Tag: Gombe

  • NYSC deploys 1,350 corps members to Gombe

    No fewer than 1,350 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have been deployed to Gombe State for the 2021 Batch ‘B’ steam II orientation exercise. This was contained in a statement signed by Dakama Magret, the state NYSC Head of Press and Public Relations and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Gombe. She said…

  • Wet Season: NGO urge residents of Gombe to plant more trees

    Wet Season: NGO urge residents of Gombe to plant more trees

    A Gombe-based NGO, Jewel Environmental Initiative (JEI), on Tuesday advised residents of Gombe State to seize the opportunity of the wet season to plant more trees in the state. Mr Ismail Bima, the NGO’s Chief Executive Officer, in an interview with our correspondent in Gombe, said with the growing threat of desertification, collective effort was…

  • Group Petitions Rights Commission Over Alleged Rights Violation in Gombe

    The Civil Society Groups for Peace, Justice and Development has cried out to the National National Human Rights Commission over the alleged infringement of the rights of members of the opposition political parties (PDP) by the administration of Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state. The group also registered their grievances with the British and American…

  • Gombe to spend N600m on rural water projects — Commissioner

    Gombe to spend N600m on rural water projects — Commissioner

    The  Gombe Ministry for Rural, Community  Development and Cooperatives says N600 million has been earmarked for water projects in the rural communities across the 11 Local Government Areas of the state. Alhaji Usman Jahun  Commissioner, Ministry for Rural and Community Development, disclosed this in an interview with our corresponded on Friday in Gombe. According  to…