate it to survive, these are the two stabilisers I am talking about.

  • NYSC decamps corps member for wearing skirt in Gombe

    NYSC decamps corps member for wearing skirt in Gombe

    The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Gombe State has confirmed the eviction of a female corps member for failing to wear khaki trouser.

    The state NYSC Coordinator, Ada Imoni, in a statement on Friday, March 25, said the corps member “blatantly refused to wear the khaki trouser and chose to wear a khaki skirt instead at the orientation camp.

    She was made to face the camp court, found guilty and subsequently decamped in accordance to the provisions of the NYSC Bye-laws”.

    Read full statement below:

    Our attention has been drawn to pictures and videos of a corps member wearing Skirt , trending on social media, said to be decamped from NYSC Orientation Camp Amada, Gombe State.

    Every Corps member is issued kit items which include; Shorts, belt, khaki Jacket ,khaki trouser, Jungle boots , tennis shoes , crested vest and white T-shirt , and is expected to wear such kit items throughout the duration of the service year. It is therefore an offence to deface the Uniform to any form other than the one issued by Management.

    The National Youth Service Corps Bye-laws reprinted in year 2000 Schedule 2 , section 1 sub-section (I) says ” Failure to wear the uniform provided for any particular activity

    PENALTY: The Corps member should be informed to go and wear the uniform, failing which he will be decamped.

    We wish to place on record that the said Corps member blatantly refused to wear the khaki trouser and chose to wear khaki Skirt instead ( A case of defacing and refusal to wear our uniform) She was made to face the camp court , found guilty and subsequently decamped in accordance to the provisions of the NYSC Bye-laws.

    The NYSC Secretariat Gombe has compiled and forwarded report on the Corps member and await further directives from our National Directorate Headquarters.

  • Suspected vandals attack PDP, Atiku campaign offices

    Suspected vandals attack PDP, Atiku campaign offices

    Some suspected vandals Tuesday allegedly attacked the Gombe State Secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Campaign Office of the party’s former Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in Gombe.

    Briefing newsmen in Gombe, Dr Aliyu Adamu, the National Coordinator, North-East Business Communities, Atiku for President 2023, described the incident as unfortunate.

    Adamu also described Abubakar as a peace-loving leader and as such did not deserve such treatment from anyone.

    He said that a security man in the office called around 2am to inform him that some hoodlums invaded the office and began to vandalise the property.

    “They destroyed our banners, flags and the windows and carted away with all the air conditioners,” he said.

    According to him, the group is not suspecting anyone but we call on the state government and security agencies to ensure that those involved are brought to book.

    Adamu said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ishola Babaita, had been informed.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hoodlums also torched a section of the PDP secretariat.

    In a reaction, the state PDP Chairman, Abnon Kwashebe, alleged that the attack was politically motivated.

    Kwashebe decried political violence in the state and urged the party members to remain calm.

    He said that the police commissioner had visited the secretariat and assured them that the matter would be thoroughly investigated.

    The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Adamu Ngorjin, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said that investigation into the two incidents had commenced.

  • Ponzi scheme: Police arrest 4 Beninois, 2 other suspects in Gombe

    Ponzi scheme: Police arrest 4 Beninois, 2 other suspects in Gombe

    The Police Command in Gombe State, has arrested six suspects over attempt to defraud residents of the state.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ishola Babaita made this known at a news conference on Friday in Gombe.

    Babaita said that the arrest was made possible through its community policing strategy as well as the proactiveness of the command to rid the state of any form of crime and criminalities.

    According to him, the six suspects comprise two indigenes of Gombe state and four Beninois who entered into the country illegally and were arrested in Gombe on Jan 18.

    “On the Jan. 18, at 8:30 p.m. the command received information that three Hummer buses brought some group of young men numbering about 109.

    “Immediately, Police operatives in synergy with the Department of State Security (DSS) were dispatched to the scene and the people were invited to the DSS facility where they were interrogated.

