In Shongom, Malam Alkali Mohammed, the Returning Officer, said Fabulous Amos of the PDP emerged the winner with 5,520 votes, Ambrose Alfred of APC polled 3,542 votes, while NNPP’s Evelyn Oske got 2 votes
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Senator Goje explained that there is no reason for the arrest because there is no incidence of fighting or disruption of public peace in Kashere
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it cannot put anything beyond the Peoples Democratic Party and the President Goodluck Jonathan Administration because of their desperation to ensure that the general elections do not hold, at all costs
Nigerian troops, backed by a fighter jet, were said to be trying to drive the militants back
One person was reportedly killed, while scores were injured as suspected suicide bombers hit the Gombe metropolis on Sunday afternoon in two separate incidents
The Chairman of the NMA in the state, Dr. Adamu Danladi, made the call while speaking with newsmen in Gombe on Sunday
When NAN correspondent visited the hospital around 7pm, 21 persons who sustained various degrees of injuries were being attended to by doctors
The Chairman of the association in the state, Malam Salisu Abdulaziz, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe that the products were recovered in the last quarter of 2014
Four of those who died were the suspected suicide bombers.
An eye witness, Malam Aminu Muhammad, whose house is close to the blast scene, told NAN that he was indoors when he heard a loud sound
His attempt to escape was also aborted as he was killed by vigilant soldiers when he tried to flee after hitting a military Amoured Personnel Carrier
Parents who took their children to school on Wednesday were told to take them back as the schools had been closed on the orders of the government
Dafwang, however, said that 76.8 per cent of the 988,000 voter cards meant for the state had been distributed.
According to the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, the Lady Suicide bomber died in the process of troops carrying out search on her
The explosion left two other soldiers injured
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that scores of voters turned out in the various polling units to collect their cards in Gombe metropolis
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Ibraheem Al-hassan, the Head of Press and Media Relations of the CCT, in a statement in Abuja said the warrant was issued following application made by the prosecution counsel, Shade Nwobi
Atajir said that the body had been taken to the Gombe State Specialist Hospital for post-mortem, adding: “For now, nobody knows the cause of death
According to the source, some policemen on routine night patrol from Kwadon Division arrested some youths in the village for allegedly being in possession of illegal drugs