Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) re-scheduled governorship primary election in the state. The Returning Officer and Chairman, Governorship Primary Election Committee, Mr Murtala Damagum, announced Mohammed’s victory at the end of the exercise held on Saturday in Bauchi. He said that Mohammed as the sole contestant in […]
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Not less than 16 persons have reportedly died in Bauchi State Fatal Crash. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday. According to Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, the accident which involved an articulated truck and one other commercial Toyota Hummer bus, […]
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The Bauchi State Government on Saturday dispelled the rumours of multiple deaths in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area of the state. The government also confirmed the death of one coronavirus patient in the state. The state Chairman of the Task Force on COVID-19 and Lassa fever, Alhaji Baba Tela, dispelled the rumour of multiple deaths […]
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Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, on Thursday announced his recovery from coronavirus in a tweet. Recall that the governor tested positive for coronavirus on March 24. “Alhamdulillah. I just received the green light. My second test for #COVID19 returned negative,” a statement shared on his official social media handles read. “I thank you all […]
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The governorship election petition tribunals of Benue and Bauchi states on Wednesday affirmed the election victories of governors Samuel Ortom and Bala Mohammed respectively. The duo’s elections were upheld in separate proceedings in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, and Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital, where the different tribunals sat. In Benue, the All Progressives Congress […]
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Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s prayer to freeze the First City Monument Bank (FCMB)’s Operational Account number: 0998552074 of the Bauchi State government. The EFCC, through his Counsel, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, in an Exparte Order with file number: FHC/ABJ/CS/858/2019, sought the […]
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The Bauchi State Government says it is intensifying efforts on surveillance system to fight type 2 Polio virus found in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus Type 2 (cVDPV2) was discovered at Gwallaga mosque area linking three wards of Makama B, Hardo and Dankade areas of Bauchi Local Government […]
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Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari will easily win Sokoto, Kano and Bauchi states even from his “sickbed” without any form of solid opposition. Amaechi, who is the Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, said this to journalists on Friday in Abuja, while reacting to the spate of defections that […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Thursday, visit Bauchi State, in order to condole with victims of the windstorm and fire disaster in the state. President Buhari had earlier sent a delegation, headed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to Bauchi State following the windstorm and fire incident that occurred in the state last weekend. […]
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A Heavy downpour and windstorm on Saturday destroyed properties worth millions in Bauchi metropolis. Although there were reports of injuries, the authorities are yet to ascertain whether or not some people lost their lives. The rainfall which started at about 4pm, lasted for about two your, uprooting trees, removing roofing sheets and destroying buildings A […]
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