    “The two Nigerians were transferred to the police for discrete investigations and possible prosecution while the four Beninois were handed over to the Nigerian Immigration Service which later returned them back to the police,” the commissioner said.

    Babaita said during the interrogation, the suspects claimed that they were into online networking business called QNET.

    He said that the documents tendered “as Independent Representatives (IR) of the QNRT revealed that an IR is not an employee, agent or official representative of QNET.

    “This means that as IR, they are to be solely responsible for complying with applicable local laws, ethical practices and paying taxes on commissions and assumes all risks related to their IR entrepreneurial activities,” he said.

    According him, the 109 youths were recruited into the state by the six suspects to serve as marketers.

    He said that based on investigations, it was established that the suspects were into ponzi scheme to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.

    He added that at the conclusion of the investigation, all suspects would be charged to court.

    Babaita urged residents of the state to be wary of those they transact business with to avoid being defrauded.

    However, one of the suspects, 26-year-old Abdullahi Yusuf from Gombe while speaking with newsmen, denied that the business was fraudulent, saying that it was an online networking.

    Yusuf said he started the business in Benin Republic but decided to come to Gombe state to empower youths with the knowledge of networking.

    Yusuf who insisted that the business was not fraudulent, said he was ready to defend himself in court.

    Solomon Micah, a 27-year-old indigene of Taraba, who was recruited as a marketer, said that he paid N500, 000 to register for the business and got 50 dollars as bonus.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) also reports that some of the alleged marketers were paraded along with the six main suspects at the police command.

  • 4 persons killed in Gombe road accidents – FRSC

    4 persons killed in Gombe road accidents – FRSC

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Gombe State has confirmed the death of four persons in two separate crashes that occurred in the state on Friday.
    FRSC’s Public Enlightenment Officer in the state, Janet Kassa who confirmed the accidents to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, said the first accident which occurred in Kwadom community around 11:25 am involved a car and a motorcycle.
    She also said 12 persons were involved in the accident which killed one person and injured three others.

    The remaining eight persons, she said, were unhurt was a head-on collision involving two cars and it occurred around 1:50 pm.
    She stated that in the second accident, which occurred on the Gombe-Bauchi expressway at about 1:50p.m was a head-on collision involving two cars.
    According to her, 12 persons were involved in the crash, which killed three people with the remaining nine sustaining injuries.

    She said the injured were taken to the Gombe Federal Teaching Hospital and the state’s Specialist Hospital for medical attention.
    She added that the bodies of the four deceased persons had been deposited at the Gombe Specialist Hospital mortuary.
    Kassa stated that the suspected causes of both accidents were dangerous overtaking and loss of control of the vehicle.
    The FRSC official advised motorists to eschew over-speeding and unnecessary over-taking, adding that when crashes occur “you won’t get to your destination as planned and lives could be lost.’’
    She assured the public that personnel of the command would continue to sensitise motorists to the need to observe safety protocols on the road.

  • Stop Inciting Thugs to Disrupt Peace in Gombe, Jibrin Barde Warns Gov Yahaya

    Stop Inciting Thugs to Disrupt Peace in Gombe, Jibrin Barde Warns Gov Yahaya

    A prominent indigene of Gombe state, Muhammad Jibrin Barde, has urged Governor of Gombe State, Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya to desist from inciting the citizens on any violent act premised on selfish political motives.

    He also advised indigenes of Gombe State have been enjoined to toe the path of peace and avoid unnecessary violence, which can greatly set the state back from its desired path of development.

    These calls were contained in a statement issued by Barde, wherein he urged all stakeholders in the Gombe project to join hands together to ensure peace and desired development for the state.

