The governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently in a closed-door meeting with some former governors to discuss the party’s affairs, including its current leadership crisis. The meeting of the PDP Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF), holding at the Bauchi Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, is being...
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By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has received with deep sorrow preliminary reports indicating that members of professional hunters on a route patrol along Duguri , Mansur and Dajin Mada forest were ambushed and killed by suspected bandits in Mansur village, Alkaleri Local Government Area...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, jos – A coalition of legal professionals under the aegis of Lawyers for the Cause of Bauchi (LAWBA) has raised alarm over alleged plans by Governor Bala Mohammed to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The group warned that such a move could compromise ongoing...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has appointed 168 political aides to reinvigorate the machinery of governance and deepen participatory leadership. This is contained in a statement by Mr Mukhtar Gidado, the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday in Bauchi. Gidado said the move was...
By AUSTIN TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of four dedicated staff members of the Bauchi State Urban Water and Sewerage Corporation. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the incident occurred during routine maintenance work at the Gubi Fam Water...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has called on Nigerians to continue to live together in peace and harmony. The forum Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, made the call in his Sallah message, issued by the forum’s Director-General, Emmanuel Agbo, on Monday in Abuja. Mohammed urged...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has swore in the newly elected local government chairmen and councillors in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) had announced the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates winners of the 30 chairmanship and 332 councillorship...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has defied court’s order and conducted the election for the North-East zonal committee members. The party on Saturday in Bauchi State elected Alhaji Babangida Modibbo Umar as the new northeast Zonal Chairman. This is coming barely a day after...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described the death of elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, as shocking and and filled with grief. The governor, in a statement signed and made available to journalists in the State on Tuesday by his Special...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has received praise for substantially increasing the monthly allocations to Sa’adu Zungur University (SAZU), Gadau, a state-owned institution. A statement issued by the university’s PRO, Auwal Hassan, said the University’s management and community expressed their gratitude to the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum on Friday urged Nigerians not to despair but keep hope alive despite the present hardship in the country. The forum made the call in a 7-points communique read by its Chairman, and Governor of Bauchi State, Sen. Bala Mohammed after its first...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as a friend who is unreliable and a fairweather friend. Governor Mohammed, who also described him as a transactional politician who bites the hand that feeds him,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Founder and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has said that for the next 15 years, Nigeria may not recover from the damage the President Hola Tinubu administration is doing to the oil sector. He also said that the suffering...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has said the administration of President Bola Tinubu has no clear-cut vision on how to lead Nigeria and as a result, “they are always taking us to a road of perdition and destruction.” He specifically said that Tinubu...
The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has faulted Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi for saying without proof that the proposed tax reform will affect the north more than any part of the country. Mr Emeka Nwankpa, Chairman of TMSG, and Mr Dapo Okubanjo, Secretary, in a statement on Saturday,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appointed three of the five Commissioners that were sacked as Special Advisers. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that on Tuesday morning, Governor Mohammed, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado, announced in a statement, the sacking...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has sacked five Commissioners from his cabinet, and sent the names of eight nominees to security agencies for clearance and subsequent confirmation by the State House of Assembly for appointment Commissioners. Mukhtar Gidado, the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has again berated President Bola Tinubu, over the policies introduced by his administration especially the Tax Reforms Bills which he described as anti-northern Nigeria. According to him, the Tax Reforms Bills are aimed at favouring just a section of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has congratulated Christians in the tate and across the country on the occasion of the 2024 Christmas celebration. This is even as he express worry over the hardship Nigerians are currently facing. In his goodwill message made available to...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Joint Assembly of Christian Lawyers and Journalists (JACLJ) has commended Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, for his decision to create the Sayawa Chiefdom and site its headquarters in Tafawa Balewa town. In a statement released after their meeting on December 21, 2024,...