Gombe State

Now That Oil Has Been Discovered In Northern Nigeria

December 8, 2022 3:18 am

The recent viral news report that the drilling of the black gold – crude oil, which is now ongoing in Northern Nigeria has continued to generate mixed reactions from several sections of Nigerians. If Nigeria was not a country whose unity has been shattered and the faultlines exposed, it should be cheering news that one billion barrel crude oilfield and 500 billion cubic feet of gas reserves were discovered by the Nigerian state.

Given the fact that the product being chased is the blood that fuels the Nigerian economy and one of the biggest sources of revenue for the …

Plateau Pastor Released After 12 Days In B’Haram Captivity

Plateau Pastor Released After 12 Days In Boko Haram Captivity

October 31, 2020 9:32 pm

A pastor with the Church of Christ in Nations in Jos, Plateau State, has been reportedly released from the captivity of Boko Haram insurgents.

The pastor, identified as Reverend Polycarp Zango, had been held for 12 days after he was abducted by the terrorists on October 19, 2020.

Zango was on a journey to a ministers’ conference in Gombe State when he was abducted by the insurgents.

The terrorist group had reportedly released a video showing the COCIN cleric in their custody.

But the eventual release on Friday was said to have …

COVID-19 Why Coronavirus Patients Protested – Gombe Government

Why COVID-19 Patients Protested – Gombe Government

May 7, 2020 12:45 pm

The Gombe State Task Force on COVID-19 has said that the protest by some patients in the State was just “emotional.”

The State Focal Officer on COVID-19 Pandemic Response, Dr. Mohammed Kwami, said this in a statement made available to reporters in Gombe on Wednesday.

A video went viral during the week showing some of the COVID-19 patients at the Kwadon isolation centre in Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of the State embark on a protest.

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The patients claimed that they lack adequate care and also the committee’s inability to provide some of their

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Dankwambo Wants TSA, Other Reforms Strengthened

January 31, 2020 4:27 am

The immediate past governor of Gombe State, Dr. Ibrahim Dankwanbo has advocated the need for the Federal Government to strengthen the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and other financial and treasury reforms to improve their performances. He gave the advice yesterday in Abuja at the public presentation/launch of book on Treasury Single Account written by Mallam Salawu Zubairu, Director of Finance/Account, the federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Director, Fund Allocation Department in the Office of the Accountant General of Federation. Describing TSA reform as most laudable of financial and treasury reforms, Dankwanbo, a former Accountant General of the Federation …