    In his statement titled ‘A Shameful day and Dishonour for our state – But Not a surprise’, Barde frowned on the violence perpetrated by some thugs who attacked a former governor of Gombe State and a serving federal lawmaker, Senator Danjuma Goje, yesterday around the International Conference Centre on the Bauchi-Gombe Road.
    According to the statement, “For two and half years now, the APC government in Gombe State has been unwilling to tell their followers the truth. History will rightly remember yesterday’s violence in Gombe, incited by a sitting Governor, who has continued to baselessly lie about the state finances, as a moment of great dishonour and shame for our state.

    “Given the antecedent of the Gombe State government under the leadership of Governor Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya, this doesn’t come as a total surprise to us. However, there is no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday; it is counter-productive” the statement added.
    Barde said, “I strongly condemn and deplore the cowardly attacks by criminals and thugs who unleashed the violence on Senator Mohammed Danjuma Goje and his entourage, peacefully exercising their freedom of association as guaranteed under the universal principle of human right. This incident led to an unfortunate and needless loss of lives and properties.

    “I applaud the courage and dignity of those who stood up to defend these rights, as guaranteed by our constitution. I stand with the entire peace-loving indigenes of Gombe in bearing witness to this brave and determined struggle for a universal right that we must all uphold. We will long remember the images of those people attacked, seeking to exercise their right of freedom to associate.”

    He urged all parties in the state to maintain calm and avoid violence, expressed his deepest condolence to the families of those who lost their lives, and called on the Gombe state government to respect human rights, in the interest of peace and progress in the state.
    According to him, “As I have said before, it is leaders who give life to the principle of democracy, rooted in its traditions, and those leaders who respect the universal rights of their people are stronger and more successful than those who do not.
    “I have no doubt that the future of Gombe will be brighter if it is guided by the voices of Gombawa than an individual. No force of any kind can stand against the wishes of the people in the state without destroying itself”, he added.

    Barde sought for greater focus on the root cause of the violence, and said, “While condemning the violence, let us not ignore the underlying problem. Let us not pretend the system is fair and okay.”

    “Right now, Governor Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya’s APC led government in Gombe state have a choice made clear to them. They can continue down this road and keep stoking the raging fires. Or they can choose reality and take the first steps toward extinguishing the flames. They can choose Gombe,” the statement noted.
    Urging all stakeholders to embrace peace for the sake of progress in Gombe, Barde added, “The state has been enjoying relative peace, the people of Gombe are very peaceful and loyal to their leaders. Unfortunately, the peace has been rattled. All Gombe indigenes should toe the path of peace and ensure that sanity is restored fully to this serene state. That is what we need to move this state forward.”
    – Muhammad Jibrin Barde

  • Seven health workers land in serious trouble for diverting mosquito nets

    Seven health workers land in serious trouble for diverting mosquito nets

    No fewer than seven civil servants have been arrested over the diversion of insecticide-treated nets in Gombe State.

    The state through support from Catholic Relief Services, Global Fund, and National Malaria Elimination Programme is distributing 2.3 million insecticide-treated nets across the state.

    Confirming the arrest of the men under the employment of Kwami LGA Primary Healthcare and Billiri LGA Primary Healthcare, on Saturday, Commissioner for Health Dr. Habu Dahiru, said they were nabbed following a tip-off by residents.

    He revealed that they had diverted about 5,450 to the market to make brisk sales from unsuspecting citizens.

    Dahiru said, “A team of personnel who were charged with keeping an eye on the process to ensure that the nets do not slip into the wrong hands, were tipped by an informant that the nets were loaded in a truck in one of the markets in Gombe metropolis. This was with the sole intent of diverting them for personal aggrandizement.

    “I wish to unequivocally state that the co-conspirators arrested turned out to be four staff of Kwami LGA PHC department. A total of 100 bale’s of the items were recovered from them. Each bail contains 50 nets.”

    Dahiru added, “On the same note, state personnel was tipped up by an informant that a similar situation was unfolding in Billiri LGA. The police were informed about three staff of the PHC department, who were arrested and a total of nine bales of the nets were recovered.”

