The Chairman of the Local Organising Committee for the 8th Adamu Yola Gombe South Unity Cup, Promise Uwaeme, has officially announced the appointment of key committee members for the upcoming event. The newly appointed committee members include Alpha Shilong, Mark Malele, Mohammed Yusuf (commonly known as Moncasta), and seven others who have been selected to play vital roles to ensure Read More
Undoubtedly, Gombe state created on the 1st of October 1996, almost 27 years ago by the General Sani Abacha regime is at its social, economic, political, administrative and industrial zenith under the trailblazing Governor Muhammadu lnuwa Yahaya administration to the extent that many a historian have succinctly declared that the able DanMajen Gombe is the redoubtable Founding Father of the Read More
The former Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Gombe state, Ahmad Abubakar Walama, has assured that his appointment as ‘Sarkin Malaman Gombe’ is for renewed hope for peaceful coexistence among various religious and ethnic groups across the state. reacted to his appointment by the Emir of Gombe, Dr Abubakar Shehu Abubakar and was unveiled as the new Sarkin Read More
Some residents of Gombe state have urged the state government to regulate or ban football betting because of its impact and menace to youths in the state. They expressed concerns over the increasing cases of football betting and its menace amongst youths plus its the negative impact it would have on the entire state. They talked to the News Agency Read More
Ali Isah from Gombe state, has emerged as the consensus candidate for Minority Whip as zoned to the North under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Minority caucus for the 10th Assembly The event was officially endorsed by 49 members in attendance, with Beni Lar from Plateau and Laori Komati from Adamawa as contestants. The announcement was contained in a communique Read More
Gombe state is located in the North-eastern geo-political zone of Nigeria. The zone is synonymous with or defined by insecurity precipitated by the Boko Haram insurgency. It was from this epicentre that the criminal elements have wreaked havoc on other parts of the country, especially the North for close to a decade and half now. Known by its cognomen – Read More
Gombe state governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has mourned the passing away of the Wazirin Cham, Baba KK Cham, who died on Friday, April 8, 2023 after a protracted illness. Governor Inuwa Yahaya made the condolences available to newsmen by Mr Ismaila Uba Misilli, Director-General Press Affairs Government House Gombe on Monday. The governor described the late elder statesman as a Read More
The senator representing Gombe South Federal Constituency, Bulus Amos, has been suspended by the All Progressives Congress (APC) executive council of Bambam Ward of Balanga Local Government Area, Gombe state over an alleged anti-party activities during the 2023 elections. This was disclosed in a statement the party’s publicity secretary, Moses Kyari, on Saturday. He said the suspension came about as Read More
Gombe state Governorship and State House of Assembly election has recorded a large turnout of female voters in most polling units in the state. Our Correspondent reports that in Gombe and Yamaltu/Deba local government areas, women have come out en masse to cast their vote. Aishatu Muhammad Jibirin of Unguwan Birma in the Liji quarter of Yamaltu/Deba who spoke with Read More
As things stood during and after the 2019 gubernatorial elections, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s desperate but futile attempt to thwart the will of the Gombe people only served to heat up the polity and divide the state along primordial and religious lines which the incoming administration of Governor Inuwa Yahaya was keen to nip in the bud thus necessitating Read More
One would have overlooked the brazen act of thugs setting the Campaign office of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate for the 2023 elections in Gombe state ablaze but for the silence of Governor Inuwa Yahaya, who is constitutionally the state’s chief security officer. And I pray he breaks the silence very soon. Public opinion has been oscillating between Read More
The Gombe state governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has been conferred the traditional title of Sodangin Tula by the Mai Tula, Abubakar Atari Buba. The director-general of Press Affairs of the Gombe Government House, Ismaila Uba Misilli, announced in a press statement said Chairman Tula and the district head of Baule, Ibrahim Hassan, led the delegation that delivered the conferment letter Read More
About 2,000 supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaltungo local government area of Gombe State have defected to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Governorship candidate of the party in the state Hon. Khamisu Mailantarki together with other party chieftains received the defectors at the local government. The governorship candidate while receiving the Read More
Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated the federal government’s commitment to supporting the Gombe state government’s efforts to attract investments. Osinbajo said this while Friday in Gombe speaking at the Maiden Gombe Investment Summit. He said the federal government was committed to supporting policies and reform programmes aimed at diversifying the economy and improving productivity. He noted that the Read More
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday visited Gombe. The former Vice President, who was in the North-East state for a wedding ceremony, said he was thrilled by thousands of supporters that trooped out to welcome him. The Adamawa-born politician, who took to his verified social media pages with the pictures of the crowd, Read More
Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state has said despite all the challenges confronting Nigeria, “there is so much to celebrate, particularly the fact that we are still together as an entity and hopeful that the lofty height of greatness we covet is still within our reach to accomplish.” This was contained in a message to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Read More
Not fewer than four people died and many sustained injuries as a result of the outbreak of rabies in Dukku local government area of Gombe State in the last two years. Chairman of the local government Honourable Jamilu Ahmed Shabewa disclosed this Wednesday during the flag off of the nationwide mass anti- rabies vaccination organized by the federal ministry of Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Gombe state governorship candidate, Muhammad Jibrin Barde have urged the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to disqualify Governor Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya of and his Deputy, Jatau Manassah Daniel from contesting and participating in the 2023 Governorship Election in Gombe state for submitting alleged forged certificates. In SUIT NO: FJC/ABJ/CS/1301/2022 between Peoples Democratic Read More
The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for the 2023 general elections in Gombe stat, Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki, is already proving his capability and commitment to boost the fame of the state at the global level if elected governor. The football academy he founded and owns is participating in the forthcoming youth pre-season tournament in Denmark and Norway. Read More
Gombe-born seasoned banker, Risikatu Ladi Ahmed, has been ratified as the first female Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Aso Saving and Loans Plc by shareholders. A lawyer and banker of about three decades of experience, Hajiya Risikatu Ladi Ahmed was named among the 50 most inspiring women in Nigeria as published by Business Day newspaper. She was one Read More
Jaiz Bank Plc at the weekend in Gombe state organised an interactive session with religious leaders and scholars drawn from Gombe, Bauch, Yola, Jos and Yobe to enlighten them on the operations of Islamic Banking and Finance. Speaking at the event, the Managing Director of Jaiz Bank, Mr. Hassan Usman, outlined the Bank’s achievements in the last 10 years of Read More
Senator Danjuma Goje on Saturday won the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primaries for Gombe central zone. The former governor of the state who is currently serving his third term in the red chamber would contest against Aliyu Abubakar Aliyu of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election. He scored a total of 100 votes out of the Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Gombe state as a team is known for going into crucial matches with their first eleven. This has been the practice since 2003 until the winning tradition was truncated in 2019 to massage the vested interest of a few. The rest, as they say, is history. Fortunately, the PDP has regained those lost, utility Read More
Gombe state governor Inuwa Yahaya has returned his Expression of Interest and nomination forms to the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the governorship primary in the state. The governor also expressed confidence that he will win both the APC ticket and his reelection in 2023 general elections. Speaking with newsmen after submitting his nomination forms Read More
Gombe state Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has pledged the support of the entire Gombe delegates and government for the presidential ambition of Ekiti state Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Dr John Kayode Fayemi. In a statement released by the spokesman of Kayode Fayemi Campaign Team, Femi Ige, Thursday in Abuja, said Governor Inuwa Yahaya who received the campaign Read More
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