The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained the omission of some candidates from the final list for the 2027 governorship election, citing a recent Supreme Court judgment affirming the mandatory submission of membership registers by political parties. In statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and...
Gombe State
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opened discussions with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the omission of some of its governorship candidates from the commission’s final list of candidates for the 2027 elections. The party said it was already engaging INEC to address the issue and ensure that...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the winners of the weekend by-elections conducted in five constituencies across Gombe, Kano, Bauchi and Delta states, describing the outcome as another sign of Nigerians’ continued confidence in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its reform agenda. The President said the victories recorded by...
As preparations gather momentum ahead of the 2027 General Election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described the bye-elections across Gombe, Kano, Bauchi, and Delta states as crucial operational benchmarks for testing the nation’s electoral infrastructure. Speaking on Saturday while personally presiding over operations at the Commission’s National...
Residents of Pindiga in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State have received a major boost in access to clean water following the commissioning of a 60,000-litre solar-powered water project executed by the Nigerian Navy. The intervention, located hundreds of kilometres away from Nigeria’s coastline, was delivered under the...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Maryam Ibrahim Dan’ Azumi, a remarkable daughter of Gombe State and a proud Nigerian, for emerging as the winner in the women’s category at the 46th King Abdulaziz International Qur’anic Competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. President Tinubu in a statement by his...
Can people demand access to Nigeria’s national opportunities for their own sons and daughters, but in active collusion with their political and traditional leaders, insist that federal establishments located in their territory should be reserved, in practice, for them alone? The answer must be no. There is everything wrong...
A tragic accident has occurred at the construction site of the new Gombe State House of Assembly Complex, where one worker lost his life and seven others sustained varying degrees of injuries following the collapse of a section of the building under construction. The incident happened on Friday when...
Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has explained that his decision to seek the 2027 governorship seat in Gombe State under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is driven by a desire to tackle poverty and promote inclusive governance in the state. Pantami was officially affirmed...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe Zonal Directorate on Thursday, May 21, 2026, arraigned one Dalhatu Yahaya, before Justice A.M Yakubu of the Gombe High Court 2, Gombe, Gombe State. Yahaya was arraigned on two- count charges bordering on intent to defraud to the tune of N3,500,000(...
Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Gombe State, citing alleged violations of the Electoral Act 2026 and lack of transparency in the conduct of the exercise. Pantami announced his withdrawal in a...
Justice H.H. Kereng of the Gombe High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State has convicted and sentenced Mohammad Suleiman Kumo , a magistrate to two years and six months imprisonment for bribery. Kumo was initially arraigned on December 3, 2025 on three -count charges of bribery by the Gombe...
Gombe and Bauchi State Governments have commended the office of the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, through the North East Development Commission (NEDC) for organizing training for Science, Technology, Mathematics and Agriculture (STEMA ) teachers in Senior Secondary Schools across the North East subregion to acquire digital and technical...
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Ahmed Alkali has officially tendered his resignation to the Presidency. Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Office of the Minister of Transportation, Umar Jibril, announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. He said this move follows the presidential directive requiring all...
Department of State Services (DSS) has dismantled a suspected arms trafficking syndicate operating in parts of the North-East, leading to the arrest of two alleged couriers and the recovery of dangerous weapons in Gombe State. In a statement released on Tuesday, the security agency disclosed that its operatives intercepted...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed his profound condolences to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over the death of seven journalists in a fatal road accident on Monday. The Governor conveyed his deep sympathy through his Special Adviser on Media, Dauda Iliya, at Jalo Waziri...
BauchI state Governor, Bala Mohammed has expressed deep sorrow over the fatal road accident that claimed the lives of seven journalists from Gombe State along Billiri–Kumo Road. The victims, who included five staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and two other media practitioners, were on their way to...
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, on Tuesday led a state government delegation to funeral prayers for journalists who lost their lives in a tragic auto crash, while also visiting survivors receiving treatment at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Gombe. The victims were among journalists and media workers...
A tragic road accident along the Gombe–Boliri Road has claimed the lives of six staff members of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Gombe, throwing the broadcast organisation and the state into mourning. The fatal crash occurred as the NTA personnel were returning from the wedding ceremony of a colleague....
Federal Fire Service (FFS), Gombe State Command, has successfully contained a fire incident involving a fuel tanker that caught fire while off-loading diesel at Rain Oil Filling Station, Tumfure, Gombe State. National PRO / Head, Corporate Services, Federal Fire Service, National Headquarters, DCF P.O. Abraham, disclosed this in a...