Tag Archives: Gombe

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Gombe State University chapter, has said it will not release students’ results if the government fails to release the withheld salaries for members of the union for the period while they were on strike.   The union also threatened to discontinue the supervision of undergraduates and …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the takeover of the Gombe State Airport by the federal government.   This was announced by Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya on Friday September 9, while briefing State House reporters after a meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.   Yahaya said the takeover would ensure the …

The Emir of Funakaye in Gombe State, Alhaji Mu’azu Muhammad Kwairanga, has died in his sleep.    According to sources at the Funakaye Emirate Council, the 43-year-old emir died shortly after retiring to bed, on Saturday, August 27.    It was gathered that the monarch had attended the flag-off of …

One kidnapper has been killed during a raid carried out by Gombe police command in collaboration with local vigilante members and hunters.   Two suspects were also nabbed during the raid carried out on August 19, 2022. The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar said police officers acted on credible information received by …

Operatives of the Gombe State Command have gunned down a suspected kidnapper and arrested another in Akko Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, ASP Mahid Mu’azu Abubakar, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, August 22, said the suspects, Sani Shehu and Mohammed Sani Adamu, were arrested while travelling to …