Palpable apprehension and concern have heightened in Gombe over attempts by the State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, to stifle the press and free speech. No fewer than three journalists have either been arrested, harassed or intimidated over trumped-up charges of ‘libel’ and ‘defamation’, after publishing factual ‘investigative’ stories. Yahaya,...
Gombe State
By HARUNA AHMED, Gombe – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that he has the capacity and energy required to serve and salvage Nigeria as its president come 2023. Governor Wike made the declaration at Gombe State when he visited leaders and faithful of the Peoples Democratic...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says a nation will be measured ultimately by how it treats its most vulnerable citizens. Osinbajo expressed this view in his special address at the At Risk Children –Programme(ARC-P) Summit on Thursday at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja. He said that in 2019, President...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe state, Alhaji Jamil Gwamna, on Tuesday, resigned his membership of the party. In his resignation letter addressed to the APC ward chairman, Jekadafari Ward, Gwamna said his decision to opt out of the party was taken after wide consultations...
The Police Command in Gombe State, has arrested six suspects over attempt to defraud residents of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ishola Babaita made this known at a news conference on Friday in Gombe. Babaita said that the arrest was made possible through its community...
The Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has reconciled Gov. Mohammed Yahaya of Gombe and a former governor of the state, Sen. Mohammed Danjuma Goje. Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, the Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Buni, announced this in a...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) have begun a collaboration to aggregate maize under the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the federal government for the 2021 wet season. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the maize farmers also inaugurated the...