Tag: gombe
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Gov Yahaya of Gombe decries paucity of funds to maintain airport
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has decried the paucity of funds to keep the state-owned airport functional. Yahaya, who stated this in Gombe while briefing Members of the Joint Committee on Aviation, said it had become difficult for the government to cope with the financial burden of keeping the airport in good shape. He…
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Update on Biliri crisis: Fulanis in Gombe mobilise to attack Tangale indigenes over leadership tussle
Emman Ovuakporie The leadership crisis rocking Tangale community in Biliri Local Government of Gombe is fast taking an alarming shape as it’s alleged that the Fulanis are mobilising to launch an attack against the predominantly Christian community. Recall that TheNewsGuru.com, TNG had reported on Friday that Tangale kingdom maybe taken over by the Fulanis. The…
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Trending video: Gombe community, Tangale boils over alleged imposition of minority monarch
By Emman Ovuakporie A trending video online indicates that the alleged imposition of a Muslim of minority extraction in Tangale a predominantly Christian community in Gombe State as King has generated mixed feelings that the women went on protest on Thursday. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the protest based on the recorded video clips and other reliable…
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I made over N3m from fish farming in 2020 – 70-yr-old retiree
Mr Ezra Amos, a 70-year-old retiree from Dadin Kowa community of Gombe State said he realised over N3 million from fish farming in 2020. Amos, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dadin Kowa, Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area, on Wednesday, said fish farming was paying his bills as a…
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APC wins all 11 Chairmanship, 114 Councillorship Seats in Gombe LG Poll
The Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission (GOSIEC) on Saturday declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of all the 11 Local Government Councils seats in the just concluded election. The GOSIEC Chairman, Saidu Shehu Awak who made the declaration after the collation of results as submitted by the 11 local government electoral officers, also announced…
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Farmer kills Gombe Okada rider, sells motorbike for N120,000
The Gombe State Police Command, on Thursday, exhibited a 37-year-old farmer, identified as Ephraim Kadiri, over the killing of an Okada rider in Gombe. Exhibiting the suspect at the state command headquarters, the Commissioner of Police, Shehu Maikudi, said the suspect took the motorcycle to where it was sold for N120,000. Maikudi said the Okada…
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Photo News: COVID-19 positive student writes WASSCE in hospital ward
A final year student of GSSS Gombe who tested POSITIVE for COVID-19 sat for West African Senior Secondary Examination (WASSCE) Mathematics paper on Monday. The boy was isolated on Sunday, the authorities allowed him to write his paper, in isolation on Monday. His invigilator was well protected to supervise him. His story was brought to…
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601 ‘deradicalised’ Boko Haram members graduate in Gombe
The Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, Major General Bamidele Shafa disclosed on Saturday that 601 deradicalised ex Boko Haram combatants has graduated at the DRR camp in Mallam Sidi, Gombe. Out of the 601 graduates of the batch 4 client which arrived in 2 chalk on 27 November and 14 December 2019 592 are Nigerians…
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JUST IN: CBN office gutted by fire
A raging inferno on Friday gutted a section of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Gombe branch destroying the office of the Branch Controller. According to reports and eyewitnesses, a number of staff members were injured in the incident but did not disclosed their identity even as he begged for anonymity. Some of the injured…
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COVID-19: Gombe records 7 deaths, says taskforce
Gombe State Taskforce on COVID-19 says it has recorded seven deaths related to COVID-19 in the state. Prof. Idris Mohammed, chairman of the taskforce stated this in Gombe on Wednesday while briefing newsmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that three deaths were initially reported, and the state recorded additional four recently, bringing the…