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By Abu-Ubaida Ibrahim Kuna. The city of Kaltungo became a political Mecca of sorts as People’s Democratic Party, PDP faithful from all over the north and beyond converged in the headquarter city of Gombe South Senatorial district to kick-start the gubernatorial and the general PDP state wide campaign in the last bastion of the party in the north east. The rousing event occurred today, 21st January, 2019. The gubernatorial candidate, Sen. Bayero Nafada displayed infectious optimism with the state governor, Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of a resurgence of PDP in the North East as the party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku…

By Fred Chukwuelobe Yes, I am. I Just left a hotel in Enugu where I’ve been staying since yesterday. I opted for a low budget hotel because times are hard. But that’s not the story; the story is that the hotel is in bad shape, badly run and supervised by a bunch of frustrated staff who, from the look of things, are poorly remunerated. Again, that not the story. The sad story is that the hotel’s main guests are Yahoo boys and girls in their 20s. Don’t ask me how I know they are Yahoo boys and girls. I know…

Strong speculations were rife last night with the surprise visit of the PDP Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar GCFR to Washington DC. Prior to this surprise visit by Atiku, accompanied by prominent members of the opposition PDP including Senate President Sàràkí and popular Senator Ben Murray Bruce, there had been insinuations that the candidate was afraid to travel to the States for the fear of being detained by the Americans for yet uncertain reasons. The visit yesterday put to rest that line and perhaps set in motion another series of permutations from both sides of tree tree political divide. Last night,…

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgar Imohimi has been re-deployed. In a much-anticipated move. The police was replaced with Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, who will function in acting capacity. Imohimi is moving to the post of Commissioner of Police in charge of Explosive Ordinance Unit at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. Edgal Imohimi assumed office as Lagos CP on August 31, 2017. Before then, he was the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations in Lagos State.

By Abu-Ubaida Ibrahim Kuna As facts continued to emerge during the January 12, 2019 Press briefing by ten out of the eleven “Garkuwa Saidu Local Govt Coordinators for Friends of ATIKU Organisation in Gombe State”, the multifarious factors that compelled Saidu Kumo to once again jump ship from the PDP to the APC are now falling into identifiable lines. Eyebrows were raised when one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s aides on New Media, Bashir Ahmed tweeted on Friday thus: “Senator Saidu Umar Kumo from Gombe and North East DG Atiku/PDP Presidential Campaign Council has dumped PDP and joined the moving train…

Being a paper presented by Abu-Ubaida Ibrahim Kuna at Bayero Each One Mobilize One Hundred Project Symposium Lecture on 30th December, 2018. INTRODUCTION I have been invited to speak on the role of social media in political campaigns and I should say it is an expansive topic to tackle within a very short notice. However, let me bring the topic home to most of us by trying to rephrase the topic. I think the subject matter would make more meaning and therefore capture the attention of many people if we talk about the place of young people in contemporary democracies.…

By Odolaye Aremu I miss my family as a Unit. My dad, my mum and all of my siblings, who I usually outmaneuvered yearly, to be the one to have the first meal delivered to my grandad. You see the family is the bedrock of any society. And that’s not totally different from where I am from. The dynamics of the African family is such, that love and good memories stay salient at the bottom like slices of yams in a pot, sitting on a hot stove. The scathing letter writings and silly cat fights come much later, it causes…

By Abu-Ubaida Ibrahim kuna Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State has explained that the sum of N118.7b estimate contained in the 2019 budget of the state is meant to consolidate on the government’s efforts of developing the critical sectors of the economy. Dankwambo noted that while N58, 109, 461, 583.00 is earmarked for capital expenditure, N60, 627, 978, 208.00 is for recurrent expenditure, stressing that the budget “is to leave a pathway for sustainable development.” He disclosed that in the 2019 fiscal year, the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), Medium Term Sector Strategies (MTSS) and Medium Term Fiscal Strategy…

By Abu-Ubaida Ibrahim Kuna The city of Gombe was full of celebration on Saturday when the son of the Gombe State Governor, Khalifa Dankwambo wedded his beloved, Aneesa Ali. The wedding ceremony was attended by many dignitaries across the globe. The Governor and his wife, Hajiya Adama Dankwambo organized a special reception at the Government House, Gombe to grace the wedding. Some of the dignitaries include serving and present Governors, wives of the Governors and deputy Governors of Taraba, Bauchi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Borno, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Jigawa and Katsina States, among many others. Also in attendance were Emirs, former Ministers, serving…

By Abu-Ubaida Ibrahim Kuna Governor Dankwambo once told us: “I may not be able to change the topography of Gombe, but I can do something about the incessant road traffic accidents.” With that he explained the vision that drove the urban renewal programme that changed the face of Gombe as the capital city. No doubt the proper planning and careful arrangement of public places helped in no small way to make Gombe an oasis of peace, security and development. As His Excellency explained, the tanker bay and central bus terminal have helped to reduce the risk, control the environment better,…