Samuel Luka, Bauchi Communities of Gum-Gagdi in Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro local government areas of Bauchi have appealed to Governor Bala Mohammed of the state to include them in his administration’s ongoing massive infrastructural development across the state. Some members of the communities who spoke to our correspondent during a one-day roads maintenance exercise, pleaded […]
Samuel Luka, Bauchi Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed has performed the launching ceremony of the Hajj Savings Scheme in the North-Eastern states. Our correspondent gathered that the scheme which was initiated by the Bauchi state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board in collaboration with the National Hajj Commission and Ja’iz Bank PLC will enable intending Pilgrims to […]
Samuel Luka, Bauchi A lecturer with the Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic Bauchi, Nazif Abba Pali has backed the recent decision of the education commissioner, Dr. Aliyu Tilde to closed down a secondary school over the arrest of its principal by the Police. It can be recall that the Principal of Government Day Secondary School Rimin […]
Police in Bauchi have confirmed the killing of two people by unknown gunmen. The police in a press statement signed by its spokesman Ahmed Wakil, described the incident as unfortunate, which resulted in the death of 45-year-old Police Inspector Mukhtar Ibrahim and a 33-year-old civilian, Uba Samaila, who was hit by a bullet, but later […]
Officers and men of the Nigeria Police force have been charged to shun any act capable of tarnishing the image and integrity of the command. The state’s newly posted Commissioner of Police, Sylvester Abiodun, gave the charge while interacting with men of the police force at the command’s headquarters in Bauchi. The Commissioner of Police […]
Samuel Luka, Bauchi Bauchi state government has hinted at its intention to allocate 20 hectares of land to the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to help in advancing the state. Governor Bala Mohammed of the state made this known when the Executive Vice Chairman of the Agency, Professor Muhammad Sani Haruna visited […]
By Samuel Luka, Bauchi The N6.2 billion rehabilitation and reconstruction work on government house Bauchi has to commence in earnest. Governor Bala Mohammed while speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday described the effort as a legacy project that will serve as a landmark to be left behind by his administration for posterity and the […]
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has called for the immediate establishment of state police as an effective strategy and mechanism to guarantee peace and stability, and enhance national security. Mohammed made the call during the Fourth North-East Governors’ Forum meeting, held in Bauchi on Tuesday. He said that the state police if established, would […]
By Samuel Luka, Bauchi Following widespread criticisms over his comments on herders issues, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that the primary objective of his statement was to avert the dangerous prospect of nation-wide backlash. A statement issued to journalists Sunday evening by Bala’s media aide, Alhaji Mukhtar Gidado, expressed dismay that the […]
The Bauchi State Government says it would reopen its 4,816 schools on January 18, for the 2020/2021 academic session, according to Aliyu Tilde, the state Commissioner for Education. “We would reopen the schools for first term, which was supposed to begin in September,” he said, in an interview in Bauchi on Tuesday. He said the […]
By Samuel Luka Amidst the looting spree in some parts of Nigeria following the #EndSARS protests, some hoodlums who attempted to break into the COVID-19 palliative warehouse in Bauchi State were disappointed when they found out it was empty, Daily Times gathered. Governor Bala Mohammed said in his Facebook page that some hoodlums attempted to […]
Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has announced plans by his administration to set up a state of the art snakebite treatment centre in the state, Daily Times gathered. The governor made the revelation on Wednesday evening when he received officials of the Nigerian Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre from the Bayero University Kano […]
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said he regretted granting pardon to a convicted serial rapist during the COVID-19 lockdown. READ ALSO: PDP will ensure fairness in its Edo primaries – Bala… Recall that a rapist with name, Yusuf Bako,was arrested for defiling a four-year-old girl inside a mosque in Bauchi. Daily Times Nigeria […]
By Sam Luka, Bauchi Bauchi state government has expressed readiness to collaborate with Jaize bank and a rice mill called ‘Tiamin Rice Mill’ to reduce over-dependence on federation account for income and further get more youths employed, Daily Times gathered. The governor stated this, Monday evening when he received in audience, the management of the […]
A Special Assistant on unmarried women has been appointed by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed. This was disclosed in a letter of appointment signed by the Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Sabiu Baba, and issued to the appointee, Balaraba Ibrahim, on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Bauchi lawmaker raises alarm over emergence of Sara-Suka thugs […]
A lawmaker in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Hon. Tijjani Muhammad Aliyu has drawn the attention of the Assembly, the Executive in the state and the security agencies to the emergence of Sara-Suka political thugs in Azare town, Katagum Local Government Area of the state. Hon. Aliyu who is also the Majority Leader of […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Friday suspended the First Class Emir of Misau, Alhaji Ahmed Suleiman, the District Head of Chiroma Village, Bapa Ahmed , and the Village Head of Zadawa, Yusuf Atiku, over a land crisis between farmers and Fulani herders in the area. Nine lives were lost and many persons injured […]
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has canvassed the criminalization of rape and other forms of violence against women in Nigeria. Receiving officials of the state chapter of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), he stressed the importance of women in nation building and proper upbringing of children. Bala, who expressed concern over the […]
Speaker of the Bauchi state House of Assembly, Suleiman Abubakar has debunked a report that he was given some slots for the N-power programme of the federal government. A press statement issued by the spokesperson of the speaker, Abdul Burra on Sunday said, the report published by an online newspaper, Sahara Reporters had claimed that […]
Bauchi State governor’s wife, Aishatu Mohammed, has reacted to criticism by Nigerians over distribution of packs of sachet water as relief materials to rural women in Futuk Community of Alkaleri Local Government Area. Chief Press Secretary to the First Lady, Murjanatu Maidawa, who spoke to the Nation on Friday, said the pure water pictures posted […]