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- 15 May 2022
MTN Foundation Donates Medical Equipment to Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe
MTN Foundation has donated medical equipment to Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Gombe for the benefit of Gombe residents. Odunayo Sanya, Executive Secretary, MTN Foundation The News Agency of Nigeria…
- 16 Nov 2023
NITDA Assures Gombe State of Improved Collaboration on Digital Literacy Initiatives
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has assured Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State of a strengthened collaboration in…
- 8 Dec 2021
Unity Bank Partners Women Groups as it Launches Yanga Account in Uyo, Gombe
Unity Bank has collaborated with identified women groups in the North East and South/South regions as the Bank launches Yanga Account in Gombe and Uyo. L - R: Rebecca Ladem, Ministry of Commerce and…
- 19 May 2026
Pantami, Ex Minister of Communication Withdraws from Gombe APC Governorship Primaries over Alleged Electoral Violations
Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, former minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Gombe State, citing…
- 13 Feb 2025
Gombe Commissioner of Police Visits GBB Command Centre, Strengthens Collaboration on ICT-Driven Security Solutions
Galaxy Backbone (GBB) Limited welcomed the newly appointed Commissioner of Police for Gombe State, CP Bello Yahaya, on a courtesy visit to its North East Regional Office and Safe City Emergency…
- 30 Sept 2019
Pantami Inaugurates ICT Innovation Hub in Gombe
Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication Technology, on Monday, inaugurated an ICT innovation hub for the training of youths on phone repairs, and computer literacy in Gombe state. The Minister said…
- 23 Mar 2009
NBC Assembles Broadcasters, Public in Gombe
Stakeholders in the broadcasting industry from Maidugiri Zone last week met in Gombe at a forum organized by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to enable broadcast stations get instant…
- 28 Mar 2023
Airtel Commissions the Largest Primary School in Gombe State
Telecommunications network, Airtel Nigeria has commissioned its 7th adopted school, Government Day Primary, as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative, ‘Adopt-A-School’. The project…
- 6 Mar 2022
NOTAP Extends IPR Awareness Campaign to Gombe, Commissions 56th IPTTO
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) in her continued awareness creation on the importance of Intellectual Property Right (IPR), in Nigeria, recently commissioned the…
- 18 Oct 2020
Pantami Reiterates Call for Skills Preference over Certificates, As FG Commissions 5 Projects in Gombe
Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has reiterated that Nigeria should give preference to skills over paper qualifications for youths to enable them fit into various…
- 6 Jun 2021
FG Trains Youths on Digital Skills in Rivers, Lagos, Kano, Gombe States
The Federal Government has trained 2, 467 youths drawn from four states in Nigeria in the pilot programme of the “Digital State Initiative”. The training is part of the implementation of the National…
- 4 Aug 2021
Court Sends Mu’azu to Jail for Impersonating NITDA Officials
Justice J. Awak of the Gombe State High Court, Gombe has convicted and sentenced one Ahmed Mohammed Mu’azu to three months imprisonment on one-count charge of attempt to impersonate officials of…
- 5 Sept 2019
NITDA Disowns Application for Training on Software Development
National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has disassociated itself from a form in circulation particularly in Gombe State requesting for personal details of individuals to be filled…
- 15 Mar 2010
BID2WIN Kia Rio Winner Commends Glo
Mr. Aji Kalau James, a staff of Diamond Bank, Gombe branch, was overawed with joy as Globacom took a brand new Kia Rio he won in the ongoing Glo BID2WIN promo to him in the presence of his…
- 13 Aug 2024
IXPN Drives Regional Internet Growth in North-East Nigeria
Following the handing over of a Point of Presence (PoP) in Gombe to the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) earlier this year, the organization…
- 29 Aug 2022
Pantami Upbeat About Nigeria Attaining 95% Digital Literacy by 2030
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, at the weekend in Gombe, said Nigeria's march towards attaining 95 per cent digital literacy in 2030, as contained in…
- 27 Nov 2022
Appeal Court Upturn Lower Court Judgement Against Zenith Bank, Slam Fine on Real Integrated & Hospitality Limited
After several months of legal tussle between Zenith Bank Plc v Real Integrated & Hospitality Limited and State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Gombe State, a three-man panel in the Court…
- 18 Apr 2021
NigComSat Trains 600 on VSAT Installation
Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT) has completed the 6-day training of the 600 persons in Gombe, Abia, Kano, Ekiti, Kebbi, Lagos and Bauchi states. Dr Isa Pantami, minister of…
- 14 Nov 2024
MTN Foundation Enhances Education with Renovation of 29 Laboratories in Nigeria
MTN Foundation recently unveiled 29 fully renovated science and ICT laboratories in public secondary schools located in the Northeast and Southeast areas of Nigeria, including Kano, Gombe, Enugu, and…
- 19 Nov 2024
Polaris Bank Leads Financial Literacy Initiative for Students on World Savings Day
Polaris Bank concluded its nationwide financial literacy initiative with an impactful session at the MD/CEO’s designated school, Government Day Secondary School, Pantami, Gombe State, marking the…
- 17 Feb 2020
NBTI Pledges to Support Job Creation with Technologies
Mr Mohammed Jibrin, Director-General (DG) of National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI), says the board is ready to bring in technologies that will create immediate jobs to support hardworking…
- 12 Jan 2022
NOTAP Tasks University Community to Project Intellectual Assets
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has urged the university community in Nigeria to protect the intellectual assets of the institution. The call was made by Dr.…
- 22 Mar 2018
Group to Train 5,000 North East Youths on ICT
Arewa Young Leaders Initiative, a group of youths from the 19 northern states and Federal Capital Territory campaigning for a drug-free north, says it plans to train 5,000 youths on ICT in the…
- 5 Mar 2019
AfDB, Partners Flag off ‘Coding for Employment’ Programme
More young people and students across Africa and in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous economy, are becoming computer literate, with coding and digital skills training, under the “Coding for Employment”…
- 27 Oct 2021
CBN Targets 25,000 Women, Youths in Fresh Push
In its drive to ensure the Digital Financial Inclusion, DFI, of women and youth across Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has targeted 25,000 among the two group for immediate outreach. The…
- 20 Aug 2016
Doctor Operates, Steals Patient’s Kidney
Poor people go to hospital for minor surgery of some kind, abdominal surgery, or for women gynaecological surgery, and come out of the operation with a longer recovery rate and a larger scar than…
- 18 Jul 2014
Summit Participants Want More Training for Public Sector on E-Payment
Following successful hosting of the 3rd Annual E-Payment for government Summit by E-payment Providers Association of Nigeria, participants believe continuous training of public sector operators on…
- 8 Oct 2023
SERAP Drags Akpabio, 9 Other Ex-Govs to Court Over Collection of Salaries, Pensions
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and nine other former governors in the 10th Senate over their collection of…
- 11 Jun 2021
EFCC Says PoS, Mobile Money Operators Fueling Scam, Cybercrime
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged banks operating in the country to put in place water-tight mechanism to regulate and monitor activities of Mobile Money/Point of Sale (PoS)…
- 25 Oct 2021
SON Reaffirms Commitment to MSME Development
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country, noting that the MSME sector plays a significant role…