From Hajara Leman, Gombe The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev says the Dadin-Kowa Dam in Gombe State is stable and fully operational. Utsev made this known in Dadin-Kowa…
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President Tinubu Donates 4 Trucks of Rice and Fertiliser to Less Privileged in Gombe
From Hajara Usman, Gombe President Bola Tinubu has donated four trucks of rice and fertilizer to indigent people in Gombe. The items were presented by Senator Saidu Alkali, Minister for Transport, through…
Organization to Equip 20 Climate Champions in Gombe
From Hajara Usman Yandy Tech Community, a Non-Governmental Organization, is set to equip 20 climate champions in Gombe State through its project, Youth Empowerment for Climate Action in Nigeria (YE-CAN) to spearhead…
Centre conducts 2m HIV tests in Gombe
From Hajara Usman, Gombe The Centre for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP), has said that more than two million people benefited from HIV/AIDS screening, treatment and counseling services in Gombe State in the…
Nwgarda Annual Harvest Festival of Tera People in Zambuk, Gombe State
By Aishatu Suleiman, Hassan Kasim, Shuaibu Haruna & Aliyu M Yerima Museum Department & Educational Services and Training of National Museum Gombe and Eco-Museum Hong, Adamawa state Tera people are an ethnic…
United Methodist Church in Nigeria Disowns Group Over Alleged Heresy
From Rabilu Abubakar, Gombe Efforts to reconcile the United Methodist Church in Nigeria with factional groups over alleged heresy have failed due to procedural lapses. Speaking to the press, Mr. Yohana Wesley,…
NERC warns customers against buying transformers, poles
From Hajara Usman, Gombe Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said it remains the responsibility of electricity distribution companies to provide transformers, poles, wires and other things needed for electricity supply to consumers….
Safe School: Group Urges Gombe Govt to Rehabilitate School Infrastructure
From Hajara Usman Community Based Organisations (CBOs) in Gombe have urged the state government to rehabilitate dilapidated school structures to prevent building collapses. Malam Adamu Aliyu, a representative of the group, highlighted…
Gombe Commissioner for Health Commends Rotary for Media Training on RMCH
From Rabilu Abubakar, Gombe Gombe State Commissioner for Health Dr Habu Dahiru has commended Rotary for organizing a 3 day’ workshop for Journalists on Reproductive maternal and Child Health (RMCH) for effective…
NDLEA leads Gombe stakeholders in a walk against drug abuse
From Hajara Usman, Gombe The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday in Gombe, led other stakeholders in a sensitisation road walk against drug abuse and trafficking. The event is part…
Gombe Specialist Hospital Refutes Accusations of Water Shortage
From Abubakar Rabilu Gombe The Gombe State Specialist Hospital has categorically denied allegations that it lacks water and electricity. In an interview with our correspondent, the hospital’s director, Dr. Mu’azu Shu’aibu Ishaqa,…
Gombe Gov Charges Pharmaceutical Council On Drug production
From Abubakar Rabilu Gombe Gombe state governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has charged pharmaceutical societies Council of Nigeria not relent on imported drugs and Medicine but to start producing medicine from the available…
Gombe NUJ Endorsed Alhassan Yaya As NUJ President
From Abubakar Rabilu, Gombe Gombe state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalist NUJ has endorsed the current Deputy President Alhassan Yaya as the right candidate to contest on the forth coming…
VVF: 50 Women Receive Free surgery in Gombe
From Rabilu Abubakar, Gombe No Fewer than 50 women have benefited from the free UNFPA sponsored VVF Surgery in Gombe. The UNFPA carried out the free treatment in collaboration with the Gombe…
Planning: FG Sensitises Gombe MDAs on Use of Geo-Spatial Data
From Hajara Usman, Gombe The Federal Government on Thursday embarked on sensitisation of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of Gombe State, on the use of geo-spatial data for development, planning and decision-making….
Cotton Farming Has Boosted Nigeria’s Economy-Sadiq Ado
From Abubakar Rabilu Gombe The Chairman of the Cotton Producers and Merchant Association of Nigeria (COPMAN), Alhaji Sadiq Ado, has commended the association’s contribution in boosting the Nigerian economy. Alhaji Sadiq Ado, said…
Lawmakers move to tackle out-of-school menace in Northeast
From Hajara Usman, Gombe Lawmakers in Adamawa ,Bauchi, and Gombe States have pledged commitment to tackling the lingering problem of out-of-school children in their respective states. They stated this in Gombe in…
We Donate Blood Voluntarily To Facilities -Red Cross
From Abubakar Rabilu, Gombe The Red Cross Society in Yobe State, said they have donated blood freely to some health facilities in the 17 Local Government Areas of the State as part…
UNICEF calls for learners in school to encourage enrollment
From Laraba Usman, Gombe The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has advocated effective implementation of the safe school initiative to encourage enrollment and address out-of-school syndrome in the country. Mr Tursha Rene,…
NUBIFIE hails Gombe DG Due Process appointment for UN-POLAC Award
By Laraba Usman The National Union of Banks, Insurance & Financial Institutions Employees has felicitated Director-General Due Process & Project Monitoring Gombe State, Babayola Muhammed-Isa, for his appointment by the United Nations…
Insurgency: IDPs in Gombe Get Japan, UNESCO’s Support
By Laraba Usman Following the decade-long insurgency in the Northeast and the resultant effect on the region, the Government of Japan in collaboration with UNESCO has empowered Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in…
World Bank Inspect SURWASH Projects in Gombe
By Laraba Usman The World Bank has inspected Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply Sanitation And Hygiene (SURWASH) projects in Gombe state to ensure achievement of expected results. Our correspondent reports that…
UNICEF lauds Gombe Govt. for investing N11.1bn on tackling malnutrition
By Laraba Usman The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has commended Gombe State Government for investing more than N11.1billion in efforts to tackle malnutrition in the state for the next four years….
Digital Literacy: FG, World Bank Train 250 Technical Teachers in North East
By Hajara Usman The Federal Government in collaboration with the World Bank, has trained 250 technical teachers and instructors on digital literacy, pedagogy, and trade specifics in the East. The the training…
ECWA Evangel VVF Centre Offers Free Surgery to 36 Women in Gombe
From Abubakar Rabilu, Gombe A team of doctors from the ECWA Evangel VVF Centre, in collaboration with CBM, are performing free surgery for about 36 Women in Gombe, to solve the problems…