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…
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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…
Stakeholders Task FG, State Govs on Policies to Tackle Child Poverty
From Umar Dankano, Yola Stakeholders have appealed to Federal and state governments to enhance initiatives aimed at helping low-income families including those with children. State actors and journalists made the appeal at…
IWD: HANs Urges For Investment In Women To Accelerate Progress
From Abubakar Rabilu, Gombe In celebration of International Women’s Day, Barr Hannatu Dauda Simon, the founder of HANs (Hold A Needy And Support) Center for Social Justice, held a one-day symposium at…
Gombe: Coalition Advocates Timely Release of Funds to Tackle Malnutrition
From Laraba Usman, Gombe The Gombe State Coalition of the Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has advocated for the timely release of budgeted funds aimed at tackling malnutrition among the…
Govt Palliative: Gombe Orphanages decry alleged neglect
By Abubakar Rabilu, Gombe The Director General Christian Covenant & Orphans Foundation, Mr. El-Polycarp Degri, has lamented the alleged neglect of Orphanages in the distribution of Palliatives. Degri who doubles as the…
Organisation decries rising cases of GBV in Gombe
By Laraba Usman Centre for Integrated Health Programme (CIHIP) has decried the escalation of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and identified underreporting of cases as a major factor responsible for the increase. Mal.Bashir Musa…
Lack of autonomy: PASAN shutdown Gombe Assembly
From Abubakar Rabilu, Gombe The state chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has shut down the Gombe state House of Assembly, in compliance with the nationwide strike of the…
Gombe generates N19bn in one year – Official
From Abubakar Rabilu, Gombe The Chairman Revenue Recovery Tribunal His Worship Muhammad Tukur Jungudo said Gombe state has generated N19 billion within one year of the establishment of the tribunal. He stated…
Gombe gov orders closure of nightclubs
Muhammadu Yahaya of Gombe State has directed the immediate closure of local nightclubs, popularly referred to as ‘Gala Houses’ within the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Njodi, announced…
Open defecation: SURWASH to construct toilets for 2,000 households in Gombe
By Laraba Usman The Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Sanitation And Hygiene (SURWASH ) says it has targeted 2,000 household in Gombe Local Government Area of Gombe State who will benefits from…
Group trains health workers on MPCDSR management in Gombe
By Laraba Usman Rotary Action Group for Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health (RMCH) has organised a three-day training on Maternal, Prenatal Child, Death Surveillance and Response, electronic data collation for stakeholders in…