Bauchi State
28 Nov
Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed is set to present the 2024 budget after the verdict of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja removed the Speaker of the Bauchi State Assembly; Abubakar Suleiman and his deputy; Jamilu Barade and ordered a rerun election. Abubakar who represents the Ningi Central Constituency was sacked on Friday last…
17 Nov
Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has on Friday affirmed the election of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State against his challenger, Abubakar Sadique of the All Progressives Congress (APC). While delivering the lead judgment, Justice Chidiebere Nwaoma Uwa on Friday in Abuja, he ruled that Abubakar and the APC failed to prove the allegations of…
17 Nov
One year after the introduction of the Climate Change Study into the curriculum of junior secondary school by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), nature enthusiasts have engaged in massive tree planting and other environmental protection in Bauchi schools. As part of this year's World Children's Day being celebrated on 20th November, with a focus…
16 Nov
Bauchi State Police Command said it has banned any form of street jubilation, roadblock, and inciting utterances by political parties supporters following the judgement of the Court of Appeal on the governorship election petition. Police spokesman SP Ahmed Wakil in a statement on Thursday, said that "all forms of celebrations and rallies by political party…
16 Nov
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that Bauchi State accounts for just eight of 105 local councils in Nigeria that are Open Defecation-Free (ODF), despite sustained efforts to raise the tally.
15 Nov
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that eight of 105 local councils in Nigeria are open defecation-free (ODF). The Guardian reports that in March 2018, Dass LGA was the first to be declared open defecation-free in Northern Nigeria after Obanliku local council of Cross Rivers. Five years later, Bauchi has only recorded 8…
27 Oct
The Board and Management of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) is in Bauchi to inspect multi-billion naira ongoing projects across Bauchi State after the President, Bola Tinubu reappointed the officials some months ago. The Commission, led by its Board Chairman, Major General Paul Tarfa (rtd.) and the Management is led by the Managing Director/CEO,…
25 Oct
It was the great English playwright William Shakespeare who said "some people are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them". And then there are the very few whose greatness encompasses all three, Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi is being one of such. Among the 109 Senators,Senator Ningi was the first to…
12 Oct 2023
The police in Bauchi State have arrested a housewife, Khadija Adamu, 18, for beating her five-year-old step daughter to death for staining her cloth with stool.
25 Sep 2023
NAFDAC has shut eight bakeries and seven sachet water factories in Bauchi State for failing to meet its stipulated manufacturing and hygiene standards.
21 Sep 2023
To cushion the biting hardship after the fuel subsidy removal by the government, a United Kingdom-based Nigerian and founder of The Kairos Initiative, Ije McDougall has donated food items to less privileged women in Kaffi Madaki, Ganjuwa Local government area of Bauchi State. The food items that were shared included beans, maize, spaghetti, noodles, sugar,…
20 Sep 2023
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Governor has said that he is happy about the judgement delivered by the Tribunal and he would be freed from litigation distractions. The Tribunal, Chaired Justice P.T.Kwahar had on Wednesday affirmed Mohammed's victory and dismissed the claims for lacking merits. Shortly, Mohammed, while delivering his acceptance speech said that "Our…
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