Atiku wins Yobe, Home of the Senate President Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has won the February 25 presidential election in Yobe State. Prof. Umar Pate, the State Returning Officer, said that Atiku received 198,567 votes. Against Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress... Read More

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December 28, 2022

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Buhari’s legacy will live on through Tinubu – Governor Yahaya; FG to announce pay raise for civil servants | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Buhari’s legacy will live on through Tinubu – Governor Yahaya FG to announce pay raise for civil servants ASUU’s latest strike may cost them eight months of pension – Ngige Peter Obi picks Obasanjo’s ex-aide, Osuntokun as Okupe’s replacement Female Ogun students asked to start wearing hijab Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital... Read More

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November 22, 2022

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2023 Elections: I’d rather die than fail my supporters – Peter Obi; Make another Tafawa Balewa out of me – Atiku tells supporters in Gombe | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

2023 Elections: I’d rather die than fail my supporters – Peter Obi Make another Tafawa Balewa out of me – Atiku tells supporters in Gombe Supreme Court orders retrial of Ogun PDP governorship legal battle Joint security operatives rescue 76 travellers in Kaduna Ex-Akeredolu’s aide abducted, kidnappers demand N100m Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the... Read More

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October 5, 2017

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The relationship between the Executive and the Legislature should not be “smooth” – Dogara

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has said the 36 Houses of Assembly must make their governors accountable on monies spent. Declaring open a retreat for members and management staff of the Gombe State House of Assembly in Abuja Wednesday, Dogara said the kind of “smooth relationship” between some state legislatures and their governors... Read More

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March 8, 2017

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Opinion: Ibrahim Dankwambo’s Gombe as the miracle of the savannah (Pt 2)

by Jude Ndukwe See part 1 here In addition, the State’s irrigation farming project located at Mangoro Kaba in the Garu District of Nafada Local Government Area, a border and remote village between Gombe and Yobe States, is a copious testimony to Dankwambo’s commitment to agriculture and the fact that the governor has deliberately spread... Read More

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Gombe State, Ibrahim Dakwambo, Jude Ndukwe, Nigerian governors, opinion, terrorism

March 7, 2017

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Opinion: Ibrahim Dankwambo’s Gombe as the miracle of the savannah (Pt 1)

by Jude Ndukwe Gombe State as one of the States in the country that has had its own fair share of insurgency has before now, been in the news for unpleasant reasons as a result of the activities of insurgents. This situation like it is with other affected states had further impoverished the state and caused... Read More

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October 5, 2016

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Court orders arrest of ex-Gombe gov. Goje over N25bn fraud

A Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Tuesday issued a bench warrant against a former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, for refusing to show up in court. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Goje who is being charged with an alleged N25bn fraud, might... Read More

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February 5, 2016

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Again, Gombe state governor appoints legion of aides (Full List)

In 2014, Governor of Gombe state, Hassan Dankwambo announced the appointment of over 1,086 aides to the bewilderment of many observers. The same governor, on Thursday, February 4, approved the appointment of 43 Special and Personal Assistants and four other news crew members, to the Gombe state government house. This appointment has come under immense... Read More

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APC, PDP Senators hold separate meetings over Amaechi and Uguru | YNaija.com

April 12, 2015

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#NigeriaDecides: How PDP cleared House of Assembly seats in Gombe

by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the state constituency election in Kaltungo West, Shongom and Billiri, Dukku in Gombe state. Announcing the results in Kaltungo, Abdullahi Mohammed, the Returning Officer for Kaltungo West, in Katungo on Sunday said that Adamu Ayuba of PDP emerged the winner with 10,754 votes. He said that... Read More

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September 12, 2014

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Lip service religion is Nigeria’s problem – Do you agree with Kaduna’s governor?

by James Sambo Kaduna State governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Yemo, has said that inorder to move Nigeria forward, religious and political leaders must stop lip service religion. The governor, while speaking in Kaduna, at a 2-day workshop on National Interfaith Dialogue on Religion and Peace-making in Northern Nigeria; organized by the Institute for Peace and Conflict... Read More

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May 11, 2014

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#BringBackOurGirls: Kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls moved out of Sambisa forest

by Zara Mustapha According to online newspaper, Premium Times, the kidnapped Chibok school girls have been moved from Sambisa forest in Borno state towards a forest around Ashaka, Gombe state. This information was divulged by a security official, who sought anonymity as he was not allowed to speak of the situation, also denying the rumour... Read More

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January 9, 2014

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Monster: Boy, 17, arrested for raping a 3-year-old in Gombe

by Adeola Balogun A teenage boy in Gombe has been arrested after reports that he raped a toddler. The unidentified 17-year-old was apprehended by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday after his victim’s mother filed a report. The development was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC in... Read More

August 1, 2013

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Opinion: Gov. Dakwambo and the burdern of leadership

by Junaidu Usman Abubakar I make bold to say that, so far, the Governor has not been wasting the resources of the state – be it financial, natural, human or otherwise. Though the government has done so much, there is still room and need for improvement. The State government can only do so much. The... Read More

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May 24, 2013

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Opinion: How did CPC’s Hon. Mailantarki go from hero to most hated?

by Muhammad Ibrahim It is quite sad to see a man who was once described as ‘the choice of the people’ being vilified by the very same people who once sang his praises. Since his inauguration as a member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki has gradually become the most maligned... Read More

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May 5, 2013

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INTERVIEW: “I shudder to think of how this country will be if the opposition ever gets power” – PDP’s Olisa Metuh

What scares me about the opposition is the degree of undemocratic tendencies that they exhibit. I shudder to think of how this country will be if the opposition ever gets power. The National Publicity Secretary, of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, in this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, speaks about allegations levelled against... Read More

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The relationship between the Executive and the Legislature should not be “smooth” – Dogara

Opinion: Ibrahim Dankwambo’s Gombe as the miracle of the savannah (Pt 2)

Opinion: Ibrahim Dankwambo’s Gombe as the miracle of the savannah (Pt 1)

Court orders arrest of ex-Gombe gov. Goje over N25bn fraud

Again, Gombe state governor appoints legion of aides (Full List)

#NigeriaDecides: How PDP cleared House of Assembly seats in Gombe

Lip service religion is Nigeria’s problem – Do you agree with Kaduna’s governor?

#BringBackOurGirls: Kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls moved out of Sambisa forest

Monster: Boy, 17, arrested for raping a 3-year-old in Gombe

Opinion: Gov. Dakwambo and the burdern of leadership

Opinion: How did CPC’s Hon. Mailantarki go from hero to most hated?

INTERVIEW: “I shudder to think of how this country will be if the opposition ever gets power” – PDP’s Olisa Metuh

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