The Bauchi State Government says it has procured over 10,000 tonnes of fertiliser for the 2018 farming season. Gov. Mohammed Abubakar said this in Bauchi on Tuesday, while launching fertiliser distribution to farmers. He said that fertiliser would be sold to farmers in the state at the rate of N5,500 per 50kg. bag. Besides, Abubakar […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday visited Bauchi State, wheretrooped out to accord him an enthusiastic welcome. One of the touching people that received Buhari into the ancient city was a 20 year-old physically-challenged girl, Miss Fatima Abubakar. The massive crowd that serves like a guard of honour for President Buhari And many climbed a watch […]
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About 14 people have been confirmed dead in Bauchi state following the outbreak of Lassa Fever and Cholera, the state commissioner for health says. Zuwaira Hassan, the commissioner made this known while briefing newsmen at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBU- TH) Bauchi during her visit to the cholera quarantine ward. According to her, nine […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolence to the Government and people of Bauchi State over the death of 22 students and some teachers of Government Day Junior Secondary School, Misau, Bauchi state. The students and three teachers died on Tuesday in a ghastly motor accident on their way from Kano after an excursion trip. […]
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Kabir Umar, the Emir of Katagum Emirate in Bauchi State, has died at 89. This was announced Saturday night in a statement by the state governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar. Abubakar said: “With a heavy heart, I’m sad to announce the passing on today, of one of our royal fathers, Alhaji Kabir Umar, the Emir of […]
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Fire has gutted the Jos transmission station through which electricity is being distributed to the fours states – Plateau, Bauchi, Benue and Gombe – served by the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC). NAN reports that the fire, which started around 5pm on Tuesday, razed down the facility, a transformer 150MVA 300/132 KV, located along Zaria […]
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Bauchi State Ministry of Health on Wednesday said it sealed 18 private healthcare facilities and 161 patent stores across the state due to failure to meet operational guidelines. The Director of Public Health in the ministry, Dr Bako Mohammed, disclosed this at a news conference during annual assessment of private hospitals and patent stores in […]
Continue ReadingBad weather stopped President Muhammadu Buhari’s flight to Bauchi today. According to Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on the media, the scheduled visit has been postponed. “Uncooperative weather which has been the bane of air travel in the current harmattan season, leading to the delay and cancellation of flights, reared its head in Abuja Airport […]
Continue ReadingFive confirmed cases of Lassa fever were reported from four states of Nigeria within the ending of August and early September, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said. The agency said two cases were reported in Plateau State, one each in Rivers, Bauchi and Gombe states. “The case reported from Gombe died on 22nd […]
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