Tag: gombe
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Gombe killings: NSCDC boss orders psychological test of personnel
The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana has directed the agency’s Forensic Psychology unit to work out a timetable for security profiling and psychological test of all personnel. The directive followed the Gombe State incident of Sunday where an NSCDC officer allegedly drove his car into a procession of…
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Gombe Killings: IG orders speedy, comprehensive investigation
The acting Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Adamu has ordered for speedy and comprehensive investigation into the Easter day accident in Gombe state in which 11 people died. Eleven persons were reportedly killed including the driver of the vehicle, a personnel of the NSCDC, who rammed into a procession celebrating Easter on April 21,…
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Easter Tragedy! 10 die, 30 injured as Boys’ Brigade, NSCDC official clash in Gombe
Ten persons reportedly died and 30 others injured in Gombe in an incident involving the Boys’ Brigade drawn from St Peter’s Anglican Church, Madaki; two parishes of ECWA Church in Bamusa and Barunde; and an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps. The NSCDC official was identified through his ID card as ASC…
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2019: Dogara urges Gombe electorate to vote based on experience
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara has called on voters in Gombe State to exercise their civic duties by voting based on experience and not sentiments in the 2019 general elections. Dogara made the call in Kaltungo , Kaltungo Local Government Area of the state during an empowerment programme by Hajiya Binta Bello,…
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Five dead as fresh cholera outbreak hits Gombe
Gombe State Government on Thursday said a fresh outbreak of cholera had killed five people, while 16 others were hospitalised at the Primary Health Centre, Kembu in Balanga Local Government Area of the state. The state Acting Epidemiologist, Dr Nuhu Bile, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe. Bile said that…
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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 his arrest in Pindiga town of Akko Local Government Area of the state. The arrest of the suspect, Idris Abubakar, was confirmed in a press statement issued in Gombe on Wednesday by the command’s spokesperson,…
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NAFDAC urges Gombe State Govt. to establish drug abuse control committee
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has appealed to Gombe State Government to establish drug abuse control committee comprising of NAFDAC and other relevant agencies to fight substandard drugs. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made the appeal in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Adeyeye said that such…
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Police arrest 116 suspects for various crimes in Gombe
Gombe Police Command says it has arrested 116 suspects for various crimes so far in 2018. Mr Shina Olukolu, Gombe Commissioner of Police, said this in Gombe on Saturday. “Between January and July 2018, the command has arrested 116 suspects for various crimes in the state. All the suspects have been charged to court with…
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Gombe at risk of undetected leprosy cases – Expert
Dr Mustapha Musa, Officer in charge of Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Unit, says Gombe State is at risk of an increase of undetected leprosy cases. Musa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Friday that the alarm followed the non-replacement of some retiring technical field officers who were responsible for the detection…
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Police nab 3 suspects with N22.5m fake notes in Gombe
The Gombe State Police Command on Friday paraded three suspects alleged to be involved in motorcycle theft and fake currency dealings in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Shina Olukolu told newsmen in Gombe that one of the suspects allegedly belong to a syndicate that specialized in motorcycle theft. Olukolu said that 14…