Nigerian authorities have announced the discovery of oil and gas deposits in the savannah drylands of the north amid a production drop in the Niger Delta. However, hydrocarbon exploration in the new basin could lead to environmental pollution, endanger wildlife, and be rocked by insecurity. In November, President Muhammadu Buhari visited the Kolmani river field […]
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A total of 540 men, including husbands of the Knifar women, have been released from the Mallam Sidi camp in Gombe State, northeastern Nigeria, where they have been held for the past nine months, after years spent in detention at the Borno Maximum-Security prison. They were released in batches of 180 on April 19, May […]
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Two of the recently released participants of Nigeria’s Operation Safe Corridor (OSC) programme have died after a period of critical illness, pointing to worsening conditions at the site. Earlier in April, over a hundred participants, known officially as ‘clients’, were released from the camp located in Mallam Sidi, Gombe State, to a holding centre in […]
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She was going to wait for her husband’s return, no matter how long that was going to take. She was going to wait. But three years into her wait, someone informed her that her husband was one of the men who had drunk their own urine in the face of extreme thirst at the Borno […]
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The military campaign against terror groups in Nigeria is set to gradually enter a phase that will be associated with the increasing use of manned aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence gathering and targeted airstrikes. The recent acquisitions of UAVs, commonly known as drones, are expected to rapidly expand the Air Force’s existing […]
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Nigeria, on Sunday, Aug.22, reported eight deaths and 674 new COVID-19 infections, raising total confirmed cases to 185,267, according to government data. The Nigeria Centre Disease Control (NCDC) said the fresh infections were spread across 12 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Lagos, the country’s epicentre of the pandemic, reported the most infections […]
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A report by Beacon Consulting, a security risk management and intelligence company has disclosed that a total of 1,031 persons were reported killed, 390 others were abducted in 205 incidents recorded in 34 states across Nigeria in June 2021. The report also revealed that Zamfara, Kebbi, and Niger states topped the chart as a total […]
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The government of Gombe State, Northeast Nigeria is planning to site schools with large capacity buildings in a location close to security forces. Inuwa Yahaya, Governor of Gombe State disclosed this on Monday, July 12, 2021. The governor who spoke to journalists in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital after a meeting with Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff […]
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Following the death of about 15 persons in a communal clash between two ethnic groups in Gombe State, Northeast Nigeria, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, the state Governor has imposed a 24-hour curfew in the affected communities. The incident took place in Nyuwar, Jessu, and Yolde villages, all in Balanga Local Government Area, late on Monday, April […]
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The police in Gombe State, Northeast Nigeria, have arrested four suspected kidnappers and another four suspects for rape. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Maikudi Shehu, made the development known when he briefed newsmen in Gombe on Wednesday. Shehu said, ”there has been an upsurge in kidnapping in Gombe South, while rape has […]
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The Federal University Kashere, Gombe State, Northeast Nigeria, has appointed Umaru Pate, a respected Professor of Mass Communication, as its new Vice-Chancellor. Pate, who is a traditional title holder, the Kaigamma of Adamawa, was the immediate past and pioneer Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Bayero University, Kano. He is currently the Dean, School of […]
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