Bala Mohammed
29 Jan 2024
In line with its decision to recognise excellence through a highly competitive and prestigious annual award, Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited, publishers of the New Telegraph newspapers, has unveiled recipients of its 2023 Awards.
19 Jan 2024
A group of youths, Kaura Ambassadors Network (KAN) after congratulating the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed for his victory at the apex Court, urged him to invest more in youth employment and skill acquisition to curb the menace of criminality and other social vices disturbing the state. The Director-General of the group, Muslim Maigari made…
14 Jan 2024
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu prevented his political enemies from snatching his electoral victory, disclosing the “former leaders of Bauchi” claimed he was a threat, but the president ensured that justice was done.
13 Jan 2024
The Nigerian media space has been awash with the implications of Japa syndrome on developing nations - from loss of talent and human capital, shortage of skilled workers and difficulty in attracting foreign investment.
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Germany was battling Saturday to secure a heavily loaded tanker stranded off its northern coast, towing the stricken ship that it said was part of Russia's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet" away from shore to avert an oil spill. The 274-metre-long Eventin was sailing from Russia to Egypt with almost 100,000 tonnes of oil on board when…
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Lyon missed an opportunity to draw level on points with third-placed Monaco in Ligue 1 on Saturday with a 2-1 loss at Brest. Monaco's draw at Nantes and Lille's stalemate with Auxerre on Friday gave Lyon a chance to climb from fifth into the third and final automatic Champions League spot. But Brest, who are…
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Dutch police on Saturday detained hundreds of climate activists and used two water cannons to break up a protest that blocked off a main highway into the city for several hours. The protest by Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists followed several similar protests last year to demonstrate against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies and to highlight the…
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A late-night fire swept through Ipetumodu's well-known weekly marketplace, Akinola Market, on Friday and destroyed goods valued at millions. The fire reportedly started in the area where yams are kept. Many traders, who had closed for the day hours earlier, rushed back to the scene in distress after receiving news of the fire. “I was…
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The Narcotic Commander (NC) in charge of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA), Ogun Command , Mr. Tijani Rabe, has commended the effort of officers in disrupting illicit drug trafficking in 2024. Rabe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Saturday that the unwavering dedication reduced illicit drug trade in…
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The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), on Saturday, inducted no fewer than 400 graduate engineers of Class 2024 of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the induction marked a significant milestone in the careers of the graduate engineers. They were formally inducted into the engineering…
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The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Sokoto State branch, on Saturday inaugurated its new leadership. This followed a resolution passed at the FIDA members’ congress in December 2024, which appointed a three-member electoral committee led by Hajiya Aisha Dantsoho to oversee the electoral process. While briefing the congress, Dantsoho announced that eight positions were…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Sen. John Azuta-Mbata on his election as the 13th President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. Mr Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja also congratulated the outgoing President-General of the organisation, Chief Fidelis Chukwu. Chukwu completed the tenure…
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The Benue Investment and Property Company Limited (BIPC) says it would soon establish the BIPC Trust Fund to provide financial support and resources for young entrepreneurs. The Managing Director of BIPC, Mr. Raymond Asemakaha, made the disclosure on Saturday during a virtual town hall meeting tagged “Advancing Economic Development in Benue State: Our Recent Achievements…
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Sierra Leone has reported its first confirmed case of mpox since the world's highest alert level for the potentially deadly viral disease was raised last year. "The patient is a 27-year-old man from the rural district of the Western Zone," near the capital Freetown, the National Public Health Agency stated in a social media post.…