GOMBE SPENDS N152M ON MASS WEDDING OF 720 COUPLES

The Gombe State Government says it spent N151.8 million on the mass wedding of 720 couples in the state.
The Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, made this known during the wedding ceremony of the couples in Gombe on Tuesday.
Dankwambo said the amount was expended on the settlement of dowry, purchase of food items, textile materials, furniture, kitchen utensils, as well as take-off capital for the couples.
The governor said that the materials had already been distributed to the beneficiaries by the committee set up to organise the wedding.
He revealed that some of the couples were People Living Positive
“Our aim is to ameliorate the negative implications of failed marriages and the attendant consequences on our society,” he said.

I REGRET MAKING DANKWAMBO GOVERNOR IN 2011- GOJE

Former governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, has apologized to the people of the state for bringing Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo to power in 2011, saying it was a big mistake.
Addressing a crowd in Yamaltu Deba and Akko local government areas of the state on Saturday during the APC local government congresses, Goje said God used him and the good people of Gombe to give Dankwambo power but says he now regrets supporting him and urged the people of the state to put heads together and push Dankwambo’s government out in 2015.
He said APC is a party that came to salvage Nigeria from the shackles of corruption and mismanagement of public funds by the PDP government.

MASS WEDDING: GOMBE RELEASES N14.4M FOR BRIDE PRICE

Gombe State Government Committee on Mass Wedding said it disbursed N14.4 million in dowries, food stuffs, furniture and other items to 720 couples in the state.
Secretary to the Committee, Alhaji Garba Abdu, told NAN yesterday in Gombe that each of the beneficiaries collected N20, 000 as dowry as well as other items.
“We have disbursed N20, 000 as dowry to each of the 720 couples, as well as mattresses, furniture, carpets, pots, dishes and cups.
“The committee also gave them food stuffs like rice, maize, salt, vegetable oil, palm oil, spices, Spaghetti among others’’, he said.

GUNMEN BLOW UP POLICE STATIONS, BANKS

…kill seven officers

Less than one week after the declaration of a ceasefire by the Boko Haram Islamic sect, gunmen yesterday struck in some states in the North, leaving seven policemen and one civilian dead.

The onslaught began late on Wednesday and continued till yesterday.

Also, two police stations and banks were razed in the attacks that took place in Kaduna, Kano and Gombe states.

In Kaduna State, suspected terrorists bombed a police station in the troubled Birnin Gwari Local Government Council, leaving three police officers and a resident dead.