    On his part, State Head of Service, Bapayo Yahaya, said the civil servants would be placed on half salary pending the determination of their case.

    He noted that the case may warrant termination of appointments if confirmed to be true.

    “My office will suspend them and they will be on half salary. If the court finds them guilty they will be dismissed. It’s serious misconduct, actually what they have done is embarrassing too,” Yahaya said.

  • Insecurity: Adamawa, Gombe ban hunters, militia groups

    Insecurity: Adamawa, Gombe ban hunters, militia groups

    Following the frequent communal conflict between Lunguda and Waja tribes, Adamawa and Gombe States Government on Wednesday banned all activities of hunters and militia groups in two affected communities.

    Lunguda and Waja are tribes both found in Adamawa and Gombe states.

    The development is contained in a communique issued at the end of the first Adamawa/Gombe (Lunguda & Waja) community peace accord held in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa.

    Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri and his counterpart of Gombe state, Alhaji Muhammad Yaya, signed the communique.

    “Following the perennial clashes between the Lunguda and Waja communities spread between Adamawa and Gombe States.

    “The Governors of the two States, Ahmadu Fintiri and Muhammad Yahaya, summoned a peace meeting in Numan with the prominent sons and leaders of both communities.

    “Lunguda and Waja people were neighbours under one Chiefdom in Gombe State and had been enjoying harmonious relationships and inter-marriages.

    “And that, all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps should be closed within the next one week and people should return to their homes.

    “And that all militia and hunter groups are hereby disbanded and their activities proscribed in both communities of the two States,” the communiqué read in part.

    According to the governors, leaders and elders in both communities of both states shall prevail on their youths and restrain them from causing any distraction and participating in violence.

    They also called on religious leaders to mount and sustain the campaign for peace in both communities, adding that youth groups should equally be involved.

    They directed that a committee for the rebirth of peace and sustaining it among Lunguda and Waja in both states should be raised.

    The committee members included the Governors of Adamawa and Gombe States Co-Chairmen, Attorneys General/Commissioners of Justice, and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs of the two states.

    “The Paramount Rulers of these two communities; The Balaa Waja and Kwandi Nunguraya, will ensure that the lingering land issues among the two communities are solved and people can go back to farm safely this rainy season, among others”.

  • NAFDAC destroys unwholesome products worth 515m in Gombe

    NAFDAC destroys unwholesome products worth 515m in Gombe

    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Saturday, destroyed various categories of harmful products worth about N515.7 million in Gombe.

    Speaking at the venue of the exercise, Prof. Christianah Adeyeye, the Director General (DG) of NAFDAC, said the items were from the six states in the North-East.

    Adeyeye said the products destroyed were made up of substandard, fake and falsely labelled unwholesome food products and chemical.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the product destroyed included antibiotics, anti hypertensive, anti diabetic and anti malaria drugs.

    Others were spaghetti, vegetable oil, non alcoholic beverages, body cream, fake insecticide and fertilisers, among others.

    The DG, represented by Mrs Josephine Dalym, Coordinator, NAFDAC, Bauchi State, said the destruction of the products would no doubt eliminate the risk of their reintroduction into Nigerian markets.

    She gave the assurance that NAFDAC ‘s collaboration with other regulatory agencies and stakeholders would be sustained to rid the region of fake and harmful products.

    Adeyeye also drew the attention of the public to the presence of counterfeited COVID-19 vaccine in the continent.

    She appealed to the general public to cooperate with NAFDAC in its effort to eradicate the menace of drug and substance abuse from society.

    Mr Gonzuk Bedima, the NAFDAC Coordinator in Gombe State, in his address of welcome, said there was synergy between NAFDAC and other regulatory agencies in the state.

    He further called for continued support which he said would go a long way in regulating circulation of unwholesome products in the market.

    “Let’s join our hands together to save lives and have zero tolerance of unwholesome, fake and counterfeited products,” he said.